- THIS WEEK - Have shred-worthy items? Co2018 Secure-Shred Drop-Off Period with OMSE: 5/4 drop-off deadline. OMSE is coordinating a special pick-up for their shred bin just for you! Graduating M4s are invited to swing by the office to drop off confidential documents for secure shred. Read more…
- Reserve Your Commencement Tickets: 5/7 reservation deadline. You should have received an email invitation to reserve your tickets for commencement. You get up to 6 tickets (you do not need a ticket). Read more...
- COMMENCEMENT REGALIA IS IN! Please come pick it up. 5/18 pick-up deadline. Please pick up your Graduation Regalia in the mailroom if you haven’t already. Read more about your commencement regalia...
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Class of 2019
- THIS WEEK - FREE FOOD EVENT - Provide input on your clerkship experiences: 4/24 & 5/1. Read more/sign-up...
- What clinical skills did you learn in your clerkship year? Dr. Dennis Beatty and Gilana Finogenov, '18 are working on a project to assess clerkship readiness. We’d appreciate your help! Please complete a brief survey online, now. This is a follow-up to a survey we administered after your first clerkship.
- ACTION REQUESTED - Residency Application Discussion (RAD) Meeting: Please sign up for your Residency Application Discussion (RAD) meeting with Dr. Zehle at your earliest convenience and complete your sections of the MSPE! Please contact Emma Faustner, the Advanced Integration and Residency Placement Coordinator, with any questions.
- Last Call for Mask Fitting Appointment! Last scheduled mask fitting is Friday, May 4 (9:00-10:00am in Williston). Need a recent mask fit certificate? Please sign-up, now. IMPORTANT: Students must submit the N-OSHA form to Student Health Services (address on form) and be cleared to be mask fitted before attending the appointment. Questions? Contact Jacqueline Drouin.
- University of Hawaii Pediatric MS 4 Elective: Add some aloha to your fourth year. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Doolas Scholarship opportunity in Surgery at Rush University Medical Center*: 4/30 application deadline. Designed for highly qualified students from racial and ethnic groups that have been historically underrepresented in medicine. Provides mentoring, networking, and stipend. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - UConn Visiting Externship for Students Underrepresented in Medicine (VESUM)*: 4/30 application deadline. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - URM pediatric externship at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH*: 4/30 application deadline. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Underrepresented in Medicine Senior Scholarship Program for Pediatrics at University of Alabama School of Medicine*: 5/1 application deadline. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - University of Rochester Visiting Clerkship Program*: 5/1 application deadline. Read more...
- APPROACHING OPT-IN DEADLINE - Larner Endowed Loan Fund: 5/5 opt-in deadline. A $5,400 loan. Does not accrue interest during school, the 9-mo. grace period after graduation, or during an optional 39-mo. residency deferment. After, a fixed 5% rate is instated during repayment. Saves borrowers a considerable amount relative to unsubsidized Fed. loans. Read more...
- Harvard Medical School Visiting Clerkship Program*: Read more...
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Class of 2020
- How did your first clerkship go? Dr. Dennis Beatty and Gilana Finogenov, '18 are working on a project to assess clerkship readiness. We’d appreciate your help! Please complete a brief survey online, now...
- APPROACHING OPT-IN DEADLINE - Larner Endowed Loan Fund: 5/5 opt-in deadline. A $5,400 loan. Does not accrue interest during school, the 9-mo. grace period after graduation, or during an optional 39-mo. residency deferment. After, a fixed 5% rate is instated during repayment. Saves borrowers a considerable amount relative to unsubsidized Fed. loans. Read more...
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Class of 2021
- THIS WEEK - Convocation of Thanks Ceremony: 4/29. Honor those who made anatomical gifts to the University of Vermont and contributed to our courses over the last academic year.Read more...
- APPROACHING OPT-IN DEADLINE - Larner Endowed Loan Fund: 5/5 opt-in deadline. A $5,400 loan. Does not accrue interest during school, the 9-mo. grace period after graduation, or during an optional 39-mo. residency deferment. After, a fixed 5% rate is instated during repayment. Saves borrowers a considerable amount relative to unsubsidized Fed. loans. Read more...
- I-Trep Summer Biomedical Entrepreneurship Course: 5/8 application deadline. Interested in biomedical entrepreneurship? Apply to be in an intensive summer course on “Biomedical Entrepreneurship,” from June 14th to 22nd at UVM. Read more...
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
- Locked out of your locker after hours, and your house keys are inside? Spill on aisle five (mason jar shatter-mess all over the floor)? Don't panic [too much]. You can call UVM Police Services (6-3473 from the student lounge/internal phone, or 802-656-3473
from outside phones) and/or UVM Physical Plant SOS/emergency maintenance (6-2560 from the student lounge/internal phone, or 802-656-2560 from outside phones). - Student Lounge Printing - Print from Your Personal Tablet/Device! Did you see our fancy new sign/instructions above the student lounge printer? When you are on HSID or plugged into the Ethernet, you can now print on the Student Lounge network printer. Check out the instructions...
- COM Student Activities Calendar: Did you know we have a calendar for any and all LCOM Student Activities and students can post to it, view it online (updates live as events are posting), and anyone can subscribe to it? Read more...
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK - April Dining with the Deans Luncheon: 4/23. This month's special guest is Dr. Jan Gallant, Associate Dean for Admissions. Read more/sign-up...
THIS WEEK - Research Laureate Dr. Gary Stein - "The Cancer-Compromised Genome”: 4/23. Read more...
THIS WEEK - Dana Medical Library Workshop - Introduction to EndNote FOR MAC USERS: 4/25. This workshop will teach you how to export citations from popular online databases, manage those citations, and automatically insert them into your paper or manuscript. Read more...
THIS WEEK - LCOM Medical Student Yoga Class: 4/25. Led by instructors from the community, mats and blocks are provided, and all levels are encouraged to join! Read more...
THIS WEEK - Convocation of Thanks Ceremony: 4/29. Join the Class of 2021 to honor those who made anatomical gifts to the University of Vermont and contributed to our courses over the last academic year. Read more...
APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - LCOM Travel Awards: 4/30 application deadline. Established to support students who would like to travel to conferences, alternative learning opportunities or similar events. Read more...
Community Medical School Series: The Microbiome: How it Keeps you Healthy...Or Not! 5/1. Learn what we currently know about the human microbiome, how it is connected to digestive and overall health, how it may be related to various diseases and how we can use it to potentially treat diseases. Read more...
LCOM Student Council Meeting: 5/2. Student Council's monthly meeting. Read more...
I-Trep Summer Biomedical Entrepreneurship Course: 5/8 application deadline. Interested in biomedical entrepreneurship? Apply to be in an intensive summer course on “Biomedical Entrepreneurship,” from June 14th to 22nd at UVM. Read more...
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Join us for the End of Year Banquet - The Endies: 5/17. Every class has a reason to celebrate the end of the school year with the UVM Larner College of Medicine! Join us for the End of Year Banquet - The Endies - a night filled with delicious food, drinks, dancing, “Endy” awards and nostalgia. Read more/buy your ticket...
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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP
APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - LCOM Travel Awards: 4/30 application deadline. Established to support students who would like to travel to conferences, alternative learning opportunities or similar events. Read more...
APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Kenneth and Bessie Ladeau Trust Scholarship Opportunity*: 4/30 application deadline. Aids in-state ("VT resident") medical students preferably interested in cardiology or oncology, who have demonstrated financial need. If no VT residents apply, the trustees may consider NH residents. Read more...
APPROACHING RSVP DEADLINE - Annual Training Course in Biomedical Conference in Berlin, Germany*: 5/1 RSVP deadline. To train students to develop skills in design thinking, brainstorming, product development, and commercialization for unmet medical needs and to become more creative, innovative and savvy in translational research in the Biomedical Sciences. Read more...
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OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Make an impact with a fast-paced, fast-growing medical test prep leader!* Pastest is currently recruiting medical students to join our faculty of writers to work on a number of exciting USMLE test prep projects. Read more...
Housing Opportunities*: Grad. students are highly-sought tenants in the Burlington area, and property owners often advertise specifically to them with special rates; thus, the Office of Medical Student Education maintains a list of housing opportunities. The link to the list is always available on the online version of the WeeklyWire (under the right-hand list of resources)...
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* = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorsed