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October 08 - 14, 2018


The WeeklyWire is an official communication tool of the Larner College of Medicine. Student feedback led to its development and continues to inform iterative improvements. All non-curriculum-related email communications are directed through the Wire to help support manageable email inboxes for our students; it's your one-stop-shop for all med school happenings outside of the classroom! Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Medical Student Education with any questions.

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 * = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorsed 

CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2019

  • SUPPORT RESEARCH - Exploring med student's learning styles and perceptions of safe transitions to aid in instructional design of a pediatric clerkship curriculum: survey runs 10/8-10/15. Share your perceptions on the topic of transitions of care, comfort level, and experience with the discharge process during your pediatrics clerkship. Read about/participate in the survey...
  • New ACGME Pediatric Residency Program at Tucson Medical Center*: Read more about this residency opportunity...
  • Plastic Surgery Symposium in Israel March 2019 for TWO M3/M4 students: 12/15 application deadline. Scholarship provides funding for two 3rd or 4th year UVM medical student to attend the Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Meeting March 6-9, 2019. Read more about this scholarship opportunity...
  • Announcing a new 4th year 2-week elective! Evidence-Based Stress Management: Tools for Provider and Patient: 4/1-4/12, 2019. Examine the relationship between stress, disease, and burnout and explore the science behind evidenced-based stress management practices for patients and the providers who care for them. Read more about this new elective...

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Class of 2020 

  • THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Pathology Student Fellowship: 10/8 application deadline. An exceptional opportunity to work closely with and learn from an enthusiastic teaching faculty and resident staff, regardless of specialty interest. Master's degree awarded. Read more about the fellowship opportunity...
  • THIS WEEK - Be a Part of the UVM’s “Day in the Life” project! On 10/10, UVM hopes to capture all that happens within 24 hours on campus, including the lives of the Med. Students. Contact Jennifer.Nachbur@med.uvm.edu if you and your preceptor are willing to be photographed while you work together. OR, share a moment from your own day on 10/10 with #uvmditl.
  • THIS WEEK - RSVP DEADLINE - Advanced Integration Mandatory Informational Session: 10/11 RSVP deadline. Event is 10/16, @4pm. To review your Advanced Integration year and the scheduling process and answer questions. Snacks provided for in-person attendees (please RSVP). Remote attendees must pre-register. Read more about the session and review helpful resources…
  • Clerkship Student Support Lunch: 10/18. Wellness Committee is offering a new opportunity for third and fourth year medical students on clinical rotations. An opportunity for students on clinical rotations to come together and share their experience in a confidential, nonjudgmental space. Read more about this unique clerkship student support opportunity...
  • Plastic Surgery Symposium in Israel March 2019 for TWO M3/M4 students: 12/15 application deadline. Scholarship provides funding for two 3rd or 4th year UVM medical student to attend the Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Meeting March 6-9, 2019. Read more about this scholarship opportunity...

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Class of 2021

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Class of 2022

  • No postings submitted for this class, this week.

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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!

  • THIS WEEK - Wick Circle (Main Hospital Traffic Circle) Project: 10/13 & 10/20. This work will be noisy and may include vibrations that transmit to surrounding areas (i.e. study spaces). Read more about the paving preparation project...
  • After Hours Study at Dana Open to LCOM and CNHS Students: You have access to a study space in Dana during the hours that the library is closed. This space includes the LCOM and CNHS Quiet Study space in the middle back area of the library and the study space in the south back end of the library. Read about how this space works...
  • NBME Update - Step 1 and Step 2 CK - Score Delays in 2019*: Please be aware that examinees testing during the following dates may experience delays in score reporting...
  • Proof of Enrollment: The UVM Registrar's Office provides "Proof of Enrollment" (often needed for ski passes, discounts on car insurance, etc.), via your myUVM portal. Instructions are under the Registrar's Office Enrollment Verifications webpage. Turnover is usually less than one business day! Please contact the UVM Registrar with any questions.
    • Need Something Call a "Letter of Good Standing" (different from proof of enrollment)? Submit a request to Medical Student Services. Please indicate whether you need an electronic format/hardcopy/both and where to send the letter.
  • REMINDER – Outlook Junk Filter is Turned to 11: Please remember to check your junk folder regularly; non-junkish will land in there. If you find something that is not junk, you can right-click and label it “not junk”, and then you are prompted to tell Outlook to trust that sender moving forward (fingers crossed your Wire isn’t landing in junk and you actually get this message!)
  • ATTENTION - Policies Regarding Mistreatment: Mistreatment of students/any other member of the LCOM community is damaging to the learning environment and as such is not tolerated. Everyone must adhere to our Positive Learning Environment and Mistreatment Prevention Policy and know our procedures for reporting violations of the learning environment-mistreatment policy.
  • Having a rough day? I know I can always tell myself at least a seal didn’t hit me in the face with an octopus, today.

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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

No announcements submitted for this section, this week.

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

Monthly SEG Update: So, what are your SEG Representatives up to this month? Brief overview - Active Learning Task Force update from Dr. Moore; discussion about new student standard operating procedures (SOPs) for active learning modalities; various committee and course updates. Visit the SEG webpage for comprehensive meeting minutes, contact information, and more...

THIS WEEK - LCOM Flu Shot Clinic: 10/9, 11am-2pm, Med Ed 309. As the leaves start to turn and the nights get colder, what could go better with those pumpkin-spiced lattes and apple pickings than a flu shot? We are having a flu shot clinic just for students, right here, at the College of Medicine. The shot is covered by the student health insurance plan. Add the flu clinic to your calendar...

THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Careers in Research with Dr. Renee Stapleton: 10/9, noon. Read more about the series and this session, which aims to answer any and all questions about Research as a career choice...

THIS WEEK - Dana Medical Library will host its second annual Graphic Medical Book Club: 10/9, noon. The featured book will be Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney. We are excited to discuss this unique title. Read more about the Dana Medical Library book club session...

THIS WEEK - Welcome Reception for Dean Richard L. Page, M.D.: 10/9, 3-5pm, in the Hoehl Gallery (HSRF 100). Add the reception to your calendar...

THIS WEEK - Engage with the UVM’s “Day in the Life” project! On 10/10, UVM hopes to capture all that happens within 24 hours on campus, including the lives of the Med. Students. Share a moment from your day on 10/10 with #uvmditl. Please contact Jennifer.Nachbur@med.uvm.eduwith any questions.

THIS WEEK - Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Primary Care in Rural Vermont": 10/10. Lunch will be provided, please bring a beverage! Read more about the Primary Care Series October panel...

THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Ophthalmology with Dr. Brian Kim: 10/11, noon. Read more about the careers in medicine series...

The Wellness Environment Build Your Brain Speaker Series - "Mindfulness" with Judson Brewer, MD-PhD: 10/15, noon. Free and open to the public. Judson's talk on Mindfulness will offer a look into the application of mindfulness to our everyday lives and his research in the field over the past two decades. Read more about this WE brain speaker series lecture...

Mental Health Panel: 10/15, noon. Aims to create an opportunity for classmates to share their personal stories and strip away at stigma associated with mental health experiences. Lunch provided. Read more about the Mental Health Panel...

October Dining with the Deans Luncheon: 10/17, noon. This month’s special guest is Jesse Moore, M.D., associate professor of surgery, and the director of active learning at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Read more about Dining with the Deans and/or sign-up for the October luncheon...

Dan & Carole Burack President's Distinguished Lecture Series - "Beyond 2020: Frontiers and Futures for Global Conservation" with Caleb McClennen, PhD: 10/18, @4pm. Read more about the McClennen lecture...

Become a Larner College of Medicine Student Ambassador (or renew your application)! 11/25 application/renewal deadline. LCOM is excited to welcome new members to the Student Ambassador Program, and we invite current members to renew for another term (Jan – Dec). We hope you will apply or renew for the 2019 year...

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP

THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Fulbright-Fogarty Awards in Public Health (grant opportunity)*: 10/9 application deadline. Established to promote the expansion of research in public health and clinical research in resource-limited settings and designed for individuals interested in global health. Read more about the Fulbright awards opportunity...

THIS WEEK - FREE to all UVM LCOM Students - 16th Annual Northern New England Critical Care Conference in Stowe 10/11-10/13*: Will be covering hot topics related to caring for stroke and head-injured patients, nurse-led codes, point of care ultrasound among many others. Read more about the critical care conference...

Opportunity to Engage in Pre-Oscar Season Research: Thanks for reading! Please feel free to throw your hat in for a chance to win a free flick at the Roxy.

Join the VERMONT ARMY NATIONAL GUARD* as a Medical Student and earn a monthly stipend of $2,300 in addition to a $250,000 Student Loan Repayment. Read more about the Vermont Army National Guard opportunity...

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Lost & Found

Lost something? Email the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) a description of the item. OMSE and the Dana Medical Library recently joined the UVM campus-wide lost & found system and search not only the College of Medicine, but campus as a whole to see if it's been turned in. If it hasn't, the office can file a claim for the item should someone turn it in soon!

Found something? Please turn it into either the Office of Medical Student Education (Given Courtyard n100) or the Dana Medical Library (First floor of the Medical Education Center) and we will be sure to log it into the Campus-Wide Lost & Found Database.

Found items are kept up to 30 days, and then are donated to various local organizations depending on the item.

Housing Opportunities

Graduate students are highly sought tenants in the Burlington area and property owners often advertise specifically to them with special rates (less than would be offered to undergraduate students); thus, the Office of Medical Student Education pulls together a list of housing opportunities posted specifically for this group, so you don't miss out on a good deal. Moreover, medical students also try to keep good spaces "in the family" and are known to post to this list. Please contact the Office of Medical Education if you have any questions.

Don't hesitate to ask the contact if they would consider lowering the advertised rate to secure a graduate student; it never hurts to ask!