CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2018
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - Visiting Clerkship Program @HMS: 12/30. Read more...
- ADVANCED INTEGRATION DEADLINE - Tracking Grad. Requirements: 01/01/18 deadline. Verify your Oasis schedule reflects all course requirements needed for graduation. All requirements must be scheduled by January 1. Read more/add this to your calendar...
- Order Your Commencement Regalia: Order your regalia starting on Monday, January 8, 2018. Get this date on your calendar...
- Home Financing for Graduating Medical School Students and Residents (free webinar): 01/19. This topic is a favorite with graduating medical students and doctors who are contemplating their first home purchase. Read more/register...
- Pulse 2018 Yearbook Class of 2018 Members Half-Page Template Instructions: 03/15/18 submission deadline. Each member of the Larner College of Medicine Class of 2018 is allotted a half-page space for a photo assemblage in the Pulse Yearbook. Templates are provided. Read more...
- Class of 2018 Class Agents Announced! Class Agents represent their class at the Match Day Eve Dinner, work with the Medical Development and Alumni Relations office on the Class Gift and serve as the liaison for their classmates after graduation. Congratulations to Eric Schmidt, Stephanie Brooks, and Gilana Finogenov. Please contact Cristin Gildea with any questions.
- Please Take A few Moments to Assess your Musculoskeletal Knowledge: This research will help you see where your knowledge lies, and will help us to refine the musculoskeletal curriculum at UVM to benefit future classes. Read more...
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Class of 2019
- APPROACHING NOMINATION DEADLINE - SEEKING NOMINATIONS (including self-nominations) - AMAF Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship Program: 01/15/18 nomination deadline. These scholarships provide $5-10,000 tuition-assistance to medical students! Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship: 01/09 application deadline. The ICRF program provides fellowships for U.S.-based medical students to take a year out from school to conduct mentored clinical research in developing countries. Read more...
- North American Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (NASTH) Student Research Fellowship: 03/30 application deadline. Fellows receive a $5000 stipend and $2000 travel allowance for attending and presenting results at a professional meeting. A mentor is required and that mentor receives a $1000 stipend. Read more...
- SEEKING VOLUNTEERS - Preparing EOF Gift: Student Council is working with Communications to prepare an End of Foundations gift for the Class of 2020. You might recall your own little present at your own EOF celebration - it seems so long ago! If you are rotating at the VT campus and are interested in supporting this endeavor, please reach out to Hyunsoo No.
- Jackson-Steindler Orthopedic Clerkship: 04/01 application deadline. One of the premiere academic orthopedic depts. in the US and attracts individuals from throughout the US and multiple foreign countries who come to Iowa City to advance their education. The award will include support for housing and travel. Read more...
- Clinical Research Fellowship Opportunity in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Joint Reconstruction at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH): 02/23/18 application deadline. This fellowship is awarded to a rising fourth-year medical student who has demonstrated a keen interest in orthopaedics and is a competitive candidate for orthopaedic residency. Read more...
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Class of 2020
- SURVEY DEADLINE - AAMC Y2Q Survey: Survey Closes on 01/02/18. Read more...
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - Student to the NRMP Board: 01/02/18 submission deadline. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is seeking two Student Director positions on its Board of Directors. Read more...
- Step 1 Support Series - NBME Dinner & Questions: RSVP respectfully requested by 12/19/17. Event is evening of 01/04/18. During this annual event, students will work in small groups on actual NBME exams with successful third and fourth year students. Read more/sign-up...
- NOMINATION DEADLINE - Details on the nominating and voting process for the End of Foundations Awards Ceremony: Nominations can be submitted up until 1/5/2018, via LimeSurvey, which sends a unique invite link to your personal email account, as an email from Student Services. Read more...
- Tea @ 3: Starting 01/10/17. The Wellness Committee invites co2020 for Tea @ 3 every Wednesday at 3pm throughout January and February. Come by MedEd 201 for tea and snacks to refuel for your studies! Please contact Olivia Larkin (co2021) with any questions. Add this event to your calendar...
- Please Take A few Moments to Assess your Musculoskeletal Knowledge: This research will help you see where your knowledge lies, and will help us to refine the musculoskeletal curriculum at UVM to benefit future classes. Read more...
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Class of 2021
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - Student to the NRMP Board: 01/02/18 submission deadline. The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is seeking two Student Director positions on its Board of Directors. Read more...
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - Health Policy Fellowship Initiative: 01/06/18 application deadline. . There are now opportunities to learn first-hand about health policy and advocacy. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 2018 Medical Student Summer Fellowship: 01/08/18 application deadline. A ten-week research program offered to first- or second-year students interested in the field of oncology. Read more...
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship: 01/09/17 application deadline. The ICRF program provides fellowships for U.S.-based medical students to take a year out from school to conduct mentored clinical research in developing countries. Read more...
- MGH 2018 Summer Research Trainee Program: 01/29/18 application deadline. The goal of this program is to build a pipeline of college and medical school students underrepresented in medicine (URM) who are interested in academic biomedical research careers. Read more...
- The University of Texas at Austin Summer Research Assistantship: 02/01/18 application deadline. The Dell Medical School Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care is offering an exciting research opportunity for medical students. Read more...
- North American Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis (NASTH) Student Research Fellowship: 03/30 application deadline. Fellows receive a $5000 stipend and $2000 travel allowance for attending and presenting results at a professional meeting. A mentor is required and that mentor receives a $1000 stipend. Read more...
- CVRI Summer Research Fellowships for Cardiovascular-Related Research: 02/05/18 pre-proposal deadline. CVRI funds up to 3 summer research fellowships, and in addition to the fellowship stipend provides $1,000 to each mentor for research supplies and expenses. Read more...
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
- THIS WEEK - UVM Office Closures: 12/22/17 - 01/02/18. All UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed 12/22/17 through 01/01/2018, re-opening 8AM, on Tuesday, January 02, 2018. We apologize for any inconvenience. Read details regarding LCOM office closures during this break...
- THIS WEEK - WeeklyWire Holiday: In light of the UVM winter holiday, the 12/22 submission deadline was moved to 12/21 and covers a two-week, holiday issue: 12/25/2017 - 01/07/2018 issue. We will not have a January 01, 2018 issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- Student Financial Services (SFS) Update - Spring 2018 Tuition Bills Systems Issue FYI: 12/7/17. There was an issue with our computer system in that it prevented pending financial aid from showing up as credits within student bills. No action is required on the student's part. Read more...
- Office of Medical Communications Team Promotion Announced:Congratulations to Michelle Bookless, promoted to Public Relations & Events Manager in the Office of Medical Communications...
- NRMP Statement on Travel Ban and DACA Program: A statement about recent action on the presidential travel ban and the DACA program and the impact of those actions on NRMP Matching Programs is available online. If you have any questions, please contact admin@nrmp.org.
- Did you miss the Dean's lovely card in your email? View Dean Morin's Holiday Card...
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES
SEEKING NOMINATIONS - 2018 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards: 01/22/18 deadline. now accepting nominations for an outstanding medical student currently on track to graduate in May 2018 and an outstanding physician faculty member for the 2018 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards. Read more...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration: 01/16 - 01/25/18. Please join us for our annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Education and Learning Events Series, including keynote Speaker Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. Read more/add this to your calendar...
LCOM Travel Awards: 01/30/18 application deadline. University of Vermont Medical Student Travel Opportunity was established to support students who would like to travel to conferences, alternative learning opportunities or similar events. Read more...
2018 Emily Post Etiquette Program (free to all UVM students!): 02/15/17. LCOM students are invited to this program on how to eat, drink and network all at the same time, free of charge. Save the date to your calendar...
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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP
SUBMISSION DEADLINE - AAMC Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship for member of co2020: 12/30 nomination deadline. Seeking nominations from students, faculty and staff for this $5000 scholarship for a co2020 member who has shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care. Read more...
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 17th Annual New England Symposium: 01/04 submissions deadline. Share your biomedical and health-related research activities. Read more...
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Member for a Day Program: 01/15 application deadline. Provides an opportunity for up to 30 medical students, general surgery residents, and I-6 residents (within their first three years) to accompany an AATS Member Mentor during portions of the 2018 AATS Annual Meeting. Read more...
LCOM Travel Awards: 01/30/18 application deadline. University of Vermont Medical Student Travel Opportunity was established to support students who would like to travel to conferences, alternative learning opportunities or similar events. Read more...
2018-2019 Value Based Care Research Fellowship for Medical Students: 02/01 application deadline. The year-long Value-Based Care Research Fellowship provides an opportunity to closely work with leading Dell Medical School faculty on clinical and/or care delivery research projects over the course of a gap year. Read more...
Early Career Research Awards: 02/01/18 letter of intent deadline. 03/15/18 application deadline. 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year medical students are eligible for research awards up to $10,000 for research with a UVM or an external (non-UVM) mentor or to pursue cardiovascular-related research training in an external laboratory. Read more...
2018 Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference: 02/05/18 application deadline. To provide students/fellows with an opportunity to network with advisors/role models from the basic and clinical sciences, medicine, public health, academia and the biopharmaceutical industry. No fee to attend; completion of a four-page application is required. Read more...
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science first Pathways to Physician Diversity: National Summit, in collaboration with AAMC: 02/09 - 02/10/18. designed to encourage national conversation on challenges and future solutions by involving a national stakeholders in exploring the current state of the access pathway for under-represented students in medical education. Read more...
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ARTS & PUBLICATIONS
APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 35th William Carlos Williams Poetry Competition: 12/31 submission deadline. The top three poets will be awarded $300, $200 and $100 respectively. Read more...
APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Medical Student/Health Professional Student Essay Contest: 12/31 submission deadline. To encourage students and residents to reflect on their patient encounters and to inspire others in their caring relationships. Read more...
Expressions of Clinician Well-Being - An Art Exhibition: 02/16/17 submission deadline. This art show will promote greater awareness and understanding of barriers to clinician well-being—and solutions that promise a brighter future. Your art could be featured in a permanent online gallery and/or an in-person show hosted by the National Academy of Medicine in May 2018. Read more...
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