Office of Medical Education

April 04 - 10, 2022

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 WeeklyWire to help support manageable email inboxes for our students; it's a one-stop-shop for all med school happenings outside of the classroom!

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CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2022

• Musically Inclined? We need you!: 04/15 Deadline. Event Planning is looking for any singers and/or musicians in the co2022 for commencement.
• UVM Rainbow Graduation: Please fill out this form if you would like to be honored at UVM’s Rainbow Graduation this year. The ceremony is May 5th, at 5 pm, in the Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom. It is a lovely event that celebrates queer student achievement across campus. Also, each graduate gets a handmade rainbow stole!
• Licensure and Verification Forms for Residency: If you haven’t already received a packet of licensure paperwork from your residency program, you probably will very soon...
• ACTION REQUIRED - Forward mail from your Given mailbox: 06/01 deadline. Your mailbox at Given will be reassigned to an incoming student sometime in early summer. To receive the mail currently in your mail box and to have mail forwarded to you for the next six months, you will need to...
• Larner Medicine Issue: Larner Medicine | March 23, 2022 | Volume IV, Issue 6 recently "hit the shelves." This issue includes highlights of your Match Day Celebration! Check out the latest issue of Larner Medicine...

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Class of 2023

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Seeking Student Members of the Admissions Committee: 04/07 application deadline. The Admissions Committee is seeking student members for the 2022-2023 season. Please see the application for details. Preference will be given to students who have worked with admissions as ambassadors or MMI interviewers.
• APPROACHING DEADLING - Johns Hopkins Visiting Elective Program for Students Underrepresented in Pediatrics*: 04/15 application deadline. Welcoming students who are underrepresented in Pediatrics to apply for senior elective rotations in Pediatric Cardiology, Hematology, Infectious Disease or Oncology...
• Pisacano Scholars Leadership program: 05/01 application deadline. The Pisacano Scholars Leadership program is designed to provide educational programs, leadership training, and funding to reimburse a portion of medical-school-related debt...
• ERAS Resources:
  • DWS 2022 User Guide
  • ERAS Tools and Worksheets for Residency Applicants
  • Supp ERAS App homepage
  • ERAS supp app FAQ for SOAP
  • Careers in Medicine (CiM) website
  • Resident Explorer™ tool
  • 2021-2022 Military Match Guide
  • Conducting Interviews During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  • 2020 AAMC Report on Residents

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Class of 2024

• ACTION REQUIRED: Given Locker Clean Out: July 1 Deadline. Failure to meet this deadline will result in a $50 cleaning fee. 
• Having trouble finding your Baird locker at UVMMC?: Check out this updated map...
• Introduction to Clerkship Guide: A SEG-AOA Collab, this document is intended to be an introductory guide to clerkships; it includes individual documents on how to be clinically successful on each clerkship, resources for shelf exams, campus specific guides with helpful tips and navigation, and an overview of clerkship grading...

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Class of 2025

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - ABEM mentorship program for URiM students*: 04/04 application deadline. Designed to provide Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) first-year medical students the opportunity to participate in an in-person, all-expenses-paid, two-week mentorship program at the ABEM headquarters (East Lansing, Michigan) in June 2022...
  
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - free COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Distribution: Did you miss picking up your free tests on Friday? We want to make sure you have a chance to grab a test before spring break, so please let us know the best way to get them to you. 
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - LEAP Committee Call For Nominations: 04/10 nomination deadline (self nominations welcome). Seeking Nominations for co2025 LEAP Committee Representatives! (2 VT Campus; 1 CT Campus)...

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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs

• Funds for Educational and Scholarly Opportunities (FESO): The FESO process has been updated! Applications that meet certain criteria (i.e. presenting work that has been accepted at a national meeting) will now be reviewed/approved on a rolling basis for up to $750. Learn more...
• Amtrak is starting its Burlington to New York Service this July! It travels 59 miles per hour and takes a mile to stop, so be careful around these tracks! The train provides service to New York City. Hamilton, anyone!?...
• Cybersecurity Threats in the News: What You Can Do: UVM technology leaders and staff are monitoring the news around emerging global cybersecurity threats as a result of recent sanctions against Russia. As always, though, we need your help, and “the usual advice” is now more important than ever in efforts to keep our risk low...
• Newest Members of the Larner Gold Humanism Honor Society: Join us in congratulating members of the current Larner Class of 2023 selected for induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society! Read more about GHHS and see the list of our newest inductees, on the Larner-GHHS webpage…
• UVM Larner Med in a Time of COVID - Special Reports, Information, & Resources:
  • UVMMC Access Restrictions Continue: Entrance to the hospital via the Davis Auditorium doors is restricted to all except UVMMC employees and those with hospital badge access due to screening requirements. The only option would be to enter through the hospital main entrances which allow mandatory screening. We will let students know if/when this changes.
    • Additional Information: Currently, employees and badge holders are given the option to self-screen for symptoms prior to entering the hospital setting, which removes their need to present to hospital entrances for screening. At this time, no option to self-screen has been offered to non-employees or preclinical level students (nor is badge access to that door offered to anyone without a UVMMC badge).
  • UVM continues to offer free COVID-19 testing on campus for students at the COVID-19 Information and Service Center. COVID-19 PCR testing remains available for all members of our community, and we have a significant supply of rapid home antigen tests that are available free to faculty, staff, and students. Visit UVM FORWARD for additional information.
  • UVM's guidelines were recently updated (March 21, 2022): View the latest guidelines (PDF)...
  • If you are fully vaccinated: On-campus testing is available for all students and employees. Visit the COVID-19 Information and Service Center website for additional information...
  • Mask requirements: In most areas, masks are optional. Keep masks accessible, as there are times and places in which it will be necessary to mask. For a list of areas where masks are still required, see UVM’s face covering guidance...
  • If you are identified as a close contact: Watch for symptoms. If you do not show symptoms, you may choose to wear a mask when you are around others.
  • If you have symptoms: Stay home and get tested. Do not come to work, to class, or to a UVM facility or location. Contact Student Health Services at 802-656-3350 to arrange safe testing. If you test+ for COVID-19 (UVM COVID Guidelines - PDF)...

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COMMUNITY WELLNESS

Be sure to review this section for any announcements regarding student wellness! If you ever have any questions about this section, it's postings, or any wellness topics, please do not hesitate to contact our Director of Student Well-being, Dr. Lee Rosen or reach out to one of your Larner College of Medicine Wellness Committee representatives.

THIS WEEK:

• Authentic Ecstatic Dance: 04/07, 6-7:30pm, Davis Center - Living Well. If you're looking for a welcoming space to get out of your head and move your body to some great tunes this is the place for you...
• RECURRING:
  • MONDAYS - Meditation and Mindfulness Lunch: Mondays, 12-1pm, in MedEd300 or via MS Teams. Join the Meditation and Mindfulness SIG in MedEd300 for our weekly lunch and meditation! 
  • TUESDAYS - Tea Time Tuesdays: Tuesdays, 9-10am, UVM Interfaith Center (400 S. Prospect St, Burlington, VT). Craving an opportunity to just sit and chat with others? You are welcome to drop by for bagels and a warm beverage (not just tea!) and informal conversation. The entire UVM community is welcome!
  • WEDNESDAYS - HopeWorks Anonymous Chatline Support: Wednesdays, 7-8pm EST, virtual. for anybody impacted by sexual violence. If you need somebody to talk to either for yourself or a loved one, please join a session...
  • THURSDAYS - Solidarity in Queer Relationships Support Group: Thursdays, virtually @4pm. Solidarity in Queer Relationships is a support group for folks ages 21-27 intended to create community bonding and therapeutic processing, free of charge, no insurance required. Space is limited, sign up in advance.
  • FRIDAYS - Meditate & Connect: Fridays, 9:40-10:40am, UVM Living Well (UVM Davis Center - First Floor). Each week will include a guided meditation, short movement practice, and time for sharing and connection. Open to all levels of experience and all identities! Newcomers welcomed and encouraged to join. Open to all staff, students, and faculty. 

UPCOMING:

• UVM Larner Med Fifth Annual Clothing Swap: 04/14, 8am through the end of the swap folks can drop clothing and accessories. 04/15, 8am - 3:30pm is the official swap. In MedEd300. You do not need to donate items to participate. The swap is welcome open to everyone in the community!
• April Primary School Break is Coming Up!* There's still space in Burlington Parks and Rec's Licensed Day Camp at Miller and Cool Camp at Leddy Arena! We also have a Soccer Sparks Camp. Register your kids for school break programs...
  • Burlington Parks & Rec has Programs for Adults, too!* Register for adult programming... 
  • Burlington Parks & Rec Summer Camps are Filling Up*: Register your kids for summer programs...

ADDITIONAL WELL-BEING RESOURCES/INFORMATION:

• AAMC Resources on Student Well-Being: Medical Student Well-Being...
• AAMC Tools and Resources for First-Generation Medical School Students: Resources for Students...
• UVM COVID-19 Mandatory Testing (VT-Campus): All medical students are required to complete a day-0 and day-5/6/7 test prior to returning to in-person curriculum, and all faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to continue surveillance testing twice weekly. Students with approved COVID-19 vaccine and/or booster exemptions are required to test every seven days. UVM testing and requirements on the UVM FORWARD - COVID-19 Information and Service Center...
  • If you are symptomatic, please do not go to public testing centers. Contact UVM Student Health Services at 802-656-3350 to schedule a test or reach out to your Primary Care Physician.
  • Students not local to Chittenden County: Simply submit an exemption from testing for the weeks in January they are away, and plan to test when they return to the area. As a reminder, the testing exemption form can only be accessed/used with UVM credentials (NOT MED credentials).
  • If you tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 90 days, DO NOT FILL OUT AN EXEMPTION REQUEST: Please call Student Health Services at 802-656-3350 (ext #1) to report your positive result if you have not already done so; SHS will add you to a testing exemption list.

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LCOMcares - WAYS TO HELP/VOLUNTEER

We are sharing opportunities and needs in the State of Vermont. The University of Vermont has not vetted or researched these opportunities and cannot warrant or recommend one opportunity over another. It is your sole responsibility to thoroughly evaluate any volunteer organization or opportunity before engaging. Please practice physical distancing and follow the established guidelines to keep yourself and your community safe. Consider the following opportunities independently and carefully after looking into the organization and their safety practices.

THIS WEEK:

• Medical Supply Aid for Ukraine: 03/26-04/16. Some first-year medical Students are calling on everyone to donate desperately needed tactical medical supplies for those in Ukraine...
• Seeking Input for Who’s/What’s on the Walls (WOW) Project! 4/4 12-1 or 4/7 2-3, all host via Zoom (RSVP Required). Do you have ideas on how to transform our walls/physical spaces at LCOM to better reflect our community? Join one of the two remaining community meetings to give your input!
• Open Door Clinic Volunteer Training*: 04/09, starting @9:30am, Middlbury College. The Open Door Clinic is holding a training for new volunteers and Spanish interpreters! 

UPCOMING:

•  SAVE THE DATE - Park Your CARbon Week*: 05/16-05/20. Are you as ready for Spring as we are? Celebrate Spring and all the new growth springing forth by parking your car in favor of another mode of transit during "Park Your Carbon" week...

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO LCOMcare:

• Summer - Camp Outright*: 04/22 application deadline. Applications are open to volunteer at this summer’s Camp Outright. Camp Outright is in its 11th season and brings queer kids from around Vermont and beyond to give a classic camp experience with a BIG queer twist...

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

UVM always has a TON of event opportunities flying around. The list below was hand-picked/designed for our medical student community (also check out the Larner Medical Student Activities Calendar anytime for the latest and greatest list of events). Students may also explore the UVM Bored? Calendar for even more opportunities open to all UVM students...

THIS WEEK:

• Medical Supply Aid for Ukraine: 03/26-04/16. Some first-year medical Students are calling on everyone to donate desperately needed tactical medical supplies for those in Ukraine...
• The Graduate College, Graduate Student Senate and Larner College of Medicine present Graduate & Professional Student Appreciation Week (#GPSAWeek): 04/04-04/08. We THANK YOU and recognize all your contributions to teaching, research and service at UVM. To celebrate, we are planning a series of in-person and virtual events which focus on health and wellbeing, and professional development. Best of all – we will be giving away free stuff all week...
  • Appreciation Day (with soooo many freebies) & Food Drive on Wednesday, 10-2pm, in Davis Center. See the schedule here.
  • Dana Medical Library Celebrates Graduate and Professional Students Appreciation Week - All Day on Thursday: Treats and library swag give away!
  • Thursday Virtual Trivia Night!
  • HEALTH & WELL-BEING SESSIONS: BIPOC Meditation and Healing, Meditate & Connect, and Drop-ins with Elliot Ruggles (our new Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator)

• MON, Apr 04:
  • Seeking Input for Who’s/What’s on the Walls (WOW) Project! 4/4 12-1 or 4/7 2-3, all host via Zoom (RSVP Required). Do you have ideas on how to transform our walls/physical spaces at LCOM to better reflect our community? Join one of the two remaining community meetings to give your input!
  • Project SCOPE VT - Having Difficult Conversations: 04/04 @ 1PM EST, virtual (registration required). A continuing series for health care professionals working with families affected by Vermont's opioid crisis...
  • Defining Health - Counseling Patients on Nutrition and Lifestyle: 04/04, 12-1pm, MedEd300 or via MS Teams. Join us to discuss the ethics of and approaches to supporting patients in lifestyle modification...
• TUE, Apr 05:
  • Monthly Student Education Group (SEG) Meeting: 04/05, 5:30-7:30pm, via Zoom. All members of the community welcome.
• WED, Apr 06:
  • Monthly Medical Student Council Meeting: 04/06, 5:00-7:00pm, via Zoom. All members of the community welcome.
  • Virtual Ophthalmology Curriculum - Michael F. Chiang, MD, Director of the National Eye Institute at the NIH presents "Leadership in Ophthalmology": 04/06, 6-7pm, via Zoom (registration required). Join medical students across the country as part of the Virtual Ophthalmology Curriculum started at Johns Hopkins. Please register via this Google Form to receive the Zoom link…
  • RECURRING - WEDNESDAYS - Pediatric Grand Rounds - “Youth Friendly & Culturally Responsive Care: A Youth Led Panel”: 04/06, 8-9am, Davis Auditorium & via Zoom. Occurs every Wednesday.
• THU, Apr 07:
  • Women in STEM - Seminar with Amy Ripka: 04/7, 10-11am, Innovation E105. Joing Women in STEM for this talk by Amy Ripka, found adn CEO of Lucy Therapeutics, a Boston-based, mitochondrial platform biotech revolutionizing treatments for rare neurological diseases. 
  • A Conversation with CDC Chief Medical Officer and LCOM Alumnus Dr. Mitchell Wolfe: 04/07, 4-5pm, via MS Teams (registration required).
• FRI, Apr 08:
  •  RECURRING - FRIDAYS: WeeklyWire Submission Deadline: Fridays, no later than 7am (unless noted otherwise). Want to submit to the Wire? Submit your posting using our WeeklyWire Online Submission Form.
• SAT, Apr 09 - SUN, Apr 10: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for these days.

UPCOMING:

• Gender Equity Education Lecture - "The Doctor is Out: Intersectionality in Medicine": 04/13, 12-1pm, via Zoom. 
• The Blood Book: An Artist's Book Presentation and Poetry Reading*: 4/14 @5pm (Virtual via Teams). Poet and artist will discuss their collaboration, inspirations, and challenges in creating this work over a four-year period...
• "Coloring the Conservation Conversation" with Dr. Drew Lanham: 04/15, 4:30-6pm, Ira Allen Chapel (UVM-VT Main Campus). Dr. Lanham is the author of Homeplace: A Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature and Sparrow Envy: A Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts...
• Save the dates - UVM Research Week celebration: April 18-22, 2022. In celebration of UVM’s recent historic increase in sponsored research — and to celebrate UVM becoming a Top 100 Public Research University in the United States — UVM is pleased to announce the first-ever UVM Research Week, a celebration of UVM’s research, scholarship and creative works...
• LCOM Comedy Night: 4/22 @8pm @ Brennan's Pub. Mark your calendars, Student Council is hosting LCOM Comedy Night on April 22nd featuring comedian Tina Friml! Join your fellow med students for a fun night of stand up performances.
• Seeking Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award Nominations: 04/29 nomination deadline. Presented every year to a Larner alum from who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in basic, clinical or applied research; education; industry; public service/humanitarianism; and/or outstanding commitment to The Larner College of Medicine community...

DROP-IN MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE:

• Dean for Medical Education
• Deans for Students (preclinical, clinical, CT Campus)
• Director of Student Well-being/Well-being Advisor
• Director of Academic Achievement
• Director of Learning Environment
• Student Financial Services
• Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Drop-ins

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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)

Our Medical Student Financial Services begin with prospective students and continue through the curriculum to commencement. We advise students on various aspects such as financing their medical education, loan debt management matters, and financial wellness. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Assistant Director of Medical Student Financial Services, Ryan Gates, with any questions.

THIS WEEK:

• DEADLINE - AAMC Health Professions Education Curricular Innovations Grant Program: 04/04 submission deadline. Grants ranging from $25,000-$35,000 each to support the initial development of competency-based, interprofessional strategies for preparing learners to address health misinformation and the integration of these strategies into new or existing curriculaions Grant Program...
• DEADLINE - AAMC Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award: 04/04 nomination deadline. Honors a medical school faculty physician (MD or DO degree) who exemplifies the qualities of a caring and compassionate mentor in the teaching and advising of medical students...
• DEADLINE - 2022 Jerold and Ingela Lucey Early Career Investigator Prize for Innovations in Infant or Child Health (aka "The Lucey Prize"): 04/04 proposal submission deadline. $1500 awarded annually to recipients in any or all of three career levels (including medical students) who reflect new horizons and innovations in neonatology and/or other areas of pediatrics...
• DEADLINE - 2022 ACGME Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award: 04/06 application deadline. Award recognizes institutions and programs, as well as specialty organizations working to diversify the underrepresented physician workforce and create inclusive workplaces that foster humane, civil, and equitable environments...
• DEADLINE - New England Hellenic Medical and Dental Society Scholarship*: 04/08 application deadline. 
• DEADLINE - HRSA State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP): 04/08 application deadline. Provides grants to assist in supporting the operation of their own educational loan repayment programs for primary care providers working in Health Professional Shortage Areas.

UPCOMING:

• Outstanding Individual Faculty and Organizational Contributions to Advancing Women Leaders: 05/15 nomination deadline. Recognizes outstanding individual faculty and organizational contributions to advancing women leaders in academic medicine and science...
• Howard Center Shared Living Provider Needed*: 05/31 application deadline. Seeking Shared Living Provider(s) to support an active 22-year-old man who enjoys sports. Compensation: $35,000 tax free annual stipend plus room and board ($760.69/month).

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Non-LARNER CAREER EXPLORATION, RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP

THIS WEEK:

• AAMC Virtual Forum on the Art of Diagnosis: 04/06 @3pm ET, virtual (registration required). Explore how medical students are using the arts and humanities to convey their experiences with diagnosis...

UPCOMING:

• AAMC - The Growing Threat of Ransomware Attacks on Academic Medical Centers: 04/21, 4-5:15pm, Live Virtual Event (registration required). During this session, John Riggi, who has extensive experience at the FBI and CIA in the investigation and disruption of cyber and national security threats, will provide an international perspective on this ongoing issue and discuss how the current situation in Ukraine & Russia has elevated cyber-risk in the United States...

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

• The Nocturnists - Conversations*: In thier most recent episode, The Nocturnists speak with cancer biologist and poet Jenny Qi about her poetry collection, Focal Point, which examines themes of science, disease, love, and family...
• The Nocturnists - CALL FOR STORIES!* The Nocturnists is thrilled to announce that we’re planning our first live performance since before the pandemic to take place in San Francisco on June 10, 2022 at the Brava Theater! They're looking for stories related to the theme of "TOGETHER AGAIN"...
• NEW! Larner Medicine Issue: Larner Medicine | March 23, 2022 | Volume IV, Issue 6 recently "hit the shelves." This issue includes highlights of your Match Day Celebration! Check out the latest issue of Larner Medicine...
• The Nocturnists - Conversations*: In this recent episode, The Nocturnists speak with Professor Cindy Weinstein and Dr. Bruce Miller, authors of the book Finding the Right Words, which explores literature, grief, and the brain...
• AAMCNews:
  • "A place for faith - Doctors bring spirituality to work": Physicians reflect on how faith influences their practice and share moments of spiritual connection with patients...
  • First-generation medical students and The Match®: Medical students who were the first in their families to graduate from college look forward to finding out where they will spend the next few years of their residency training & their families are beyond proud...
• AAMC VaccineVoices:
  • The COVID-19 challenges immunocompromised kids face: Louisa Christy suffers from ankylosing spondylitis, an autoimmune condition that causes her joints to flare up such that she can’t move or walk during those times. In a new video, Louisa and her family share how they are working to keep her safe during the pandemic... 
  • Helping immigrants overcome vaccine challenges: Fear of government can outweigh fear of COVID-19, but those living the United States without legal authorization have rights when getting vaccinated...

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