Office of Medical Education

March 18 - 24, 2019

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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Weekly Wire Archives

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

CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2019

• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Scholarship opportunities: 03/18 application deadline. Two institutional scholarship opportunities available. 3/18/19 deadline – we just need your CV & short essay! Think you qualify for one of them?...
• The Mark Beers, MD '82 Award: An $8,000 award for a student who has or has had a medical condition that influenced his or her decision to become a physician.
• The David Tormey, MD Award: A $5,500 award for accomplishment in the face of adversity during medical school
• THIS WEEK - COMMENCEMENT SUBMISSION DEADLINE (extended) - Student Speaker Speech Draft: 03/20 submission deadline. Class of 2019 student graduation speaker selection underway. If you are interested in being considered for this role...
• THIS WEEK - SURVEY DEADLINE - PushForPronouns Survey/Training: PushForPronouns Survey/Training: 03/22 survey deadline. On 03/11, Dr. Zehle invited you via email to participate in this training video/survey (takes 10-15mins to complete). Contact Emerson Wheeler with questions.
• APPROACHING COMMENCEMENT DEADLINE - Submit Your Guest Hooder Request: 04/08 deadline. The LCOM-designated hooders at Commencement are Deans Zehle & Bertsch, however, you can invite a guest hooder, if you wish...
• Commencement Ticket Information: Tickets will be available to degree candidates starting Monday, April 16, at noon...
• Student Financial Services mandatory exit loan counseling sessions are required for any student who utilized education loans during their time here. Please sign-up for your exit session, now. Contact MedSFS@uvm.edu with questions.
• SIGN UP! Student Panel Opportunities (and food!) for this year’s Prep for Practice course! Help support the rising 4th-year students with your experience and insight! Read more about these mentorship and free-food opportunities...

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Class of 2020

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - TRAINING MANDATORIES - Complete Annual Mandatories Training: 03/18 deadline. You must complete trainings at the beginning of each curriculum level year...
• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Johns Hopkins Visiting Elective Program for Students Underrepresented in Pediatrics*: 03/22 application deadline. Read more about this visiting elective opportunity...
• THIS WEEK - SURVEY DEADLINE - PushForPronouns Survey/Training: 03/22 survey deadline. On 03/11, Dr. Zehle invited you via email to participate in this training video/survey (takes 10-15mins to complete). Contact Emerson Wheeler with questions.
• CDC Elective Rotation*: 04/01 app. deadline. Hands-on experience and mentorship by CDC subject matter experts...
• Apply to be your Class Representative to the Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC): 04/08 app. deadline. Apply to serve a 1-year commitment, beginning in May, to help review and evaluate LCOM educational programs and oversee the Foundations and Clerkship Committees...
• End of Year Clerkship CSE: All of the information about the EOC CSE – how to prepare, what to expect, how you will be assessed –is available in the course catalog (End of Clerkship CSE, MD-1585) in OASIS. Contact Jacqueline Drouin with any questions.
• University of Rochester Medical Center Visiting Clerkship Program*: 06/01 app. deadline. Limited number of visiting clerkship positions for students who ID as URM, or who have a commitment to improving the health status of diverse patient populations via patient care, research and/or teaching...

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Class of 2021

• Apply to be your Class Representative to the Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC): 04/08 app. deadline. Apply to serve a 1-year commitment, beginning in May, to help review and evaluate LCOM educational programs and oversee the Foundations and Clerkship Committees...
• You're back for Clerkship Orientation! That's great! REMINDER - Clean Out Your Given Lockers by July 1: 7/1 deadline. Students who fail to clean out their lockers by 7/1 will be charged a $50 cleaning fee...

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Class of 2022

• THIS WEEK - Mandatory Clerkship Information Session: 03/18 @ noon, in MedEd300. General information re: Clerkships, clinical sites, and contact info. Lunch provided (vegetarian, GF, & dairy-free options); email jdrouin@med.uvm.edu if any additional restrictions.
• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - One Heart Source 2019 Mentorship Programs in Cape Town, South Africa*: 03/20 app. deadline. Serve as mentors while examining community health, education, social work, and youth empowerment within the context of South Africa...
• THIS WEEK - SURVEY DEADLINE - PushForPronouns Survey/Training: PushForPronouns Survey/Training: 03/22 survey deadline. On 03/11, Dr. Zehle invited you via email to participate in this training video/survey (takes 10-15mins to complete). Contact Emerson Wheeler with questions.
• Apply to be your Class Representative to the Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC): 04/08 app. deadline. Apply to serve a 1-year commitment, beginning in May, to help review and evaluate LCOM educational programs and oversee the Foundations and Clerkship Committees...
• Summer Research Opportunity - Disability Inclusion in Health Science Education: Get exposure to research methods, design, data collection and manuscript development...
• Biozone summer 2019 opportunity: A summer position at 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy, a sleepaway camp on the campus of the Governor's Academy in Byfield, MA, as a leader/teacher/counselor for a program called Biozone...

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WEEKLY FYIs - WE ARE ALL HERE TO HELP!

• LCOM Student Activities Calendar: Post/view events and/or subscribe to the calendar to receive the latest and greatest for all Medical Student Events...
• "Influzenza Vaccine Self Reporting" Email - NOT SPAM: Thanks for asking! Always good to check. If you received an email asking you to self-report your influenza vaccine, please follow the instructions. In order to assist UVMMC with monitoring immunization requirements, students are invited to "self-report" their influenza vaccination, seasonally.
• COMIS FYI - Phishing/Spamming: Some students received a "Job Offer" email scam this past week; if you clicked and/or shared your credentials via a scam, please reach out to our Help Desk immediately (visit, call 802-656-7300, or submit a footprint). Also, if you ever receive a phishing/spam email, please forward it along to abuse@uvm.edu.
• New faces in new spaces within the Office of Medical Student Education: An update on OMSE staff...
• Emergency Medicine Advising resources*: Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Advising Students Committee in Emergency Medicine (ASC-EM). resources..

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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

THIS WEEK - Here to Help: 3/22 and 3/23. Please sign up to volunteer for the upcoming Here to Help event. Our aim is to share a meal people from the homeless community and to connect them with services, showers, toiletries, haircuts, and more! Please sign-up to help out. You can volunteer this Saturday, and then maybe get a chance to go to the movies free, next Saturday (thanks for reading your WeeklyWire!).

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - LCOM Interim Assistant Dean for Students Student Search Committee: 8:00 a.m. ET, 03/18 application deadline. Submit brief paragraph of interest to studentCOMservices@med.uvm.edu.

THIS WEEK - March Dining with the Deans: 03/20 @ noon, in Given E105. Special guest, Margaret Tandoh, M.D., Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, Assistant Professor of Surgery. First 15 students to sign-up are in! If you've attended before, please wait until the week-of to sign-up to allow new folks to sign-up.

THIS WEEK - Yoga Student Interest Group: 03/20, @6pm, in HSRF 400.

THIS WEEK - Good Morning with Dean Zehle: 03/22 @ 7am, outside of the student lounge (Given Courtyard C122). Swing by for coffee/tea with Dr. Zehle. Catch up, discuss any issues or concerns, or snag a warm beverage and slowly walk away.

THIS WEEK - SURVEY DEADLINE - Please complete your UVM Campus Climate Survey! 03/22 deadline. Helps inform critical campus initiatives for improving our communities and campus climates...

THIS WEEK - The Family Medicine Student Interest Group's "Potluck with the Fam": 03/23 @ 6pm, at Dr. Tracy's home. An opportunity to connect with faculty and students and learn more about family medicine over warm, delicious food...

RITUAL: Walk of Remembrance & Resilience: 03/28 @ 12:10pm, UVM Interfaith Center. Honoring those who have died of AIDS and those living with HIV...

Annual LCOM-DCOM Specimen Cup Hockey Game - Home this year! 04/06 @ 2pm. Admission is free and the competition is sure to be spirited! Come cheer on your fellow classmates and faculty members in this year’s edition...

LCOM Research Laureate - “A Physicist’s Approach to the Lung" with Jason Bates, PhD: 04/08 @ noon, in MedEd200.

StorySlam Rx Storytelling Workshop with Susanne Schmidt: 04/30 @5:50pm, in MedEd100 (Larner). In preparation for a May/Senior Week Medical Community StorySlam event, your LCOM AOA & GHHS are hosting a storytelling workshop with former Moth StorySlam winner, Susanne Schmidt. Learn how to take your story from the page, to the stage...

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP

APPROACHING SUBMISSION/NOMINATION DEADLINE - 2019 LCOM Global Health Day: 3/25 deadline. Submit photos, reflections, and posters for an annual contest; Nominate faculty, staff and students for awards; Suggest workshops, sessions, or topics...

APPROACHING SUBMISSION/NOMINATION DEADLINE - Learn, Serve, Lead 2019: The AAMC Annual Meeting "Learners Leading Learners"*: 03/29 deadline. Submit a proposal for a student-led curriculum development, community service, medical education scholarly research, and/or patient advocacy initiative...

APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Women in Medicine LGBTQ Leadership Scholarships*: 04/01 app. deadline. Four $5k LGBTQ Leadership Scholarships available...

Dying Well: Multi-Religious End-of-Life Conversations*: 04/02 @ 9:30am, in MA. A daylong conference on religion and its role in end of life care...

NEGEA 2019 Annual Conference - Student/Resident Track workshops*: 04/04 workshop (Apr. 04-06 Conference) @ UPenn. Connect with thought leaders in the field of medical education, exchange ideas, and learn teaching/feedback strategies...

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

APPROACHING SUBMISSION/NOMINATION DEADLINE - 2019 LCOM Global Health Day: 3/25 deadline. Submit photos, reflections, and posters for an annual contest; Nominate faculty, staff and students for awards; Suggest workshops, sessions, or topics...

APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Fair Housing Month Art Contest: 04/01 submission deadline. The theme is “WHAT DOES A DIVERSE, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE TO YOU?” and the contest is open to all Vermonters...

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