Office of Medical Education

March 09 - 15, 2020

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.

IN THIS ISSUE:

Weekly Wire Archives

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

CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2020

• THIS WEEK - SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Student Commencement Speaker Speech Drafts: 03/09 submission deadline. With Match Week and Commencement in our sights, it is time to start planning for the important selection of the Class of 2020 Commencement student speaker. If you are interested in being considered for the class student speaker role...
• THIS WEEK - Class of 2020 AAMC Graduation Questionnaire (GQ) Kick-off Luncheon: 03/11, 12-1pm, in MedEd300 (Mimi Reardon Classroom) & via remote software with our CT Campus partners and students. Join us for this fun co2020 reunion opportunity and celebration...
  • AAMC Graduation Questionnaire is now open! 06/05/2020 survey deadline (survey closes). Your feedback is very much appreciated, and you can win stuff…
• JumpStart VIC Question Annotator? Apply anytime. It’s down to the wire! Still seeking credits by April 30th? We need help annotating about 800 questions for our JumpStart VIC summer “on-line” program. The focus is to ensure success in the early weeks of FoCS. Contact Drs. Stephen Everse & Paula Tracy.
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - ACTION REQUIRED - Annual Mandatories: 03/16 completion deadline. All medical students must complete annual mandatories training at the beginning of each curriculum level year...
• MATCH DAY FOR THE CLASS OF 2020! 3/20. Match Day 2020 is fast approaching and many of you have begun making plans for family and friends to join you for this important milestone in your medical school career. To ensure all guests are able to enjoy the event...
  • APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE (if any updates to your January survey response) - Match Day Participation Options: 03/17 deadline to submit updates to your participation plan. Match Day is on 03/20. Students have options for how to participate in Match Day...
• Seeking members of the Class of 2020 - Specialty Breakfast and/or Step 2 Panel discussion: 3/25. As part of Prep for Practice this year, members of your class are invited to participate in the Specialty Breakfast Discussion and on a panel for Preparing for and Taking Step 2. If interested, please sign up here. 
  
• CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 20th anniversary of Rainbow Graduation & Awards: 04/03 award nomination deadline. 04/30, 4:30-6:30pm, Grand Maple Ballroom event. Self-nominate or nominate. This event and the awards are to celebrate LGBTQIA2S+ graduates and awardees at the University of Vermont.
• Please return your pager if no longer needed: Pagers can be brought to Summer Griffin at the OMSE suite (Given N100). Students who do not return their pager will be charged a replacement fee as per our policy. 
  
• Commencement Tickets Available on April 15. Tickets will be available to degree candidates on Monday, April 15 at 10:00 am. IMPORTANT: The link to reserve Commencement tickets will be sent to your uvm.edu email. Click here for more information about Commencement tickets.
  

Back to top

Class of 2021

• APPROACHING DEADLINE - ACTION NEEDED - Annual Mandatories: 03/16 completion deadline. All medical students must complete annual mandatories training at the beginning of each curriculum level year...
• APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - New Medical Student Research Fellowships: 03/20 application deadline. Funds to support up to two one-year medical student research fellowships annually. This one-year program is designed to occur during a leave from the fourth year of medical school (July 1 through June 30)...
• Disrupting Racism and Bias in Clinical Settings: Survey running 03/08 - 03/31. Please take a few minutes to share experiences around racism and bias in clinical settings. Complete the questionnaire, now…
• Required Action - Update Student Info: Please take a moment to check that your preferred name, pronoun, and contact information are accurately listed in OASIS. If anything is incorrect, please update it through your myUVM account...
• New Opportunity for Advanced Integration Credit: Apply anytime; annotations must be submitted no later than 06/30/2020. We need help annotating about 800 questions for our JumpStart VIC summer “on-line” program. The focus is to ensure success in the early weeks of FoCS so the content is basically MCAT information. Contact Drs. Stephen Everse & Paula Tracy.
• Third Offering of MD 1050 Teaching in Medicine - Residents and Students as Teachers: A *new* 2-week elective this year, designed to introduce students and residents to teaching in academic medicine...

Back to top

Class of 2022

• Disrupting Racism and Bias in Clinical Settings: Survey running 03/08 - 03/31. Please take a few minutes to share experiences around racism and bias in clinical settings. Complete the questionnaire, now…
• Required Action - Update Student Info: Please take a moment to check that your preferred name, pronoun, and contact information are accurately listed in OASIS. If anything is incorrect, please update it through your myUVM account...
• Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Why I Chose Family Medicine": 03/19, 12-12:50pm, MedEd200. Please join us to hear a panel of 4th year Medical Students share about choosing Family Medicine. Lunch Provided/Bring your own drink!
• Parking Passes for Clerkship Year: Please review this information about parking passes, which are available to students at specific times during their clerkship year. All students attending Clerkship Orientation can pick-up parking passes for 3/16-3/20 from Parking and Transportation Services starting this Monday 3/9.

Back to top

Class of 2023

• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Myers’ Summer Travel Fellowship in Otolaryngology for Under-represented Minority Medical Students*: 03/11 application deadline. A $5000 grant. Is intended to expose an under-represented minority medical student to the field of Head and Neck surgery specifically and Otolaryngology in general...
• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE (deadline extended from 03/06 to 03/13) - Gold Student Summer Fellowships: 03/13 application deadline. Offers opportunities for medical students to complete a domestic or international, research or service project related to community health...
• Disrupting Racism and Bias in Clinical Settings: Survey running 03/08 - 03/31. Please take a few minutes to share experiences around racism and bias in clinical settings. Complete the questionnaire, now…
• Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Why I Chose Family Medicine": 03/19, 12-12:50pm, MedEd200. Please join us to hear a panel of 4th year Medical Students share about choosing Family Medicine. Lunch Provided/Bring your own drink!

Back to top

WEEKLY FYIs/INFO GOLD MINE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!

• NBME Web Sessions - "Changes to the Score Reports for the NBME Comprehensive Self-Assessments": NBME redesigned the score reports based on student feedback. Informational webinars for students who want to learn more about the redesigned reports are now available. Register for a live meeting now through 03/09.
  • THIS WEEK - NBME Web Session: 03/10, 1-2pm. Registration may not be available 1-2 days before each session.
• Information and Guidance to Coronavirus (COVID-19): Please be sure to review the important messages from Dean Zehle, Dean Page and Dr. Jan Carney.  For students who have recently travelled or who have plans to travel, please check the Vermont Department of Health website for the recommended protocol once you return to Vermont, and review the current protocol...
  • Have questions about COVID-19? Click here for more information from UVM and take a moment to read this update from UVMMC. Please email StudentCOMServices or drop by the OMSE office (Given N100) with any additional questions.
  • COVID-19 Virus Email Phishing Attacks: There have been reports of a phishing attack that is using the scare from the virus to take advantage of users. The phishing email is acting as the CDC and includes a link that prompts you to enter personal information.  Please remain vigilant when opening attachments and/or click on links within the email. Best practice is to delete unknown emails, especially if you don’t recognize the sender.
• USMLE LCOM Performance Data Available: Recent LCOM Step 1 and 2 Performance Summaries Available in Academic Achievement Commons (USMLE Section). Please contact Dr. Tim Moynihan, Director of Academic Achievement, with any questions.
• Student Accessibility Services Extended Hours: Spring 2020 SAS extended hours (Tuesdays & Thursdays until 5pm) are now available by appointment. Call 802-656-7848 to schedule. 48-hours’ notice required.
• PLEASE REVIEW - New/revised policies approved by the Medical Curriculum Committee since March 2019 have been summarized for your convenience. The Med. Student Handbook governs expected student roles and responsibilities. All students should be familiar with the content. Questions? Contact OMSE.
  

Back to top

YOU SAID, WE DID - YOUR WORDS IN ACTION

If you receive feedback from students and put that feedback into action, please let our student community know; submit postings/updates to Medical Student Services by 7am, on Fridays. Postings are reviewed by the Office of Medical Student Education Medical Education Leadership Team on Mondays for inclusion in an upcoming issue of the WeeklyWire. Community members can also view our database of current and past “You Said, We Did” submissions, in the Learning Commons.

Back to top

LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER/SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

No postings submitted for this section, this week.

Back to top

UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

New Dog SIG Sign Ups! Join our Pack! Play with some dogs and exercise yours! Dog ownership is not a requirement to join! Please fill out this form to sign up. Contact Elena Dansky, LCOM Dog Pack Co-Leader, with any questions.

THIS WEEK:

• Choosing Wisely Recommendation of the Week(s) - Choose Wisely and WIN! Join the LCOM Choosing Wisely STARS in promoting high value care in medical education. Review this week's spotlight recommendation and enter our PRIZE RAFFLE...
  • Thanks for Choosing Wisely! The winners of January’s raffle prizes are: Amy Stedman, Micaila Baroffio, Jeanie Lin, and Benjamin Lin! The Choosing Wisely STARS rep will email you with information on how to claim your prize. Don’t forget – every edition of the Weekly Wire includes another chance to win!
• MON, March 09: No LCOM community events posted for this day.
• TUE, March 10: 
  • Café con leche: 03/10, 12-1pm, in MedEd203. It’s café con leche time! Come speak some very casual Spanish, or just listen, hang out, and de-stress. Light snacks and café will be provided, but feel free to bring your own lunch if you want something more filling.
  • Community Medical School Presents: "What HIV Teaches Us About Sexual Ethics": 03/10, 6-7:30pm, in Carpenter Auditorium (UVM LCOM Campus). Using a learning format that parallels ethics education at the Larner College of Medicine, we will discuss the many ways HIV has influenced public and private ethics of sex...
• WED, March 11:
  • Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Autopsy in Pediatrics”: 03/11, 8-9am, in Davis Auditorium (UVMMC).
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery SIG Meet and Greet Lunch: 03/11, 12:30-1:30pm, in MedEd100. Please join us for the first Cardiothoracic Surgery Interest Group meeting.  It will be a meet and greet lunch where CT faculty will meet students and talk about what life is like in CT surgery.
• THU, March 12 - SUN, March 15: No LCOM community events posted for these days. 
• SAT, March 14: 
  • Health Career Exploration Day for Local High School Students: 03/14, 8:30-3:30pm in the MedEd rooms. The Med Mentors SIG will be running a Mentors Health Career Exploration Day to introduce local high school students to information about health career professions. See how you can get involved...

UPCOMING:

• IM SIG Brown Bag Specialty Series - Gastroenterology Lunch Panel: 03/17, 12-12:45pm, in MedEd204. Learn about various fellowships and careers that are available through training in Internal Medicine via this new panel series; this week, join Dr. Joe Frasca to hear about experiences about the life and training of a gastroenterologist...
• SAVE THE DATE! Dean Page's LCME Student Survey (ISA) Completion Ice Cream Party Celebration: The LCOM VT-Campus will be celebrating 03/17, 2:30-5:30pm. And our LCOM CT-Campus is hosting an ice cream social on 3/17 @3pm, in Norwalk.
• UVM Earth Week Programming: 03/18 programming submission deadline. UVM Earth Week is 04/20-04/26. If you are excited for Earth Week (April 20-24) here at UVM this year, there is an opportunity to submit your own program...
• Pediatric Grand Rounds: “Transforming Risk into Wellness: A Youth Led Panel”: 03/18, 8-9am, in Davis Auditorium (UVMMC).
• Interprofessional Student Group - Family Panel: 03/18, 5:30-7:30pm, in Rowell 130. Come and be a part of an interprofessional club on campus! Free pizza and it looks great on Resumes!
• Class of 2020 Match Day! 03/20, 11:30am, in the Hoehl Gallery.
• SAVE THE DATE! Annual Specimen Cup: 04/04 @12pm, in West Lebanon, NH. Support the LCOM hockey team as they play the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth's team in the annual Specimen Cup. Transportation provided to and from LCOM, with a reception to follow. Updated information will be made available online, via Development & Alumni Relations…
• SAVE THE DATE! 5th Annual Wellness Environment 4.20 5k for Wellness: 04/20, at 4:20pm. A cost-free and substance-free 5K fun run/walk that is open to all; family-friendly and dog-friendly and will start and finish on UVM’s Athletic Campus...
  

RECURRING EVENTS:

• MONDAYS:
  • Trauma Focused Womxn's Therapy Group being offered at UVMMC: Mondays, 3-4:30pm, in Conference Room Smith 426, UVMMC (launched on 01/27). Spaces are limited. Note that there is no requirement to share your personal experiences.
• TUESDAYS: VIC Portal Tuesday nights: unavailable 10pm - 12am.
• WEDNESDAYS:
  • Learner Development Drop-ins: 12-1pm, in MedEd302. All LCOM students are welcome. Come to discuss optimal approaches to learning and studying  and to learn more about available academic resources from the Director of Academic Achievement. Feel free to bring your lunch! Contact Dr. Tim Moynihan with any questions.
  • Yoga Student Interest Group - LCOM Yoga Class: 6-7pm, in HSRF 400 (unless noted otherwise).
    
• FRIDAYS:
  • Weekly Wire Submission Deadline: 7am on Fridays for the upcoming issue unless noted otherwise, under the FYIs section. Submit a posting to the WeeklyWire...
  • Good Morning with the Interim Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education: 7-8am, outside of the Student Lounge, with the Interim Associate Dean or their designee. Catch up, discuss any issues or concerns, or snag a warm beverage and slowly walk away.
  • Monitor Slideshow Submission Deadline: Have your posting on the local monitor screens! Submit to Roni Darragh by 9am to have it include in the following week's cycle.
• DROP-IN MEETINGS:
  • Dean for Medical Education 
  • Deans for Students (preclinical, clinical, CT Campus) 
  • Director of Academic Achievement
  • Director of Learning Environment
  • Director of Student Wellbeing

Back to top

STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES

UPCOMING:

• So many financial presentations! UVM's personal finance instructors are coming to LCOM!! Check-out the upcoming presentations on Saving, Budgeting, Borrowing;  Investing & Taxes; and Insurance, Estate Planning, Home Purchasing. 
• Optional presentation- "The Personal Economic Model": 03/18, 2:30-3:30pm, in MedEd 100. Join us for a pseudo TED-talk!
• APPLICATION DEADLINE - 4th Year Scholarship Opportunities! 03/26, 4:30pm. Did you have a medical condition that influenced your decision to become a physician? Or, did you face adversity during medical school? We want to hear your stories! See our scholarship announcement for more information...

Back to top

LEADERSHIP, RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP & JOBS

THIS WEEK:

• REGISTRATION DEADLINE - Student PM&R Symposium*: 03/10 registration deadline. 03/28 symposium. FREE to any student who wishes to participate. This day long conference provides attendees the opportunity to explore the wide world of PM&R...
• APPLICATION DEADLINE - Medical Student Media Opportunity at The Doctor Oz Show*: 03/13 application deadline for student researcher position. applications on a rolling basis for the medical student rotation position.  Opportunities for medical students interested in public health, social media, and medical television...
• APPLICATION DEADLINE - Jerold and Ingela Lucey Early Career Investigator Prize for Innovations in Infant or Child Health: 03/13 proposal submission deadline. $1500 award. To be awarded for completed or near-completed work who are exploring new horizons in neonatology and/or other areas of pediatrics within the past three years and not to fund a research proposal...
• REGISTRATION DEADLINE - Biomedical Science Careers Student Conference and Special Session for Medical Students*: 03/15 registration deadline. An opportunity to network with advisors/role models from the basic and clinical sciences, medicine, public health, academia and the biopharmaceutical industry...
• APPLICATION DEADLINE - Medical Student Leadership Opportunities - Governing Council Positions with the AMA-WPS*: Become a voice for women physicians and make a real impact on issues in women's health...
  • At-Large Member — Mar. 15 deadline
  • AMA-WPS Alternate Delegate— Mar. 15 deadline.

UPCOMING:

• APPLICATION DEADLINE - CVRI Early Career Advisory Committee: 03/31 application deadline. Become a new member of the CVRI Early Career Advisory Committee, tasked with identifying and addressing the needs of our Early Career scientists and involving them in CVRI activities...  
  

Back to top

ARTS & PUBLICATION

THIS WEEK:

• SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: 03/15 submission deadline. Challenges healthcare students to engage in a reflective writing exercise that illustrates an experience where they or a team member worked to ensure that compassionate care was at the core of a healthcare encounter...

UPCOMING:

• APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 2020 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest: 03/18 submission deadline. Asks medical and nursing students to engage in a reflective writing exercise that illustrates an experience where they or a team member worked to ensure that humanism was at the core of care...

Back to top

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

Subscribe to the WeeklyWire: