Office of Medical Education

April 06 - 12, 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

• Letter to the Class of 2020 from Dean Page and Senior Associate Dean Zehle: 04/02 email from your College Dean and your Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education...
• Rainbow Graduation & Awards Goes VIRTUAL: 04/30 @4:30pm. You are cordially invited to attend, please RSVP. Now more than ever is the time to celebrate the fact that LGBTQIA2S+ students at UVM continue to prove their brilliance and resilience, just like a flower blossoming out of broken concrete...
  
• All about tackling your student loans! A note from Medical Student Financial Services intended for students who have utilized education loans throughout their time at UVMLarnerMed...
• Editing your GQ after loan counseling - Is your GQ answer accurate re: financial aid satisfaction? If you filled out the GQ prior to receiving loan counseling, please consider editing the two GQ questions (having to do with loans/financial aid) if you have now been in touch with Student Financial Services. Receiving accurate feedback is vital for us. Thank you!
• Interested in 250k Loan Repayment from the US Army Reserves?* Two programs will help pay back up to $250,000 of student loans and provide a monthly Stipend of over $2300 to the student during residency training...
• Texas STAR survey to evaluate and advocate in the residency application process: Have you completed your Texas STAR survey yet? Not sure what that is? Review this 03/24 email from your Interim Assistant Dean for Students...
• Licensure and verification forms for residency: 03/25 email from your Advanced Integration and Residency Placement Coordinator...

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Class of 2021

• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC): 04/06 application deadline. The MCC continuously reviews and evaluates the educational programs of the College of Medicine and oversees the Foundations and Clerkship Committees...
  
• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Clerkship Committee: 04/06 application deadline. Apply to be a Clerkship Committee student representative for 2020-2021! The Clerkship Committee is responsible for the formalized review of each clerkship, including exam performance and student proficiency outcomes...
• THIS WEEK - Weekly Wellness Class Check-in - "Paw Patrol": 04/07, 12-1pm, via Zoom. Join us for a class of 2021 Virtual Peer Support - Pet Edition! Paw Parade with your classmates! This week the Wellness Committee is hosting “bring your pet to school” day remotely...
• APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - URM Visiting Elective in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins*: 04/17 application deadline. 
• Non-clinical Elective Options: Per the 03/31 email from our Advanced Integration and Residency Placement Coordinator, this is a list of non-clinical options currently available to our medical students...

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Class of 2022

• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE -  Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC): 04/06 application deadline. The MCC continuously reviews and evaluates the educational programs of the College of Medicine and oversees the Foundations and Clerkship Committees...
  
• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Foundations Committee: 04/06 application deadline. Apply to be a Foundations Committee student representative for 2020-2021! The Foundations Committee is responsible for the formalized review of the Foundations level course curriculum...
• THIS WEEK - APPROACHING DEADLINE (Psych students) - EPIC training - New Deadline April 15: EPIC training deadline has been moved to April 15. April 8 for students in Psych.
  
• ACTION REQUIRED - Clean Out Your Given Lockers by July 1: 7/1 deadline. If you are going to be away during your Step 1 study month and transitioning to away rotations, please have “cleaning out your given locker” on your radar/task list. Students who fail to clean out their lockers by 7/1 will be charged a $50 cleaning fee…

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Class of 2023

• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) Summer Internship Opportunity: 04/06 application deadline. Salary is equivalent to a summer research fellowship ($1500-3000). To assist with medical education research and program development. Positions available with the Curricular Team, the Learning Environment Medical Student Services and the Connecticut Branch Campus...
  
• THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Medical Curriculum Committee (MCC): 04/06 application deadline. The MCC continuously reviews and evaluates the educational programs of the College of Medicine and oversees the Foundations and Clerkship Committees...

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

• Coronavirus (COVID-19): 
  • UVM COVID-19 information & resources
  • COVID-19 Volunteer Opportunities: 03/27 email sent on behalf of Dr. Nathalie Feldman, Chair of the LCOMcares Service Corps COVID-19 Task Force...
  • Message from Rick Page to Larner Community: 03/27 email from Dean Page to the Larner Community...
  • Updates for LCOM Medical Students: 03/27 email from your Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education...
  • Medical Student Financial Services amidst COVID-19: 03/23 email from your Student Financial Services Coordinator...
  • Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The COVID-19 pandemic may be affecting student’s ability to purchase foods.
    • UVM Student Government Association has decided to open Rally Cat’s Cupboard (RCC) through this time as a resource for students. View their updated hours, the RCC informational flyer, and a map of the location of the RCC...
    • This is a resource from HungerFreeVermont and the VTFoodbank...
    • Swipe Out Hunger is available during this time. Interested students can fill out the form on the bottom of the Swipe Out Hunger webpage...
  • Brief Informational Videos from Members of Your Community:
    • Dr. Jan Carney, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Public Health and Health Policy at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, offers important information about ways to keep ourselves and our communities safe...
    • Dr. Lewis First, Professor and Chair of Larner’s Department of Pediatrics, and Chief of Pediatrics at UVM’s Children’s Hospital, has wonderful advice on how families can help children learn and thrive during this time...
    • UVM faculty member Dr. Tim Lahey, an infectious disease expert at the UVM Medical Center, offers useful information about the critical importance of young adults staying home to help fight the spread of COVID-19...
  • CAPS Current Plan for Services: Due to the rapidly evolving university response to the COVID-19 outbreak, Center for Health and Wellbeing Services may continue to change in the coming days. View current, updated hours and services...
• New GreenUVM: The March 2020 issue of GreenUVM, the UVM Campus Sustainability Newsletter, just "hit the shelves" this past week...
• Medical Student Resources/Contacts: In a recent (3/27) email from your Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, we provided this helpful list of contacts and resources to help assist you in getting your questions and needs addressed more efficiently and effectively. We've also made this list available in the Medical Student Services Commons space.
• NEW WeeklyWire Section – “Community Wellness”: Check it out, below!
• Free NBME Self-Assessments & Added Answer Explanations Available in April*: To expand students' options to enrich their knowledge during testing delays resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, seven free NBME® Self-Assessments will be available starting April 3...
• Graduate Writing Center: We are making it even easier for you to connect with the Graduate Writing Center for all the writing (including presentations, posters, and slides) support you need (i.e. sign-up for remote/online help sessions!)...
• Larner Medicine - Celebrating the UVM Larner College of Medicine Community: Volume II, Issue 6 was just released on March 25, 2020...
• IMPORTANT Message About Access to LCOM Buildings: In keeping with current precautionary measures to reduce the potential exposure to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), all exterior entrances to the Larner College of Medicine are UVM CatCard swipe-access only.

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COMMUNITY WELLNESS

Welcome to the new "Community Wellness" section of the WeeklyWire! 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.

• Weekly Wellness Committee Class Check-ins - Paw Parade with your classmates! Wellness Committee is hosting “bring your pet to school” day! All pets and pet fans are welcome to bring their furry, fluffy or fishy friend to the zoom. You don’t have to have a pet to tune in! Keep your eyes out for announcements for your class Paw Patrol. Questions? Contact Summer Griffin.
• Check-out Dr. Lee Rosen's CBT Tip of the Week! Each week, Dr. Rosen will be sharing a cognitive behavioral therapy strategy or tip, which you can practice at home. This week's - Moving in and out of states of anxiety...
• Telehealth Psychotherapy Referrals: Per the 03/30 email from your Director of Medical Student Wellbeing, If you are interested in finding a therapist, the CBT training clinic in the psychology department has switched over to telehealth; we can facilitate a referral directly, or you can call the clinic...
• Try out these tasty recipes! The Wellness Committee suggests… cooking! Three simple recipes, vetted by rising 4th year Wellness Rep, Elizabeth Lynch, who notes, “Something salty and sweet to sooth the soul…” 
• A UVM Student Affairs Message to Students -- Your Health and Wellbeing: Vice Provost Annie Stevens shared some very helpful suggestions and resources with the UVM undergraduate student community, and we wanted to pass them along...
• #songsofcomfort: So many ways we can give and receive, right now...
  • PBS News Hour: Yo Yo Ma’s “Songs of Comfort”
  • YouTube “#songsofcomfort” query (Yo Yo Ma, Indigo Girls, Swan Project, and more)
  • A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown...
    
• Student Well-being Related Resources Available: Please take a moment to read this letter from your Director of Student Well-being, Dr. Lee Rosen, to learn about what well-being related resources are available to students...
• Campus Recreation Updates: Live group fitness, esports, and more! Staying fit and active is one of the best ways to build and maintain a robust immune system and to stay healthy. Campus Recreation staff have been working diligently to create alternative ways for you to stick with your exercise routine, try something new, or play in a new way...
• UVM Mindfulness Meditations: Lindsay Foreman and the UVM Mindfulness Team are here for you right now. They've created a wealth of mindfulness and relaxation recordings, of all different lengths, for you to insert into your work day as needed, on their Soundcloud page...
• Down Dog Yoga App*: Yoga, barre, and 7 minute cardio workouts. Free until July...
• Calm App*: Without a doubt, many of us are feeling anxious as we navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19. We're all feeling it, and Calm wanted to share some of the tools they're using to take care of their minds and stay grounded...
• Free Headspace Membership for AMA Members*: The AMA offers a free Headspace membership to its members. Many schools provide an AMA membership to their students or students get a student membership for $20. AMA members can access the Headspace Membership online... 

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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.

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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER/SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Medical Student COVID-19 Action Network (MSCAN) project*: With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, MSCAN hopes to provide a national database for medical school organized volunteer efforts against COVID-19. In order to achieve this goal, we need to find student representatives at other medical schools to be the point person for their school...

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

UVM Events under COVID-19:
As a reminder, campus guidelines advise against any events/group gatherings of more no than eight people, social distancing should be practiced at all times (6 or more feet apart), and hosts should provide a remote attendance option (see below regarding how you activate your UVMLarnerMed-provided Zoom license).
Please be familiar with the UVM COVID-19 information & resources.

Zoom Access for Students:
Full Zoom licenses are now available to all UVMLarnerMed students to help support remote meetings, teaching and studying as social distancing is now a priority...

April 01 Pediatric Grand Rounds - "COVID-19 Update: What Health Care Providers Caring for Children Need to Know. A Virtual Town Hall": We received the remote attendance information for the 04/01 pediatrics grand rounds after the Wire deadline and apologize we did not share this with you. However, the Peds Team kindly passed along resources from the session (PPT slides and chat summary)...

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...

   

• MON, April 06 - TUE, April 08: No LCOM community events posted for these days.
  • Community Medical School presents - "Lung Cancer Screening: A new era for patients at risk": Postponed (was scheduled 04/07, 6-7:30pm).
• THU, April 09:
  • Weekly Drawing Entry Deadline: You've located our FINAL hidden weekly drawing! If our current situation prevents us from being able to enjoy our winnings (free movie tickets), OMSE will ensure a all of our unclaimed weekly drawing winners will receive a prize! Thank you for reading! We will do one last drawing of ten winners, this week; this could be you!
    
• FRI, April 10 - SUN, April 12: No LCOM community events posted for these days.  

UPCOMING:

• April Dining with the Deans Luncheon: 04/15, 12-1pm, Remote (via Zoom). Please feel free to bring your own lunch and join us! RSVP required to ensure we can facilitate a thoughtful conversation; the first 20 students to sign-up are in! This month's special guest is Dean Jan Gallant, Associate Dean for Admissions...

RECURRING EVENTS:

• 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...
    
• DROP-IN MEETINGS (Remote meetings only, until further notice):
  • Dean for Medical Education 
  • Deans for Students (preclinical, clinical, CT Campus) 
  • Director of Academic Achievement
  • Director of Learning Environment
  • Director of Student Wellbeing

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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES

Medical Student Financial Services amidst COVID-19: 03/23 email from your Student Financial Services Coordinator...

THIS WEEK:

• National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program (NHSC SP)*: 04/23 application deadline. Students pursuing primary care health professions training may be eligible to apply for up to 4 years of support in exchange for providing primary are health services in underserved communities for several years...
  • THIS WEEK - Online Q&A Session #1: 04/07, 9am-5pm.
  • Online Q&A Session #2: 04/20, 9am-5pm.

UPCOMING:

• $8k Vayda Scholarship for MD students with MUSICAL PASSION: 04/20 submission deadline. Do you have a talent, passion, or hobby with music? A $4-8k award may be available to you...
  

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, LEADERSHIP & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES

UPCOMING:

• NOMINATION DEADLINE - AOA Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award - Deadline Extended: 04/15 nomination deadline (was 04/03). $10,000 prize. Established to provide national recognition to faculty members who have distinguished themselves in medical student education...

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

The Nocturnists - "Stories from a Pandemic - New World"*: Just published "New World," the first episode of their new special podcast series, "The Nocturnists: Stories From A Pandemic," which features selected clips from your audio diaries...

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

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