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CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2021
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Class of 2024
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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs
- LCOM Wireless: A recent email from our incredible COMIS team included brief instructions on how to connect our HSID wireless network, should you run into any trouble connecting to the network...
- FOR SALE - Bistro table & Chairs*: Set is in excellent condition; $75/OBO...
- Larner Grand Rounds: The Grand Rounds schedule and a list of their associated coordinators is made available on the Larner College of Medicine Continuing Medical and Interprofessional Education (CMIE) Grand Rounds webpage…
- Firestone Medical Research Building Construction: Construction is off to a great start. Focus over the next two months shifts to the enabling electrical work supporting the installation of a new transformer to service the HSRF
and the Firestone buildings. Follow the progress on the UVM Larner Med Facilities Firestone Building project webpage…
- New Larner Medicine Issue: October 21, 2020 - Volume II, Issue 20 recently "hit the shelves"; check it out...
- UVMLarnerMed in a Time of COVID-19 - Coronavirus (COVID-19)-Related Special Reports/Information:
- Printed Copies of COVID-19 Test Results: Currently, students do not have access to test results that can include their identifying information; UVM SHS has requested this feature in the CoVerified app; until this is developed, this is the process for students tp secure printed copies of their test results that includes identifying information, if/when needed:
- Students email UVM Strong and ask to have their latest test result printed
- The COVID Information and Service Center staff will print out the test result
- Students pick up the printed test result at the Davis Center Testing Site
- UVM Takes Part in COVID-19 Vaccine Trial: Read the 10/27 email from Dean Page for more information...
- COVID-19 Testing Protocols Extended to end of Semester: Based on counsel from public health and infectious disease experts, UVM will continue existing COVID-19 testing protocols for the rest of the fall 2020 semester.
Read the full memo, with additional guidance for medical students…
- Handbook Updates: 10/30 email - two new policy addendums were posted this past week, to address COVID-19-specific conditions (Foundations Attendance; Green & Gold Promise/Professionalism policy addendums)...
- Given Atrium Will Remain Open for UVM Larner Med: While many dining halls will close down when our undergrads depart for Thanksgiving (they won’t return to campus until Feb 01), main campus and OMSE worked together
to ensure Given Bistro will remain open through 12/18, and re-open again on January 19.
- Dana Medical Library Will Remain Open for UVM Larner Med: Dana Medical Library will have regular hours through 12/18 and
plans to reopen January 2nd.
- Clinical Shadowing Suspended: In case you missed it in the 10/14 Weekly Wonders,
Larner Leadership made the difficult but important decision to suspend clinical shadowing experiences for all learners, including medical students, under the current pandemic conditions.
- UVM Campus Food Guidelines, under COVID-19: This guidance applies to all campus-sponsored activities and events, including department meetings, student clubs, external events…
- Updated COVID-19 Testing Hours: The COVID-19 Information and Service Center (1st flr., Davis Center) is the single point of contact campus community COVID-19 testing. The testing center is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each weekday,
with extended hours Tuesday and Wednesday evenings (9 a.m.-7 p.m.). See testing hours for Thanksgiving and December holiday periods…
- UVM is placing restrictions on non-essential visitors to campus: Read more about these restrictions...
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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.
- Sign-up for a confidential wellbeing appointment! Dr. Marissa Coleman, the Wellbeing Advisor for UVM Larner Med, is available for individual consultations, small group support, and referrals for psychotherapy within the community
for medical students. Learn more and sign-up here…
- Dealing with election anxiety? Read Dr. Rosen's latest CBT tip on coping with anxiety...
- Chill Fireside: An inviting fire warms the heart—and cold feet—on a chilly evening. UVM installed eight outdoor propane fire pits and Adirondack chairs on the Andrew Harris Commons (between the Library and Davis Center).
Fire pits will be open from 6-10 p.m., Thu-Sat evenings until the Thanksgiving Holiday, weather permitting. View the fire pit schedule on UVM Bored…
- GOLD HUMAN InSIGHT WEBINAR - Dr. Ron Epstein, co-founder of Mindful Practice, examines how to flourish in this times of uncertainty and fear: With both practical techniques and deep insights, Dr. Epstein focuses on turning toward
dissonance rather than ignoring or supressing. By being attentive and practicing being in each moment fully, you can flourish even in this era of uncertainty. View the recorded 10/01 webinar session...
- Vermont Conversation Lab: Research demonstrates that telling the story about one’s experience helping to care for a cherished person who died in a hospital can improve the quality of life for the person who is grieving.
The Vermont Conversation Lab's COVID-19 Story Listening Project is based on this research...
UVM COVID-19 Student Testing Protocol
All UVM students (including all medical students) who physically visit/access UVM-UVMMC campus(es) must be testing weekly (every seven days), per the UVM COVID-19 Student Testing Protocol. All
surveillance testing (i.e. not acutely ill) must occur at the UVM testing center.
- Testing Protocol Compliance: Testing compliance will be monitored. Students who fail to remain in compliance will be notified and referred to the Associate Dean for students. Noncompliance is considered an egregious offense
when referencing the sanctioning guidelines. A first offense includes a $250 fine, and referral to
the Committee on Fitness may be required. For a second missed test, student will be referred to the Committee on
Fitness, which could result in an Administrative Leave of Absence or dismissal. If you receive an email/sanction
and believe it is in error, please do not hesitate to reach out to UVM Strong (and CC studentCOMservices).
We are here to work with you and for you and support the rigorous protocol that is in place to ensure our campus and community remain safe.
- Testing Information:
- Required Weekly Testing: Students should test at the Davis Center clinic 7 days from their previous test to remain in compliance. Students may also test earlier (i.e. 4-6 days from their most-recent test) to ensure
compliance if/when adjusting for when you are able to visit the testing center.
- Securing a Test: Walk-ins are no longer accepted at the clinic. Students must schedule tests via the CoVerified app/browser-based platform.
You must bring your UVM Student ID (CATCard) with you to your scheduled test.
- Clinical Students Excused for Testing: The Clinical Level course directors support this protocol. They are aware of the weekly requirement and support students to be excused from their curriculum for 30 minute weekly
testing windows.
- Temporary Exemption Request Process: If you are away for a week and will therefore miss your 7-9 day testing window (i.e. State-mandated quarantine, family emergency, one-week rotation outside of Chittenden County,
etc.), you must submit a temporary exemption request form via go.uvm.edu/testtemp to ensure you are not flagged for
noncompliance. Students cannot step onto UVM/UVM Medical Center Campus(es) during an exemption window.
- Vermont Travel Guidelines: All students must still continue to adhere to state and local health and safety guidelines, including travel and quarantine requirements.
If you enter a travel-mandated quarantine and you are not experiencing any symptoms, you can secure your day-seven test via the Davis Center clinic (counts as your weekly test, too!).
- Printed Copies of COVID-19 Test Results: Currently, students do not have access to test results that can include their identifying information; UVM SHS has
requested this feature in the CoVerified app; until this is developed, this is the process for students tp secure printed copies of their test results that includes identifying information, if/when needed:
- Students email UVM Strong and ask to have their latest test result printed
- The COVID Information and Service Center staff will print out the test result
- Students pick up the printed test result at the Davis Center Testing Site
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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER/SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK:
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's Chat for Change - Decentering Whiteness: 11/04, 12-1pm, via Zoom (Meeting ID: 895 4163 0108). What would it take for white culture to displace itself from the center? Moving whiteness
out of the center is an ambitious and necessary goal that will require us to develop strategies and tactics in the service of making the transition. Join us to share and identify strategies and tactics that can be used in medical school…
- Volunteer at UVM's COVID-19 Testing Center! Learn more...
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
Graphic Medicine: Will take place in November, evenings, live and via Zoom. Interested in graphic novels and comics? Would you like to work on a way to express ideas in pictures to patients or yourself?...
THIS WEEK:
- MON, Nov 02:
- Virtual Settlers of Catan: 11/02 @6pm, via Zoom. The
Board Games & Beyond Sig will be hosting virtual Catan! We'll be able to make an appropriate number of games depending on the turn out, so don't be shy! Come trade that sheep, wheat, ore, brick, and wood!
- TUES, Nov 03:
- WED, Nov 04:
- Pediatrics Grand Rounds – “Adolescent Gynecology: The Horses and the Zebras”: 11/04, 8-9am, via Zoom.
- Monthly LCOM Student Council Meeting: 11/04, 5-7pm, via Zoom. Meetings
are open to the community, and community members.
- THU, Nov 05:
- FRI, Nov 05 - SUN, Nov 08: No UVM/UVMLarnerMed community events posted for these days.
UPCOMING:
- Mindfulness in Medical School and Uncertain Times: 11/09, 12-1pm, via Zoom. Come join us for a discussion about mindfulness in medical school, the clinic and beyond...
- UVM Larner Med Communications Task Force Check-in: 11/09, 12-12:30pm, via Zoom. Open
to Larner Community to anyone passionate about communications and/or has ideas for improving communications across the College.
- Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Obstetrics & Gynecology with Dr. Erin Morris: 11/10, 12-12:50, via Zoom.
- Pediatrics Grand Rounds - “Vermont’s Pediatric COVID-19 Pandemic Response: CHAMPioning Public Health and Health Care Collaboration”: 11/11, 8-9am, via Zoom.
- Gender Equity Education Series Topic 2 - "Advocates & Allies for Equity: An NSF-funded Initiative at the Ohio State University": 11/11, 12-1pm, via Zoom.
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - Student Ambassador Renewal Applications: 11/12 renewal application deadline.
- Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Neurosurgery with Dr. Bruce Tranmer: 11/12, 12-12:50pm, via Zoom.
- UVM COVID Emergency Resource Townhall: 11/16 @12pm, via Zoom. All medical students are invited to join this session, which will address COVID-related student concerns about financial and social constraints regarding food,
clothing, and shelter. The session is hosted by the Office of the Dean, ODEI, and OMSE, and will have special guests from community organizations...
- VCBH Lecture Series - "Utility of Operant Conditioning to Address Poverty-Related Health Disparities": 11/18, 12-1pm, via Zoom (preregistration required).
- 2020 GHHS-AOA Informational Session: 11/30, 12-1pm, via Zoom (passcode required). UVM Larner Med hosts two primary honors societies for which students can qualify for membership. Join us to hear from our faculty councilors as they present an overview of GHHS & AOA...
RECURRING EVENTS:
- THURSDAYS:
- FRIDAYS:
- DROP-IN MEETINGS (Remote meetings only, until further notice):
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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)
Change to residency policy by Board of Trustees (this announcement is expected to impact few out of state students): The Board of Trustees has recently approved an addendum to the Residency Policy for Larner College of Medicine students and medical school applicants...
Need students to join financial wellness advisory group: Have a passion for personal finance? Medical Student Financial Services continues to need students to work closely with us to determine the financial needs of medical students.
This call for nominations is a rolling, ongoing request. If you are able to commit to about one quarterly meeting, Med SFS would love your collaboration so that we can make financial literacy as great as possible for our medical student community.
Contact MedSFS@uvm.edu for more information and to volunteer! Thank you! This would also look great on your CV!
THIS WEEK:
- FIRST Friday Webinar - How to Manage Student Loans During Residency: 11/06 @ 1pm, free webinar (preregistration required).
During this webinar, we will discuss how to choose the best repayment plan, when postponing payments may be a better option, and whether refinancing or consolidating is right for you. We will also review the Public Service Loan Forgiveness
(PSLF) program and tax deductions. Space is limited, so register soon!
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RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP
THIS WEEK:
UPCOMING:
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ARTS & PUBLICATION
Graphic Medicine: Will take place in November, evenings, live and via Zoom. Interested in graphic novels and comics? Would you like to work on a way to express ideas in pictures to patients or yourself?...
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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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