* = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorse
CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2021
- THIS WEEK - AAO-HNS National Medical Student Forum - "Is OTO in Your Future?"* 01/14, 8-9pm, via Zoom webinar (preregistration required). Are you considering specializing in otolaryngology? Learn more about the specialty from both academic and private practitioners...
- THIS WEEK - AAMC Home Financing for Graduating Medical Students and Residents: 01/15 @2pm EST, via Zoom webinar (preregistration required). Will explain the “ins and outs” of obtaining home financing and additional topics will include what loans are available to doctors, understanding debt ratios and estimating funds required to close on a mortgage...
- Check-in and National Guidance re: Residency Application Interview Offers: 12/22 email from Dean Zehle - "... if you have greater than 15-20 interviews, we encourage you to release interviews to allow for a successful national Match this year..."
- REMINDER - Upload Your ACLS Certificate to OASIS: Please remember to upload a copy of your ACLS certificate and enter the expiration date in the Life Support Certifications tab in Academic History in OASIS...
- Larner College of Medicine Center on Aging Recruiting for Geriatric Fellowship: 03/31 application deadline. A one-year geriatric fellowship for medical students; 20 hrs/wk; includes a $20,000 salary. Fellow would work directly with the SASH (Support and Services at Home), in South Burlington...
- Now Seeking Nominations for the 2021 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards: 02/08/21 nomination deadline. One physician faculty member and one graduating medical student honored each year. To recognize the value of humanism in the delivery of care to patients and their families…
- Virtual Breastfeeding and Lactation Elective being - this February at MSU-CHM*: 02/15 - 02/26. It’s a great course, in particular, for fourth years who want to deepen their skills before beginning careers in Family Medicine, ObGyn, or Pediatrics...
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Class of 2022
- THIS WEEK - AAO-HNS National Medical Student Forum - "Is OTO in Your Future?"* 01/14, 8-9pm, via Zoom webinar (preregistration required). Are you considering specializing in otolaryngology? Learn more about the specialty from both academic and private practitioners...
- Important Lottery Information - Please Read (in case you missed it in your email): Here are a few reminders about the Class of 2022 Advanced Integration Lottery that will open on Monday, January 11...
- Larner College of Medicine Center on Aging Recruiting for Geriatric Fellowship: 03/31 application deadline. A one-year geriatric fellowship for medical students; 20 hrs/wk; includes a $20,000 salary. Fellow would work directly with the SASH (Support and Services at Home), in South Burlington...
- NEW Funding Opportunity for Early Career Investigators in Cardiovascular Research: 02/12 application deadline. Funding opportunity for Early Career investigators who are developing new skills and/or who are seeking a novel research experience aimed at developing a career in cardiovascular research...
- Virtual Breastfeeding and Lactation Elective being - this February at MSU-CHM*: 02/15 - 02/26. It’s a great course, in particular, for fourth years who want to deepen their skills before beginning careers in Family Medicine, ObGyn, or Pediatrics...
- American Society of Hematology Grant Opportunity - Medical Student Physician-Scientist Award (Phy-Sci)*: 02/01 application deadline. The ASH supports medical students through a variety of grant opportunities! Phy-Sci Award – During this immersive, yearlong project for first-, second-, and third-year medical students, participants conduct laboratory, translational, or clinical hematology research...
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Class of 2023
- THIS WEEK - Step 1 Support Series - NBME Questions: 01/11, 6-8pm, via Zoom (please sign-up, if interested).
This annual optional event focuses on practicing strategies for answering different types of NBME questions...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Apply to be a UVM Board of Trustees Representative: 01/15 application deadline. The Board is responsible for setting the mission and direction of the University and determining the policy
of UVM. Apply to serve a two-year term as a full voting member on the University of Vermont Board of Trustees...
- APPROACHING NOMINATION DEADLINE (self-nominations welcome!) - $15k Joseph Collins Scholarship: 01/25 self-nomination deadline. Do you have a passion or talent for the arts?...
- SAVE THE DATE - Foundations Celebration: 01/28 @3:30pm, via Zoom. It's time to celebrate the transitions from classroom to clinic...
- Step 1 Practice Vouchers now available! Learn where to access your vouchers and more information on practice vouchers in this 12/17 email from Dr. Moynihan...
- Red Wheelbarrow looking student editors: Are you interested in becoming an editor for The Red Wheelbarrow?...
- American Society of Hematology Grant Opportunity - Medical Student Physician-Scientist Award (Phy-Sci)*: 02/01 application deadline. The ASH supports medical students through a variety of grant opportunities!
Phy-Sci Award – During this immersive, yearlong project for first-, second-, and third-year medical students, participants conduct laboratory, translational, or clinical hematology research...
- NEW Funding Opportunity for Early Career Investigators in Cardiovascular Research: 02/12 application deadline. Funding opportunity for Early Career investigators who are developing new skills and/or who are seeking a novel research experience aimed at developing a career in cardiovascular research...
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Class of 2024
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship: 01/13/21 application deadline. A $6000 research award formed to foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers…
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Apply to be a UVM Board of Trustees Representative: 01/15 application deadline. The Board is responsible for setting the mission and direction of the University and determining the
policy of UVM. Apply to serve a two-year term as a full voting member on the University of Vermont Board of Trustees...
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - American Society of Hematology Grant Opportunity - Minority Medical Student Award Program (MMSAP)*: 01/15 application deadline. The ASH supports medical students through a variety of grant
opportunities! MMSAP offers mentored introductory biomedical research experience to underrepresented minority students in medical school...
- Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Summer Opportunities": 01/20, 12-1pm, via Zoom.
- Paid Summer Internship Opportunity - Scholars in Ophthalmology Program at Mass Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School*: 01/31 application deadline. $5000 stipend. Will include opportunities for mentoring with a practicing ophthalmologist and hands-on research in a vision laboratory...
- 2021 NYU/ Bellevue Emergency Medicine Summer Medical Student Fellowship for Underrepresented Minorities in Medicine*: 01/31 application deadline. To provide the interested medical student with an in-depth exposure to Emergency Medicine early on in medical school education (students who have completed their first year of medical school)...
- Red Wheelbarrow looking student editors: Are you interested in becoming an editor for The Red Wheelbarrow?...
- Interested in Summer Research, but missed the 12/7 Research BYO-Lunch session? A recording of the session is available in the commons.
Also check out the updated list of research opportunities for the summer of 2021!
Please contact Summer Griffin with any questions.
- American Society of Hematology Grant Opportunity - Medical Student Physician-Scientist Award (Phy-Sci)*: 02/01 application deadline. The ASH supports medical students through a variety of grant opportunities!
Phy-Sci Award – During this immersive, yearlong project for first-, second-, and third-year medical students, participants conduct laboratory, translational, or clinical hematology research...
- MGH Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP)*: 02/05 application deadline. SRTP is a mandatory eight-week program, running from June to August; students are paired with an MGH faculty preceptor who provides guidance and mentorship in a new or ongoing research project...
- NEW Funding Opportunity for Early Career Investigators in Cardiovascular Research: 02/12 application deadline. Funding opportunity for Early Career investigators who are developing new skills and/or who are seeking a novel research experience aimed at developing a career in cardiovascular research...
- 2021 Multiple Sclerosis Medical Student Mentorship Program*: 03/01 application deadline. The MS Society provides an award of $2,000 to the student. This 4wk mentorship is open to medical students who have completed at least one year of medical school; will expose students to the diagnosis and comprehensive management of MS under the tutelage of MS experts...
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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs
- All Medical Students now have CatCard Access to Dana Medical Library! Entering students may be asked to present proof of a negative COVID test. Due building access protocols set by UVM, Dana was temporarily inaccessible to students
without Faculty sponsorship. We apologize for the inconvenience! For the remainder of January...
- Message from Your Dean re: Events of January 06: 01/07 email from Dean Page - "Yesterday’s storming of our nation’s capitol has wounded us all..."
- Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA): Provides a public platform for Asian American and Pacific Islander medical students to meet, exchange experiences, and develop personally and professionally. If you are interested in knowing more...
- UVM Offices Closed Monday, January 18: 01/18, all day.
All UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (UVM Administrative Holidays).
Offices will re-open 8am, Tuesday, January 19. Please plan accordingly, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
- New Friendly Faces at OMSE!
- Merging of Deans for Students & Director of Student Well-being drop-ins: Moving forward, students can access drop-ins for the Deans for Students and Director of Student Well-being from the same Sign-up Genius page...
- Making Microsoft Teams more Inclusive: A lot of work is happening to make MSTeams more inclusive at UVM - Kate Jerman from the Prism Center is working with ETS on local solutions; however, folks can also 'upvote' some feature
requests in Microsoft's UserVoice forum to ask Microsoft to apply them to the overall product. Here are two (use UVM email to login):
- Proof of Enrollment: The UVM Registrar's Office provides "Proof of Enrollment" (often needed for ski passes, discounts on car insurance, etc.), via your myUVM portal. Instructions are under the Registrar's Office Enrollment Verifications webpage.
Turnover is usually less than one business day! Please contact the UVM Registrar with any questions.
- Need Something Call a "Letter of Good Standing" (different from proof of enrollment)? Email a request to Medical Student Services.
Please indicate whether you need an electronic format/hardcopy/both and where to send the letter.
- Green Mountain Transit Updates: For those traveling by bus, you can now sign up for GMT Service Alerts and receive those communications by email.
As always alerts are posted to GMT Homepage and
Facebook Page. See the latest on Holiday service...
- Firestone Medical Research Building: Some parking updates and HSRF South Transitions to Construction Zone! See the latest updates posted to the Firestone Building website (including new 12/17 notice #4)...
- Larner Medicine Issue: December 16, 2020 | Volume II, Issue 24 recently "hit the shelves"; check it out...
- UVM Larner Med in a Time of COVID-19 - Coronavirus (COVID-19)-Related Special Reports/Information:
- NEW THIS SPRING - COVID-19 Testing: All students (remote and in-person learners) living in Burlington, South Burlington, and Winooski are required to test at the Davis Center every seven days. Verify your permanent address reflects your real location in myUVM. If you feel you should be exempt, please include extenuating circumstance in your exemption request form(s).
- Tuesdays Thoughts: 12/20 email from Dean Zehle, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education...
- REQUIRED - Sign the Green and Gold Promise: All students (on-campus and at-home) are required to sign the Green and Gold Promise for the Spring 2021 semester by February 1 (even if you completed it in the fall).
Sign the Green and Gold Promise...
- COVID-19 Vaccine: As the COVID-19 vaccine begins to be distributed, we recognize there are many questions. For answers to emerging questions, the university has developed a COVID-19 Vaccine Q&A page that will be updated throughout the semester.
Please note, his page does not currently host vaccine availability/distribution information.
- REQUIRED - Spring Pre-Arrival COVID-19 Testing: All UVM students, including medical students, are required to take a pre-arrival COVID-19 test prior to the start of spring semester. Students living in Burlington,
South Burlington, or Winooski who are enrolled as “at-home” learners and who do not have an approved testing exemption for spring 2021 are also required to take this test. Read more information and to access a pre-arrival planning tool...
- Important Note on Pre-Arrival Testing: In order for your test to be valid, please be sure to take the following very important steps (will ensure UVM receives valid test results):
- Activate your test kit on a weekday and ship the sample by noon that same day. You will recieve a confirming text and email when you activate your kit.
- Make sure you place the test swab at least one inch up your nose and swab each nostril for 10 seconds.
- WeeklyWonders: 12/17 email - Dean Zehle shares the latest information regarding your medical education...
- UVM Weekly Testing Report
- ACTION REQUIRED - Student Group (includes all SIGs and Student Leadership Groups) - Resumption of Operations Plan, under COVID-19: All student groups must complete a Resumption of Operations Plan to resume activity, under
COVID-19. Without review and approval, groups are considered inactive (cannot access university resources/funding).
- UPDATE - Student club activities, performances, use of exercise facilities, etc. are not permitted from Tuesday, November 25 to Tuesday, January 19 (from Gary Derr Memo).
Only fully remote events are permitted through 01/19, and this could be extended, depending on the local COVID-19 infection rates.
- No Spring In-Person Activities Permitted [yet]: Student groups may not resume in-person activities/events without a reviewed and approved resumption plan. If you have ideas, you can get an early start and have
your plan in the queue for if/when reviews for in-person activities resume. Submit a resumption plan...
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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.
UPCOMING:
- UVM Mindfulness will host an online retreat Friday 1/22 - Sunday 1/24. This year’ annual UVM Mindfulness Retreat will be hosted online, in the heart of pre-arrival quarantine. The annual retreat is free and open to all students,
staff, and faculty. View the weekend schedule and register for the retreat...
ADDITIONAL WELLNESS RESOURCES/INFORMATION:
- Video recording now available - Dr. Vivek Murthy & Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha at AAMC Learn Serve Lead presents “The Healing Power of the Human Connection”: After his opening remarks, Dr. Murthy engaged in a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, the 2019 Vilcek-Gold Award recipient; watch now...
- GOLD HUMAN InSIGHT WEBINAR - Did you miss Why Doctors Write? Watch the panel of Director Ken Browne, Drs. Rita Charon & Danielle Ofri: This Gold Human InSight Webinar spotlights the new documentary Why Doctors Write, with a panel discussion with film producer/director Ken Browne and two cast members...
- 12/18 Larner Winter Driving Course: Did you miss the Winter Driving Course, hosted by your Larner Medical Student Council on Friday 12/18, or was that content just so rich, you want to go through it again? We've got you - view the 2020 Larner Winter Driving Course session on Zoom, now (Access Passcode: VTw!nt3r)...
- Follow up on Wellbeing and Learning Environment Survey - Mental Health Resources: As you are filling out the surveys on your wellbeing and the learning environment, it is an important time to send information about access to mental health services...
- Food Security Resources:
- Everyone Eats: Anyone in Vermont can join the Localvore Everyone Eats Program and receive free meals from restaurants. Just download an app and get started...
- UVM Rally Cat’s Cupboard will be open during the undergraduates' extended break on a reduced schedule (TBD). Please check their website or Instagram page for hours and location.
- Find your local food bank with this handy online tool.
- 3SquaresVT, Vermont's SNAP/EBT program, has partnered with Vermont Foodbank to make accessing this nutritional assistance service a bit less daunting. Check out this helpful website.
You can also text VFBSNAP to 85511 to see if you qualify.
- UVM COVID-19 Student Testing Protocol: Are you visiting our VT-campus weekly to use space/resources in person? Then, you MUST be testing every seven days, at our
Davis Center COVID-19 testing center.
NO WALK-INS. Schedule tests via the CoVerified app/browser-based platform.
- REQUIRED - Spring Pre-Arrival COVID-19 Testing: All UVM students, including medical students, are required to take a pre-arrival COVID-19 test prior to the start of spring semester. Students
living in Burlington, South Burlington, or Winooski who are enrolled as “at-home” learners and who do not have an approved testing exemption for spring 2021 are also required to take this test. Read more information and to access a pre-arrival planning tool...
- Important Note on Pre-Arrival Testing: In order for your test to be valid, please be sure to take the following very important steps (will ensure UVM receives valid test results):
- Activate your test kit on a weekday and ship the sample by noon that same day. You will recieve a confirming text and email when you activate your kit.
- Make sure you place the test swab at least one inch up your nose and swab each nostril for 10 seconds.
- NEW THIS SPRING - COVID-19 Testing: All students (remote and in-person learners) living in Burlington, South Burlington, and Winooski are required to test at the Davis Center every seven days. Verify your permanent address reflects your real location in myUVM. If you feel you should be exempt, please include extenuating circumstance in your exemption request form(s).
- 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.
- UVM COVID-19 Student Testing Protocol Exemption Request: If you are away and will therefore miss the 7-9 day testing window, you must submit a temporary exemption request.
- You must use your netID@uvm.edu email address/Outlook account to enter the UVM portal and sign-into the request tool; this might require you to log out of your MED outlook, or open a guest window/profile in Chrome to use a browser
without your remembered MED credentials.
- You cannot step onto VT/UVMMC campus(es) during an exemption window.
- One request can cover multiple weeks! Exemption should end the day you plan to return to campus.
- An exemption will not block you from testing at the Davis Center.
- 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!).
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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.
No opportunities posted for this week/issue.
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
THIS WEEK:
- MON, Jan 11:
- UVM Larner Med Communications Task Force Check-in: 01/11, 12-12:30pm, via Zoom. Open
to Larner Community to anyone passionate about communications and/or has ideas for improving communications across the College.
- TUE, Jan 12: No UVM/UVMLarnerMed community events posted for this day.
- WED, Jan 13:
- Pediatrics Grand Rounds - “Adolescent and Young Adult Male Health: A Selected Overview”: 01/13, 8-9am, via Zoom.
- THU, Jan 14:
- FRI, Jan 15:
- SAT, Jan 16 - SUN, Jan 17: No UVM/UVMLarnerMed community events posted for these days.
UPCOMING:
- UVM Offices Closed Monday, January 18: 01/18, all day.
All UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (UVM Administrative Holidays).
Offices will re-open 8am, Tuesday, January 19. Please plan accordingly, and we apologize for any inconvenience.
- Pediatrics Grand Rounds - “Take a Deep Breath: A New Population Health Outcome Measure for Pediatric Asthma”: 01/20, 8-9am, via Zoom.
- 2021 Annual UVM Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Keynote with Leon McDougle, MD, MPH: 01/20, 5:30-6:45pm, via Microsoft Teams. Tickets are FREE and REQUIRED. Dr. McDougle is the first African American to achieve the rank of Professor with tenure in The Ohio State University Department of Family and Community Medicine...
- The Third Annual StorySlamRx - Voices in Medicine (THEME: Friends in Unexpected Places): 01/21, 7-9pm, via Zoom (LIVE virtual event). “Doors” (i.e. Webinar) will open at 6:45pm. A Moth-style StorySlam for all members of the UVM Larner Med and UVM Medical Center communities...
- SJC/Wellness Book Club Discussion: 01/22, 5-7pm, via Zoom (sign-up required). Please join us for a discussion of Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington...
- UVM Mindfulness will host an online retreat Friday 1/22 - Sunday 1/24. This year’ annual UVM Mindfulness Retreat will be hosted online, in the heart of pre-arrival quarantine. The annual retreat is free and open to
all students, staff, and faculty. View the weekend schedule and register for the retreat...
- Save the Date! CVRI Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge in Cardiovascular Disease: 02/03, 5-6:30pm, via Zoom (registration required). Join
us at our annual Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge in Cardiovascular Disease!
RECURRING EVENTS:
- THURSDAYS:
- FRIDAYS:
- DROP-IN MEETINGS (Remote meetings only, until further notice):
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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)
THIS WEEK:
UPCOMING:
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RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP
THIS WEEK:
UPCOMING:
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ARTS & PUBLICATION
the Nocturnists - Dreams & Nightmares: You are invited to upload your dream (before 2/2/21). Selected dreams may air on The Nocturnists podcast. Of those who submit their dreams, one person will be randomly selected to receive a special, dream-themed "gift" from our team...
the Nocturnists: COVID-19 vaccine storytelling opportunity...
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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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* = All postings flagged with an asterisk are not UVM-sponsored/endorsed