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CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2021
- THIS WEEK - Opportunity to Support Research - Urology Medical Education: Survey runs 05/09 - 05/22. Study reviewed and approved by OMSE. We hope to understand the current state of urology medical education and the influences
of educational resources on medical student knowledge. In order to do this, we invite you to complete a short 15-minute, anonymous survey...
- THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Spirit of Ethan Allen Senior Week Event: 05/19 RSVP/ticket reservation deadline (FREE; ticket required). You are invited aboard the Spirit of the Ethan Allen for a sunset cruise along Lake Champlain hosted by your Wellness Committee and Student Council...
- THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Thank Your Support Network! 05/19 submission deadline. Submit photos to celebrate those who supported you during Medical School...
- THIS WEEK - Annual Spring Move-Out Project (FREE): 05/21, 11-2pm, Loomis St., Burlington, VT and/or 05/25, 11-2, Buell St., Burlington, VT.
For off-campus students wanting to get rid of furniture that's no longer functional or odds and ends that need to be trashed, Spring Move-Out (SMOP) is your answer.
- THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - WE CAN DO THIS! Let's get FREE Ice Cream for the Larner Community: 05/23 deadline. If your class hits 95% by Commencement, the Office of Medical Student Education will sponsor a FREE ICE CREAM handout on both the VT and CT campuses for the Larner Community (faculty, staff, students)...
- THIS WEEK - UVM Larner Med Commencement for the Class of 2021: 05/23 @3pm (hybrid event). View details on the Larner Commencement webpage...
- Graduating Soon? CONGRATS! Please don't forget to do the following before dropping mic and dancing off into the sunset...
- AAMC Toolkit - Practical Guidance to Support the Move from Undergraduate Medical Education to Graduate Medical Education: A toolkit of voluntary guidance and other resources to assist in the transition of 2021 medical school graduates into their first post-graduate year of medical education and training...
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Class of 2024
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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs
- THIS WEEK - Parking & Traffic Notice for UVM Main Campus Commencements 2021: On Thursday, May 20th and Friday, May 21st from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, UVM is expecting an increased amount of traffic due to the UVM Commencement ceremonies...
- As UVM Undergrads Leave, UVM General Services Can See Some Changes (hours will be posted to websites; please verify hours prior to visiting a UVM Office/Department/Program):
- All UVM Offices Closed Monday, May 31: 05/31, all day.
UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed in observance of Memorial Day. Offices will re-open on Tuesday, June 01, at 8am. Please plan accordingly and we apologize for any inconvenience.
- Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) Office Closure: 06/21, 8am-1pm and 06/24, 8am-1pm. Office
of Medical Student Education will be closed for a curriculum retreat.
- WeeklyWire Archives: Feeling nostalgic for past issues of the WeeklyWire, or think you might have missed something? No worries, we archive every issue ever made,
and all past issues are searchable, to help you locate any current and/or past content.
- Information regarding LCOM medical education remote exam delivery and security: 05/10 email in response to the NYTimes article published on the cheating/technology scandal at Dartmouth Medical School - We would like to take this opportunity to share our approach to remote exams and all our student systems within our medical education curriculum...
- UVM Sexual Assault and Misconduct Prevention, Reporting, and Support Services: In light of the concerns voiced by students across campus over the past week regarding the University's sexual assault prevention, reporting and survivor support services...
- Congratulations to our new committee members! After an election at-large, we are thrilled to announce the new committee members for MCC, Foundations, and Clerkship Committees. Congratulations to the new representatives and
thank you to all of the students who ran for these positions. Please contact Megan Boyer, SEG Chair, with any questions.
- MCC: Amanda Galenkamp
- Foundations: Sean Muniz
- Clerkship: Anna Quinlan
- Gold Foundation to recognize 200+ Champions of Humanistic Care at the 2021 gala: 06/10 gala event (registration required). The 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care were selected by their healthcare institutions for compassion and
courage during the COVID-19 pandemic, which included UVM Larner Med & UVMMC. The Champions will be recognized at the Gold Foundation's virtual gala...
- New Episode of Larner Stories Project Now Available! Released 05/03. Deena Chanowitz (LCOM 22’) is the personification of resilience. Her fortitude through trauma, business, and education set her up for a promising
career in medicine. Becoming a mom amidst it all has only added to her extraordinary journey...
- UVM Larner Med in a Time of COVID - Special Reports, Information, & Resources:
- Masks on Campus: In the past few days, there have been changes announced by the CDC relaxing mask wearing both indoors and outdoors. UVM is reviewing these recommendations and will be looking for guidance from the
Vermont Department of Health before making any changes. Currently, masks are still required both indoors and outdoors on campus.
- Summer COVID-19 Testing at UVM: UVM will continue to offer COVID-19 testing on campus over the summer. Students living on campus, including those who are fully vaccinated, are required to continue to test every seven
days. If you plan to be on campus this summer, refer to sponsorship and testing requirements on this page (COVID-19 Summer Testing)...
- Any current students remaining in the area who are not covered in the required testing categories are encouraged to continue taking advantage of COVID-19 testing at the Testing Center.
- Clinical Students Are Excused from the Curriculum to Complete Seven-Day Test: 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.
- Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test, using CoVerified: CoVerified allows you to pull the formal
report/documentation for your COVID test when you test via our Davis Center UVM Strong Testing Center. Simply navigate to your test results within the App or in the Browser and you can view and/or send the attachment (PDF of your test
and test result).
- Campus Rec Plans for the Summer: Beginning May 19 the PFG Complex, including the Gucciardi fitness center, will close for the summer to reset the layout, deep clean the spaces, and get ready to open back up in August.
The fitness center being closed will pose an inconvenience for many folks; thus, Campus Rec provided a few ways for you to stay active:
- Stream a select list of UVM Campus Rec Group Fitness classes. We will have a playlist available beginning May 19 on our YouTube channel.
Subscribe to our channel for updates.
- The UVM Campus Rec IGTV has several fitness videos. Follow Eric in the DIY Personal Training series.
Ari, Shayna, Justine, Olivia, and John with outdoor fitness, bodyweight workouts, yoga, meditation, nutrition tips, and more.
- The EDGE Sports & Fitness is offering special membership rates for UVM students/fac/staff. Get a quote based on your interests. Complete the "get a quote form" specifying you are with UVM...
- UVM Holds On-Campus Vaccination Clinic: In this NBS Channel 5 story, students who received the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccination at Patrick Gym on Sunday expressed a mixture of relief, gratitude and hope. UVM
is hoping to get more supply in the future. "We're ready to set this up again on a moment's notice," said Marcus. View the full story...
- AAMC updates guidance on face coverings: The AAMC has updated its consensus guidance on face coverings to align with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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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 or
reach out to one of your Larner College of Medicine Wellness Committee representatives.
THIS WEEK:
UPCOMING:
- Vermont Comedy Club - Improv in the Park: A popular family-friendly improv show. Join us on the second Saturdays of June, July and August in City Hall Park to enjoy this unique brand of on-the-spot, interactive comedy. Bring
your own blanket/towel/lawn chair for seating. These shows are great fun for all ages...
ADDITIONAL WELLNESS RESOURCES/INFORMATION:
- Catamount Kudos: Take a moment and use the form below to celebrate that someone who provided a little light to your day, and helped make an otherwise rough time that much more manageable...
- Ten Minutes of Daily Meditation: Having a daily(ish) meditation practice can be super helpful in challenging times. Even ten minutes a day can be transformative for your heart, mind, and spirit.
- UVM COVID-19 Student Testing Protocol: All students who are on-campus/in-person (UVMMC and/or UVM-VT) and/or who live in Burlington, South Burlington or Winooski and who do not have a testing exemption must engage in UVM COVID-19 surveillance testing at the Davis Center COVID-19 testing center (Green & Gold Promise;
verify your permanent address reflects your real location in myUVM).
- Summer COVID-19 Testing at UVM: UVM will continue to offer COVID-19 testing on campus over the summer. Students living on campus, including those who are fully vaccinated, are required to continue to test every seven
days. If you plan to be on campus this summer, refer to sponsorship and testing requirements on this page (COVID-19 Summer Testing)...
- Any current students remaining in the area who are not covered in the required testing categories are encouraged to continue taking advantage of COVID-19 testing at the Testing Center.
- Clinical Students Are Excused from the Curriculum to Complete Seven-Day Test: 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.
- Proof of Negative COVID-19 Test, using CoVerified: CoVerified allows you to pull
the formal report/documentation for your COVID test when you test via our Davis Center UVM Strong Testing Center. Simply navigate to your test results within the App or in the Browser and you can view and/or send the attachment (PDF
of your test and test result).
- Vaccine Information for the UVM Community: A new web page, Vaccine Information for the UVM Community,
provides guidance on UVM policies during this time when some in our community are vaccinated but many still are not. This page will be updated as more vaccine information becomes available.
- Exemption Requests: If you are away and will therefore miss the 7-9 day testing window, you must submit a temporary exemption request.
If you fall under "required to test" guidelines and still feel you should be exempt, please include extenuating circumstance in your exemption request form to help expedite processing.
- One request can cover multiple weeks! Exemption should end the day you plan to return to campus.
- You must use your netID@uvm.edu email address/Outlook account to enter the UVM portal and sign-into the request tool (UVM Credentials); 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. However, an exemption will not block you from testing at the Davis Center.
- Approved exemptions include:
- Temporary Exemption (set personalized start & end date) - make sure to submit one if/when you will not be able to complete your day-seven surveillance test:
- "I am enrolled in clinical rotations occurring outside of Chittenden County and do not live in Burlington, Winooski, or South Burlington. I will not physically visit the UVM or UVM Medical Center campus(es)."
- "I will miss testing due to essential travel or extenuating circumstances: (briefly describe circumstances)"
- "I am not stepping onto the UVM-VT and/or the UVMMC campus(es), and I am not living, meeting or socializing with any student, faculty or staff who is going to either campus(es) during this exemption period."
- UVM Weekly Testing Report
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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.
UPCOMING:
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
THIS WEEK:
- ALL WEEK:
- MON, May 17 - TUE, May 18: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for these days.
- WED, May 19:
- THU, May 20:
- FRI, May 21:
- VCCBH Conference - “Developing new imaging tools to understand the crosstalk between Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy” with Dr. David Punihaole: 05/21, 9-10am, via Zoom.
- SAT, May 22: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for this day.
- SUN, May 23:
UPCOMING:
- UVM Larner Med Communications Task Force Check-in: 05/24, 12-12:45pm, via Zoom. Open to Larner Community to anyone passionate about communications and/or has ideas for improving communications across the College...
- Annual Spring Move-Out Project (FREE): 05/25, 11-2, Buell St., Burlington, VT.
For off-campus students wanting to get rid of furniture that's no longer functional or odds and ends that need to be trashed, Spring Move-Out (SMOP) is your answer.
- Good Morning Coffee/Tea With Dean Zehle: 05/28, 7-7:55am, via Zoom. Join
the Zoom link and meet with Dr. Zehle. Catch up, discuss any issues or concerns, or share your favorite coffee/tea recipe. We hope to see you there!
- APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - The Red Wheelbarrow: 05/30 submission deadline. All students are invited to submit! Whether it's poetry, prose, photography, drawing, 3D or digital art, we invite you to submit your pieces for consideration for the 2021 edition; view the submission guidelines...
- Inaugural Symposium of the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Heath (VCCBH): 06/03-06/04, 11am-3pm, virtual event (registration required).
RECURRING EVENTS:
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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)
UPCOMING:
ADDITIONAL SFS INFORMATION:
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RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP
UPCOMING:
- SUBMISSION PERIOD - Academic Medicine calls for letters from trainees*: 05/24 - 05/28. Seeking original submissions for our Letters to the Editor feature from medical students, residents, fellows, and trainees in other health professions on the topic of trainees as agents of change in academic medicine and the health professions...
- AAMC Intersectionality and Women of Color Series - "Carving a Path to Leadership: Strategies and Interventions": 05/26, 12:30-1:30pm, via webinar (registration required). This live event will explore interventions and strategies immediately needed to support, develop, and sponsor women of color from leaving and thriving in the ranks of leadership in academic medicine...
- And Save the date! AAMC Intersectionality and Women of Color Series - "Cultivating Well Workspaces for Women of Color", June 17, 2021, 12 – 1pm ET
- Summit on the Future of Vermont*: 05/26-05/27, virtual event (registration required). Join us to consider ideas for Vermont’s future, think with experts and leaders, contribute your ideas for action, and engage in partnership for the future of Vermont...
- Inaugural Symposium of the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Heath (VCCBH): 06/03-06/04, 11am-3pm, virtual event (registration required).
- Gold Foundation to recognize 200+ Champions of Humanistic Care at the 2021 gala: 06/10 gala event (registration required). The 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care were selected by their healthcare institutions for compassion
and courage during the COVID-19 pandemic, which included UVM Larner Med & UVMMC. The Champions will be recognized at the Gold Foundation's virtual gala...
- Call for submissions - AMA ChangeMedEd® 2021 Bright Ideas Showcase*: 06/16 submission deadline. With the ChangeMedEd 2021 Bright Ideas Showcase, the American Medical Association wants to hear your blue-sky ideas to improve diversity and address structural racism across the medical education continuum...
- 2021 North East Regional Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Conference*: 08/16-08/18, virtual event (registration required). The conference will bring together researchers from IDeA programs throughout Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont and will feature keynotes, science sessions, breakouts, and lighting talks...
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION:
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ARTS & PUBLICATION
UPCOMING:
ADDITIONAL ARTS & PUBLICATION NEWS:
- AAMC, Good Listening Project publish poems from health care professionals: A collection of poems based on stories from health care professionals has been published as part of the AAMC’s Fundamental Role of Arts and Humanities in Medical Education initiative...
- the NOCTURNISTS - Book Launch Conversation: On the latest episode of The Nocturnists: Conversations, Emily sits down with MGH's Writer-in-Residence Dr. Suzanne Koven to chat about her spectacular new memoir, Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life...
- Larner Medicine Issue: Larner Medicine | May 5, 2021 | Volume III, Issue 9 recently "hit the shelves." This issue announces the 2021 Awardees honored at the annual Professionalism Week kickoff, on May 04, including Akua Frimpong,
a member of the class of 2023! Check out the latest issue of Larner Medicine...
- Episode of Larner Stories Project Now Available! Released 05/03. Deena Chanowitz (LCOM 22’) is the personification of resilience. Her fortitude through trauma, business, and education set her up for a promising
career in medicine. Becoming a mom amidst it all has only added to her extraordinary journey...
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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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