Office of Medical Education

April 18 - 24, 2022

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 WeeklyWire to help support manageable email inboxes for our students; it's a one-stop-shop for all med school happenings outside of the classroom!

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Weekly Wire Archives

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CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2022

• THIS WEEK - Dining with the Deans: 04/18, 12-1pm, in Given E105 (Dean's Large Conference Room). New Moon-catered luncheon for those who sign-up. This month’s special guest is Dr. Elise Everett, Level Director of Clinical Clerkship...
• co2022 member needed to hold Larner banner at graduation! 05/22 @8am, on the University Green. co2022 member needed to hold Larner banner at graduation! Please contact Dean Lee Rosen if you are available and willing! Thank you reward(s) for your participation :) 
• Request That Personal Items Are NOT to be Deposited in the Student Lounge: April/May. Please don't leave your books/items in the student lounge!...
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - Honors Night for the Class of 2022: 05/13, @3:15pm, in Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom. 04/27 RSVP deadline. Celebrate Your Accomplishments!...
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - UVM Rainbow Graduation: 04/29 RSVP deadline. Please fill out this form if you would like to be honored at UVM’s Rainbow Graduation this year. The ceremony is May 5th, at 5:30pm (doors open @5pm), in the Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom & Streaming Online. It is a lovely event that celebrates queer student achievement across campus. Also, each graduate gets a handmade rainbow stole! 
  • SPECIAL NOTE: The UVM Prism Center is encouraging graduating students to RSVP now so they can take advantage of the free portrait session photoshoots we’re offering next week (ahead of the final RSVP deadline).

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Class of 2023

• THIS WEEK - Dining with the Deans: 04/18, 12-1pm, in Given E105 (Dean's Large Conference Room). New Moon-catered luncheon for those who sign-up. This month’s special guest is Dr. Elise Everett, Level Director of Clinical Clerkship...
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Apply to be on the Advanced Integration Committee! 04/18 application deadline. Apply to be on the Advanced Integration Committee 2022-2023!...
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Apply to be on the Clerkship Committee! 04/18 application deadline. Apply to be on the Clerkship Committee 2022-2023!...
• THIS WEEK - Global Health Informational Meeting: 04/19, 12-1pm, in MedEd300. The Global Health Program will have summer opportunities available for a limited number of first-year students and fourth-year TAs. Join us to learn about available opportunities and the application process & timeline. Pizza will be served. Contact Audree Frey, MPH, Global Health Program Coordinator, with any questions.
• Pursuing Surgery - Matched M4 Q&A: 04/25, 6-7pm, via Zoom. Larner M4 students who applied to and matched into surgical residency programs will sit for a virtual panel to share their experiences pursuing a career in surgery and answer questions from students. Contact James Fanning, Plastic Surgery Student Interest Group Leader, with any questions.
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - Wellsford and Mildred Clark Medical Memorial Scholarship: 04/30 application deadline. For rising M4s. The scholarship requires that applicants must be residents of Connecticut for five years...
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - UCI Diversity in GME Residency Open House*: 04/29 RSVP deadline. Will provide a comprehensive look into our Graduate Medical Education experience through direct interactions with professionals from throughout our campus community...
• Step 2 CK Score Change on July 1, 2022: USMLE announced that, starting July 1, the passing score for Step 2 CK will be 214. Until July 1, 2022 the Step 2 CK three-digit passing standard will remain 209. View the full announcement...
• Residency Advising Discussion (RAD) meetings: Please sign up for your RAD at a time when you can complete the pre-meeting requirements at least one week prior, if you have not yet done so. Per the memo to your class, these meetings are incredibly important; thus you are excused from your curriculum/clinical responsibilities to attend...

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Class of 2024

• THIS WEEK - Dining with the Deans: 04/18, 12-1pm, in Given E105 (Dean's Large Conference Room). New Moon-catered luncheon for those who sign-up. This month’s special guest is Dr. Elise Everett, Level Director of Clinical Clerkship...
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Apply to be on the Evaluations Committee! 04/18 application deadline. Apply to be on the Evaluations Committee 2022-2023!...
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Apply to be on the Foundations Committee! 04/18 application deadline. Apply to be on the Foundations Committee for 2022-2023!...
• Pursuing Surgery - Matched M4 Q&A: 04/25, 6-7pm, via Zoom. Larner M4 students who applied to and matched into surgical residency programs will sit for a virtual panel to share their experiences pursuing a career in surgery and answer questions from students. Contact James Fanning, Plastic Surgery Student Interest Group Leader, with any questions.
• Spotlight on Primary Care Series - Faces of Primary Care: 04/27, 12-1pm, via Zoom. ** AHEC Scholars Eligible Activity **
• Step 2 CK Score Change on July 1, 2022: USMLE announced that, starting July 1, the passing score for Step 2 CK will be 214. Until July 1, 2022 the Step 2 CK three-digit passing standard will remain 209. View the full announcement...
• ACTION REQUIRED: Given Locker Clean Out: 07/01 deadline. Failure to meet this deadline will result in a $50 cleaning fee.
• 2023-2024 Pathology Student Fellowship: 10/14 application deadline. All MS3’s, application season begins soon for the 2023-2024 Pathology Student Fellowship Program!...

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Class of 2025

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Medical Curriculum Committee Representative Election: 04/18 application deadline. Apply to be the Medical Curriculum Committee representative for c/o 2025!...
• THIS WEEK - Global Health Informational Meeting: 04/19, 12-1pm, in MedEd300. The Global Health Program will have summer opportunities available for a limited number of first-year students and fourth-year TAs. Join us to learn about available opportunities and the application process & timeline. Pizza will be served. Contact Audree Frey, MPH, Global Health Program Coordinator, with any questions.
• Pursuing Surgery - Matched M4 Q&A: 04/25, 6-7pm, via Zoom. Larner M4 students who applied to and matched into surgical residency programs will sit for a virtual panel to share their experiences pursuing a career in surgery and answer questions from students. Contact James Fanning, Plastic Surgery Student Interest Group Leader, with any questions.
• Spotlight on Primary Care Series - Faces of Primary Care: 04/27, 12-1pm, via Zoom. ** AHEC Scholars Eligible Activity **
• Step 2 CK Score Change on July 1, 2022: USMLE announced that, starting July 1, the passing score for Step 2 CK will be 214. Until July 1, 2022 the Step 2 CK three-digit passing standard will remain 209. View the full announcement...
• Music Sig Seeking Leadership: The music student interest group is seeking new leadership. Please contact Liam John '23 with interest.
• Larner Medicine Issue: April 6, 2022 | Volume IV, Issue 7 recently "hit the shelves." This issue includes highlights our new Sim Center clinical director, our co2025s' Medical Supply Drive for Ukraine, and more!  Check out the latest issue of Larner Medicine...

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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs

• Reminder of Community Commitment to Professionalism: Please review this kind and friendly reminder of our shared commitment to inclusion and professionalism from our Deans for Students and Medical Student Council, if you missed it in your email this past week...
• New UVM Larner Med Students’ Facebook (FB) Group: Med. Student Council launched a single FB group for all current medical students. As of May 1, they will sunset the class groups. Moving forward, incoming students will have a class-specific group and then be transitioned to the all-student group post-matriculation. Contact them with questions and/or for access.
• New LCOM Recruitment Video: Admissions is partnering with Hen House Media to produce a high-quality LCOM recruitment video. The official full day filming sessions will take place on 5/2 and 5/23 on the VT campus and 5/25 on the CT campus.
• Senior Associate Dean for Research Transition: Richard Galbraith, M.D., Ph.D., has agreed to serve as Interim Senior Associate Dean for Research (SADR) beginning July 1, 2022, when Dean Gordon Jensen retires...
• Seeking Student for Hepatology Research Project: Summer-Fall/Winter 2022/2023. Danielle Wall is looking for a medical student to help with data collection (specifically chart review). You will also have the opportunity to co-author the final manuscript. 
• Family Medicine Leadership Planning: A process of leadership transition in the Department of Family Medicine has begun. Thomas Peterson, M.D., who has led the department as chair and physician leader for 12 years, has announced his intention in one year from now to retire in April of 2023...
• UVM Larner Med in a Time of COVID - Special Reports, Information, & Resources:
  • Latest Variant and Reminder on Masking: While this latest variant is highly transmissible, current data indicate that if you are exposed to omicron or BA.2, being up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines and boosters will protect you. Still, it is important to remember the basics that we've been practicing since the start of the pandemic: wash your hands, maintain safe distances and wear a mask when necessary.
    • Mask requirements: In most areas, masks are optional. Keep masks accessible, as there are times and places in which it will be necessary to mask. Please note, masks are still required in the Sim Lab, UVMMC, and most clinical environments. For a list of areas where masks are still required, see UVM’s face covering guidance...
    • KN95 masks are still available free to faculty, staff and students...
  • Academic Travel Policy Update: Due to the pandemic, academic travel was restricted. The travel addendum will sunset on 05/13/22, which means many permissions for national and international will be relaxed. However, authorizations continue to be required, per UVM Travel & Expense policies and procedures. Do not purchase tickets for international or out-of-state domestic overnight travel for UVM-related purposes after May 13 unless officially approved at the department level. 
    

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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:

• April is national poetry month: Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Check out the JAMA Network's "Poetry in Medicine" page...
• Run for Fun - WE 4.20 5K for Wellness: 04/20 @4pm, UVM's Athletic Campus. A cost-free and substance-free 5K fun run/walk open to all. Designed to bring the greater Burlington and UVM communities together to celebrate building healthy brains by moving our bodies. Free T-shirts are available for the first 1,000 registrants. The event also features free food trucks, games, raffles and more. Register, now...
  
• Science on Tap - "The Science of Cheese: What is it Anyway?" with Dr. Paul Kindstedt*: 04/21 @6pm, at Burlington Beer Company. The event is a 20-minute presentation followed by questions meant for a general audience given by an expert (think anyone and everyone is welcome and should be able to follow along while drinking their drink of choice).
• UVM Larner Med Comedy Night: 4/22 @8pm @ Brennan's Pub. Mark your calendars, Student Council is hosting LCOM Comedy Night on April 22nd featuring comedian Tina Friml! Join your fellow med students for a fun night of stand up performances.
• RECURRING:
  • MONDAYS - Meditation and Mindfulness Lunch: Mondays, 12-1pm, in MedEd300 or via MS Teams. Join the Meditation and Mindfulness SIG in MedEd300 for our weekly lunch and meditation! 
  • TUESDAYS - Tea Time Tuesdays: Tuesdays, 9-10am, UVM Interfaith Center (400 S. Prospect St, Burlington, VT). Craving an opportunity to just sit and chat with others? You are welcome to drop by for bagels and a warm beverage (not just tea!) and informal conversation. The entire UVM community is welcome!
  • WEDNESDAYS - HopeWorks Anonymous Chatline Support: Wednesdays, 7-8pm EST, virtual. for anybody impacted by sexual violence. If you need somebody to talk to either for yourself or a loved one, please join a session...
  • THURSDAYS - Solidarity in Queer Relationships Support Group: Thursdays, virtually @4pm. Solidarity in Queer Relationships is a support group for folks ages 21-27 intended to create community bonding and therapeutic processing, free of charge, no insurance required. Space is limited, sign up in advance.
  • FRIDAYS - Meditate & Connect: Fridays, 9:40-10:40am, UVM Living Well (UVM Davis Center - First Floor). Each week will include a guided meditation, short movement practice, and time for sharing and connection. Open to all levels of experience and all identities! Newcomers welcomed and encouraged to join. Open to all staff, students, and faculty. 

UPCOMING:

• Self-Care in Health Care Panel: 04/27, 6-8pm, in MedEd100 (Larner Classroom). Join our panel of medical students, physicians, and a mental health counselor to discuss how mental health challenges show up in their various settings and how they take care of themselves and their families. Dinner will be served!
• VTPOC Network Storytelling Event*: 05/01, 4-6pm, Salt & Bubbles Wine Bar and Market. Free. Attention all BIPOC women and non-binary entrepreneurs (or aspiring entrepreneurs)! Join Vermont Professionals of Color Network in collaboration with Ferene Paris Meyer of All Heart Inspirations for an evening of wine, snacks, and storytelling...
  

ADDITIONAL WELL-BEING RESOURCES/INFORMATION:

• UVM COVID-19 Mandatory Testing (VT-Campus): All medical students are required to complete a day-0 and day-5/6/7 test prior to returning to in-person curriculum, and all faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to continue surveillance testing twice weekly. Students with approved COVID-19 vaccine and/or booster exemptions are required to test every seven days. UVM testing and requirements on the UVM FORWARD - COVID-19 Information and Service Center...
  • If you are symptomatic, please do not go to public testing centers. Contact UVM Student Health Services at 802-656-3350 to schedule a test or reach out to your Primary Care Physician.
  • Students not local to Chittenden County: Simply submit an exemption from testing for the weeks in January they are away, and plan to test when they return to the area. As a reminder, the testing exemption form can only be accessed/used with UVM credentials (NOT MED credentials).
  • If you tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 90 days, DO NOT FILL OUT AN EXEMPTION REQUEST: Please call Student Health Services at 802-656-3350 (ext #1) to report your positive result if you have not already done so; SHS will add you to a testing exemption list.

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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.

THIS WEEK:

• Earth Week: Friday, April 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, and UVM has been there from the beginning. There are many ways to get involved and deepen your understanding of sustainability, ecology and more!  Join Student Life, Eco-Reps, the Student Government Association and other campus partners for UVM’s annual celebration of the environment, sustainability and our amazing planet...
• DEADLINE - Summer - Camp Outright*: 04/22 application deadline. Applications are open to volunteer at this summer’s Camp Outright. Camp Outright is in its 11th season and brings queer kids from around Vermont and beyond to give a classic camp experience with a BIG queer twist...
• Here to Help April Clinic: 04/23, 11am-2pm, 21 Beull St. Burlington, VT 05401. The Here to Help SIG is hosting our monthly event on April 23rd to provide free food, haircuts, clothing, and other services to our community!  Sign up to volunteer at the event...

UPCOMING: 

• Organizing Transformative Justice Responses to Gender-based Violence and Campus Sexual Violence*: 04/27 @7pm, online event (registration required). A conversation with the founder of The University TJ Project, which works with faculty, staff, and administrators at institutions of higher education nationally to build local capacity to better respond to systemic harm, create adaptable accountability models, and expand the healing options available for a diverse range of survivors...
• AAMC’s “Advancing Health Equity Through Telehealth” Learning Series: 04/28, 1-2pm, online (registration required). Participants will learn more about digital health equity and how health systems can leverage digital tools to improve access to care for all patients...

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

UVM always has a TON of event opportunities flying around. The list below was hand-picked/designed for our medical student community (also check out the Larner Medical Student Activities Calendar anytime for the latest and greatest list of events). Students may also explore the UVM Bored? Calendar for even more opportunities open to all UVM students...

THIS WEEK:

• UVM Research Week celebration: April 18-22, 2022. In celebration of UVM’s recent historic increase in sponsored research — and to celebrate UVM becoming a Top 100 Public Research University in the United States — UVM is pleased to announce the first-ever UVM Research Week, a celebration of UVM’s research, scholarship and creative works...
• Earth Week: Friday, April 22 marks the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, and UVM has been there from the beginning. There are many ways to get involved and deepen your understanding of sustainability, ecology and more! Join Student Life, Eco-Reps, the Student Government Association and other campus partners for UVM’s annual celebration of the environment, sustainability and our amazing planet...

• MON, Apr 18 - TUE, Apr 19: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for these days. 
• WED, Apr 20:
  • Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Monthly Meeting: 04/20, 5:30-7:30pm, via Zoom. Please join us over Zoom for SJC's monthly meeting for discussion of any social justice related topics.
  • RECURRING - WEDNESDAYS - Pediatric Grand Rounds - “Step Up for Children Entering Foster Care: Enhancing Communication and Comprehensive Care”: 04/20, 8-9am, Davis Auditorium & via Zoom. Occurs every Wednesday.
• THU, Apr 21:
  • UVM Larner Med Communications Task Force Check-in: 04/21, 12-12:45pm, via Zoom. Open to Larner Community to anyone passionate about communications and/or has ideas for improving communications across the College...
• FRI, Apr 22:
  • UVM Larner Med Comedy Night: 4/22 @8pm @ Brennan's Pub. Mark your calendars, Student Council is hosting LCOM Comedy Night on April 22nd featuring comedian Tina Friml! Join your fellow med students for a fun night of stand up performances.
  • RECURRING - FRIDAYS: WeeklyWire Submission Deadline: Fridays, no later than 7am (unless noted otherwise). Want to submit to the Wire? Submit your posting using our WeeklyWire Online Submission Form.
• SAT, Apr 23:
  • Here to Help April Clinic: 04/23, 11am-2pm, 21 Beull St. Burlington, VT 05401. The Here to Help SIG is hosting our monthly event on April 23rd to provide free food, haircuts, clothing, and other services to our community! Sign up to volunteer at the event...
• SUN, Apr 24: No UVM/UVM Larner Med community events posted for this day.

UPCOMING:

• APPROACHING DEADLINE - Student Education Group Bylaws Review: 04/25 deadline. SEG recently underwent an annual review of bylaws and is now entering an open comment period from our community. Please view the bylaws at the link below and email Jack Braidt MED ‘25 with any concerns, questions, or suggestions no later than April 25.
• April Monthly MSST Meet - "Springing Into the Season": 04/26, 12-1pm, outside of OME (Given N100). Spring has sprung… Join us for grab and go veggies! Veggie eggrolls, edamame pot stickers, and crudité with hummus will be available while supplies last.
• Monthly Medical Curriculum Committee Meeting: 04/26, 5-7pm, via Zoom. Open to all members of our Larner Community.
• Self-Care in Health Care Panel: 04/27, 6-8pm, in MedEd100 (Larner Classroom; spots limited - RSVP required). RSVP at go.uvm.edu/carepanel. Join us for a panel of medical students, physicians, and a mental health counselor to discuss how mental health challenges show up in their various settings and how they take care of themselves and their families. Dinner will be served!
• A Conversation on Neurodiversity: 04/28, 12-1pm, MedEd205 or via Zoom. Join the Neurology SIG for a lunchtime conversation on neurodiversity with Jill Jemison and its importance in the workplace.
• Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Book Club: 04/28, 5:30-7:30pm, via Zoom. Join us in reading "Beloved" by the legendary Toni Morrison...
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - Seeking Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award Nominations: 04/29 nomination deadline. Presented every year to a Larner alum from who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in basic, clinical or applied research; education; industry; public service/humanitarianism; and/or outstanding commitment to The Larner College of Medicine community...
• UVM Monthly Statistics Workshop - "Statistics vocabulary session; bring your questions on statistics terminology": 04/29, 12-1pm, Howe Library 001B, Ground Floor – Library Meeting Room (formerly the Media Projections Room). The UVM Libraries offer “Random Chats About Statistics,” a new workshop series, led by Statistical Design and Data Specialist Maria Sckolnick. Stop by these monthly sessions with your questions for open dialogue and assistance.
• New UVM Larner Med Students’ Facebook (FB) Group: 05/01. Med. Student Council launched a single FB group for all current medical students. As of May 1, they will sunset the class groups. Moving forward, incoming students will have a class-specific group and then be transitioned to the all-student group post-matriculation. Contact them with questions and/or for access.
• 2022 Rainbow Graduation celebration: 05/05 @5:30pm, in the Davis Center Grand Maple Ballroom and streaming online (Everyone must RSVP). RSVP requested no later than April 29. Everyone is welcome. Rainbow Graduation is a celebration of trans and queer joy, students' accomplishments, pride, and community...
• Underrepresented graduate students in STEM Retreat: 04/30. Come get to know and share experiences with other Underrepresented graduate students...
• Mark Your Calendar! Professionalism Week Kick-Off and Awards Celebration: 05/03 @4pm, via Zoom. 
• UVM Integrative Health for an Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching Symposium and Celebration: 05/12, 5-6:30pm, Hoehl Gallery (HSRF 100). Please join us. This will be an in-person celebration of our field, students, and program accomplishments! Light appetizers and drinks will be served.
• SAVE THE DATE - The Endies! 05/20, 6-10pm, Echo Center. Medical Student Council invites you to join us for the 2022 End of the Year Banquet. It's a a night of food, beverages , dancing, and celebration!

DROP-IN MEETINGS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE:

• Dean for Medical Education
• Deans for Students (preclinical, clinical, CT Campus)
• Director of Student Well-being/Well-being Advisor
• Director of Academic Achievement
• Director of Learning Environment
• Student Financial Services
• Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Drop-ins

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STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES (Scholarships, Awards, & Finance FYIs)

Our Medical Student Financial Services begin with prospective students and continue through the curriculum to commencement. We advise students on various aspects such as financing their medical education, loan debt management matters, and financial wellness. Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Assistant Director of Medical Student Financial Services, Ryan Gates, with any questions.

THIS WEEK:

• Citizens Scholarship Opportunity: Ongoing through 06/30. All students welcome to apply. No essays, no report cards—just a couple easy steps and you’re entered. The Citizens Scholarship is giving away $2,500 every month to students and parents...

UPCOMING:

• 2022 Pearl Birnbaum Hurwitz Award: 05/09 nomination deadline. Presented annually to a woman who exemplifies humanism and has advanced, through her scholarship, advocacy, leadership or work, the well-being of underserved or at-risk populations in the healthcare arena...

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Non-LARNER CAREER EXPLORATION, RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP

THIS WEEK:

• AAMC - The Growing Threat of Ransomware Attacks on Academic Medical Centers: 04/21, 4-5:15pm, Live Virtual Event (registration required). During this session, John Riggi, who has extensive experience at the FBI and CIA in the investigation and disruption of cyber and national security threats, will provide an international perspective on this ongoing issue and discuss how the current situation in Ukraine & Russia has elevated cyber-risk in the United States...
• IPEC webinar on climate and health education*: 04/22, 2-3pm, webinar (registration required). Climate change will continue to affect global population health, and health professionals and health professions educators have important and unique roles in proactively addressing the issue and its implications...

UPCOMING:

• 2022 Gold Humanism Virtual Conference - Healing the Heart of Healthcare: 05/05-05/07, virtual (registration required); videos and more available starting April 21. Only $20 for students and residents. All advocates of humanism in healthcare are invited; Join us for a one-of-a-kind conference on humanism in healthcare...
• Conference to Celebrate International Nurses Day*: 05/13. In honor of nurses who have cared for patients around the world, Nurses With Global Impact, founded by Gold Trustee Deb O'Hara-Rusckowski, is holding its 6th Annual Celebration of International Nurses Day...

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

THIS WEEK:

• April is national poetry month: Launched by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month reminds the public that poets have an integral role to play in our culture and that poetry matters. Check out the JAMA Network's "Poetry in Medicine" page...

UPCOMING:

• Academic Medicine Call for Letters to the Editor from Trainees ("A Transformative Moment"): Submit your letters one week only, 05/23-05/27. Seeking original submissions for its Letters to the Editor feature from medical students, residents, fellows, and trainees in other health professions on the topic of a transformative moment in your professional journey...
• Academic Medicine Call for Art: Open 06/01-06/30. Are you an artist? Do you have a passion for medical education? Whether you are a physician, resident, student, premed, or patient, your original art could be featured on the cover of Academic Medicine...

ADDITIONAL ARTS & PUBLICATION INFORMATION/RESOURCES:

• AAMC - "What is gender-affirming care? Your questions answered": As states move to restrict certain treatments for transgender youth, experts explain the many types of care, the need for them, and their impact...
• Larner Medicine Issue: April 6, 2022 | Volume IV, Issue 7 recently "hit the shelves." This issue includes highlights our new Sim Center clinical director, our co2025s' Medical Supply Drive for Ukraine, and more!  Check out the latest issue of Larner Medicine...

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