Office of Medical Education

October 31 - November 06, 2022

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Weekly Wire Archives

IN THIS ISSUE:

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CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2023

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Global Health Electives: 10/31 application deadline. Applications for the GH elective are accepted until 10/31; complete the application form online.  Watch the recording of the GH informational session. Contact  Dilyara Nurkhametova, the GH Coordinator, with any questions.
• THIS WEEK - Medical Student Services Team (MSST) Visiting LCOM-CT Campus: 11/01-11/02. Members of MSST are visiting the CT Campus - getting tours of the clinical campus and connecting with students. Big shout out to Moira and Joanna for helping set this up! In-person student drop-ins with your Dean for Students, Wellbeing Director, ODEI Director, and your Med SFS Assistant Director are also available...
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) Informational Session*: 11/10, 1-2:30pm, Via Zoom (registration Required). 01/06/23 application deadline. A unique, year-long residential research training program, not simply a research program but rather a career development program for students heading toward careers in biomedical research; it is centered on a robust investigation experience...
• co2023/co2024 Additional Exam Sessions: 12/19 & 12/20, @8:30am. Your Clerkship Team has added two December exam sessions - 12/19 and 12/20 8:30am. Please use SignUp Genius to sign-up...
• Still Needed - Step 1 Study Schedule Mentors: 11/17, 12-1pm, MedEd100. Share your approach and advice with M1's on building a dedicated Step 1 Study Schedule at our Study Schedule info fair...

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Class of 2024

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Seeking interest in LCOM nominations to serve on the national Liaison Committee on Medical Education: 11/01 nomination deadline. Unique leadership opportunity...
• THIS WEEK - Medical Student Services Team (MSST) Visiting LCOM-CT Campus: 11/01-11/02. Members of MSST are visiting the CT Campus - getting tours of the clinical campus and connecting with students. Big shout out to Moira and Joanna for helping set this up! In-person student drop-ins with your Dean for Students, Wellbeing Director, ODEI Director, and your Med SFS Assistant Director are also available...
• THIS WEEK - Surgery Senior Major Info Session: 11/02, 5-6pm, MedEd200 / via Zoom. Learn about the requirements and the benefits of pursuing the Surgery Senior Major with a pizza dinner for in-person attendees. Our faculty will be presenting with a Q/A to follow.
• Class-wide Advanced Integration Information Session: 11/08, 3-4:30pm, via Zoom. Will be recorded, but students are highly encouraged to attend to ask clarifying questions and engage with the presenters regarding important content delivered. Read more about the upcoming session, access support resources, and review important lottery eligibility information...
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) Informational Session*: 11/10, 1-2:30pm, Via Zoom (registration Required). 01/06/23 application deadline. A unique, year-long residential research training program, not simply a research program but rather a career development program for students heading toward careers in biomedical research; it is centered on a robust investigation experience...
• Still Needed - Step 1 Study Schedule Mentors: 11/17, 12-1pm, MedEd100. Share your approach and advice with M1's on building a dedicated Step 1 Study Schedule at our Study Schedule info fair...
• co2023/co2024 Additional Exam Sessions: 12/19 & 12/20, @8:30am. Your Clerkship Team has added two December exam sessions - 12/19 and 12/20 8:30am. Please use SignUp Genius to sign-up...
• REMINDER - Do NOT to wear strong scents (perfumes, colognes) during SP encounters or on the clinical wards: We have had reports of migraines or allergic reactions in both the Sim Center and the Clinical Wards as a result of the strong scents. The rooms are very small and the ventilation is poor. Medical Student Handbook Policy 640.00 General Guidelines for Medical Student Appearance...

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Class of 2025

• THIS WEEK - Spotlight on Primary Care Series: AHEC Scholars Informational Session: 11/02, 12-1pm, MedEd100. **AHEC Scholars-Eligible Activity** Are you already an AHEC Scholar, but still have questions? Not an AHEC Scholar yet, but might be interested? Join us to have your questions answered!...
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE (extended) - LCOM Summer Opportunities Info Session Panelists Wanted: 11/06 application deadline. How did you spend your summer between first and second year? Do you think old-you (aka an M1) would want to pick your brain about it? Apply to be considered for a 12/02 noon-hour panel...
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP) Informational Session*: 11/10, 1-2:30pm, Via Zoom (registration Required). 01/06/23 application deadline. A unique, year-long residential research training program, not simply a research program but rather a career development program for students heading toward careers in biomedical research; it is centered on a robust investigation experience...
• Step 1 - Williston Testing Center Dates: Many new dates recently opened at the Williston VT Step 1 testing center, including January 28, January 30, February 4, February 6, February 11, February 13, February 18, February 25, February 27, March 6, and Match 11. Explore what is currently available...

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Class of 2026

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Acquire a valid driver’s license & access to a car: 11/01 deadline. Students must have and maintain a valid driver's license and/or access to a car while enrolled as a UVM medical student. Travel to clinical sites is a requirement of the LCOM curriculum.
• THIS WEEK - Spotlight on Primary Care Series: AHEC Scholars Informational Session: 11/02, 12-1pm, MedEd100. **AHEC Scholars-Eligible Activity** Are you already an AHEC Scholar, but still have questions? Not an AHEC Scholar yet, but might be interested? Join us to have your questions answered!...
• THIS WEEK - Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Monthly Meeting: 11/02, 5:30-7:30pm, via Zoom. Please join us via Zoom for SJC's monthly meeting for discussion of social justice related topics and current efforts. Any class of 2026 medical students interested in SJC leadership are encouraged to attend. This is the rescheduled date for our October meeting. 
• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE (extended) - Apply to be an AAMC OSR Representative! (a national-level networking and leadership opportunity): 11/04 application deadline. This is a prestigious position available to one student from your grade. That one student will represent the Larner College of Medicine class of 2026 in the AAMC organization.
• THIS WEEK - Mental Health Panel: 11/04, 12-1pm, MedEd200. A Wellness Committee-sponsored event to discuss the impact of medical school on mental health with a panel of M2s, M3s, and M4s. Lunch provided. Opportunity to anonymously ask the panel questions. Read more about the mental health panel and/or submit questions to the panel, in advance...
• M1 Study/Review Workflow Skills Sessions: Date/time/location determined with tutor facilitator (sign-up required). Open to all: Leverage the science of learning in your pre-clinical session prep and content review workflows, small skills group led by near peer tutor Dario Vanegas (co2025)...
• New FoCS Content Review Group: Multiple Oct-Dec (typically in MedEd309). A new collaborative learning group is open to M1's and facilitated by peer tutor Rich Vuong (co2025).  Feel free to drop-in for a session…
• White Coat Lost and Found Items: Any items left after your White Coat Ceremony are with lost and found at the front desk, in OME (Given N100). There were several water bottles and a few coats and umbrellas left. Contact Liz Dohrman, Larner Events Manager, with any White Coat questions.
• Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony in the News: Friday’s medical Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony garnered several local media placements, including the following stories: WAMC Northeast Public Radio |  WCAX-TV/Channel 3
• APPROACHING DEADLINE - Join the All Larner Medical Student Facebook Group - "UVMLarnerMed Future Docs": Your class-specific group will be discontinued/archived in early-November. Please join the all-med student Facebook Group should you wish to continue to receive Larner updates via the Facebook platform...
• Summer Oncology Research Fellowship (SORF) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles*: 01/08/23 application deadline.
• Mass General Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP): Applications will open 11/01. 01/22/23 application deadline. Pairs accepted students with an MGH faculty preceptor to provide guidance and mentorship in a new or ongoing research project...
• UNC-Chapel Hill Medical Students Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) summer program: 01/22/23 application deadline. Provides medical students with an enriching experience in aging-related research and geriatrics...

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WEEKLY UVM Larner Med FYIs

• THIS WEEK - DEADLINE - Apply to join the UVM Larner Med Medical Student Ambassador Program (New Applicants): 11/06 application deadline for new applicants (extended). 11/13 application deadline for renewals (2022 ambassadors wishing to sign on for another term). All students welcome! We are excited to welcome new members to the UVMLCOM Student Ambassador Program for the 2023 calendar year…
• SIG Leadership Transition Deadline: No later than 11/18. It is time to transition Student Interest Groups to new M1 leaders...
• COMIS Update - Commons Migration Postponed: The migration of Commons resources migration to the new platform would not complete within an acceptable amount of time. As such, COMIS restored access to the original resources. COMIS will have an update for the community soon.

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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:

• Office Trick or Treating at the Office of Medical Education: 10/31, 8am-4:30pm, various locations around Larner-VT campus (pick up a map at OME). Meet OME faculty & staff and wander our cubes and offices of HOOORRRROORRRR!  We know most have you have discovered the magic of our student snack bin, at this point, but here’s your change to load up on the “good stuff” (as in the totally horrible, wonderful stuff)...
• Wellness Space for Larner Students of Color: 10/31, 12-1pm, HSRF200. How are things going? Join Dr. Marissa Coleman and the staff of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for light snacks and good conversation. Co-Sponsored by ODEI, APAMSA, SNMA, LMSA and NAAMA.
• Dana Classroom Low Sensory Hour: 10/31, 12-1pm, Dana Medical Library Classroom. Enjoy dim lights and a peaceful, relaxing mindfulness video...
• UVM/UVMMC Event/Offering - Mindfulness Tools for Health and Wellbeing for ALL Cancer Patients, Caregivers, Providers. Virtual meetings 5:00-6:30pm 1st Wednesday of each month (Next one is 11/02; free, sign-up required). All offerings Mindfulness Tools offerings are free. For more information or to sign up, contact Donna Smith.
• CVRI-VT ECAC proudly presents Art and the Heart! 11/03, 5-7pm, UVM Fleming Museum (61 Colchester Avenue Burlington, VT 05405). Please register to attend. Join the CVRI community for an evening of open reflection on art, science, and humanistic inquiry in medicine...
• Gold Writing Workshop - "The Write Prescription: Telling Stories to Process the Pandemics of COVID-19 and Racism": Fridays, 11/04, 11/11, 11/18, and 12/02, 11am-2pm, via Zoom. The workshop is free, held virtually on Zoom, and limited in size. Each participant is expected to attend all four sessions. This workshop is particularly focused on supporting healthcare professionals and students.
• "Dreamers in Medicine" Presented by the Gold Foundation: 11/04 @4:15pm, via webinar (free; registration required). Hear and discuss inspiring stories of diversity, equity, inclusion, activism, and social justice from winners of the prestigious Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare...
• Vermont Chinese School cooking class - Spring rolls, Hainanese chicken rice and egg tarts*: 11/05, 4:30-8:30pm, Brand Hall @ Faith United Methodist Church. $30pp. A cooking and tasting event for all the foodies...
• RECURRING WELLNESS ACTIVITIES:
  • Tea Time Tuesdays with UVM Interfaith Center: Every Tuesday, 9-10am, UVM Interfaith Center (on Redstone Campus next to blue water tower). Craving an opportunity to just sit and chat with  others? Join us for bagels, a beverage (not just tea!), and informal conversation. Drop by. The entire UVM community is welcome!
  • QT Meditation Circle: Every Tuesday, 5:30-6:15pm, UVM Living/Learning, C170. For undergrads, grads, staff, and faculty who identify as Queer, Trans, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual or those that fall in between or expand beyond these categories. Join student mindfulness facilitators for this weekly meditation circle. No experience with meditation is needed!
  • ADHD Executive Functioning Skills Group for Medical Students: Tuesdays @5:45pm, in person (advance sign-up required for location information). Will be weekly, Tuesday evenings, for 8-10 weeks. FREE. A diagnosis of ADHD is not required to participate.
  • "Spiritual Practice - Connect" with UVM Interfaith Center: Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30pm, UVM Interfaith Center (on Redstone Campus next to blue water tower). This inclusive spiritual gathering is an opportunity to pause in the midst of your busy week and spend some quality time connecting - with yourself, others, and the sources of support that are meaningful to you.
  • UVM/UVMMC Event/Offering - Kaiut Yoga for Chronic Conditions: Thursdays 9-10 a.m., on Zoom (free, sign-up required), offered through UVM Medical Center. For more information or to register, email Julia Oshea.
  • Let's Talk! CAPS Drop-In - Meet Walter: Every Thursday, 2:30-4pm, Living/Learning C180. Let’s Talk at the Prism Center is intended for LGBTQIA+ identified students. Simply drop into the Prism Center in C180 and sign up on the whiteboard for one of the afternoon’s open spots (C181 is the pink room right through the kitchen).

ADDITIONAL WELLNESS INFORMATION/RESOURCES:

• Diaper Resources: The Junior League of Champlain Valley Diaper Bank in Vermont is providing free diapers to parents in the UVM community. If you are a new parent, have an infant or toddler and would like support in minimizing the cost of diapers, please send the size and quantity you need to the UVM Graduate Student Parents group.  
• Thank you for Reading your WeeklyWire! 8am, 10/31 deadline to enter. Nicely done! You spotted a random WeeklyWire Reading Rockstar Drawing opportunity. Enter to win coupon for a free small creemee at the Burlington Bay (coupons do not expire and you have the option to gift it to a Larner friend if you aren’t around the area anytime soon/creemees aren’t your thing/you just want to spread some anonymous joy and kindness)...

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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:

• Red Cross Blood Drive & Table Discussion presented by your Medical Student Council Community Service Chairs: 
  • NEW DATE! - Table Discussion: 11/02, 12-1pm, MedEd300. We recognize that due to some Red Cross policies not everyone can donate blood with the Red Cross. Our round table will discuss and highlight the history of transfusions and blood donation, as well as the danger/pitfalls of exclusionary donor selection...
  • Blood Drive: 11/04, 10am-3pm, UVMMC. Blood donations needed! A blood drive and round table discussion on donations with snacks!
• DEADLINE - Apply to join the UVM Larner Med Medical Student Ambassador Program (New Applicants): 11/06 application deadline for new applicants (extended). 11/13 application deadline for renewals (2022 ambassadors wishing to sign on for another term). All students welcome! We are excited to welcome new members to the UVMLCOM Student Ambassador Program for the 2023 calendar year…

ADDITIONAL WAYS TO LCOMcare:

• View recording of AAMC Color of Care panel discussion: On 09/07, the AAMC hosted a free virtual event to explore how the academic medicine community is addressing and eradicating systemic racism in health care. The discussion included individuals featured in the documentary The Color of Care, which chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard health care in the United States.

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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:

• MON, Oct 31:
  • DEADLINE - Sign-up to be on the Autopsy Shadow Program Email List: 10/31 sign-up deadline. The autopsy shadow program is starting up again! Please sign up via our Google Form with your email to be involved in updates about the program…
  • Office Trick or Treating at the Office of Medical Education: 10/31, 8am-4:30pm, various locations around Larner-VT campus (pick up a map at OME). Meet OME faculty & staff and wander our cubes and offices of HOOORRRROORRRR!  We know most have you have discovered the magic of our student snack bin, at this point, but here’s your change to load up on the “good stuff” (as in the totally horrible, wonderful stuff)...
  • Family Medicine Grand Rounds - “Acute Pain Management in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder”: 10/31, 8-9am, via Zoom.
  • Dean’s Excellence in Research Celebration: Mon, 10/31 - Wed, 11/02. The Dean's Celebration of Excellence in Research is an annual three-day event highlighting the research being conducted by faculty and students at the University of Vermont and the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine...
  • Wellness Space for Larner Students of Color: 10/31, 12-1pm, HSRF200. How are things going? Join Dr. Marissa Coleman and the staff of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for light snacks and good conversation. Co-Sponsored by ODEI, APAMSA, SNMA, LMSA and NAAMA.
  • Dana Classroom Low Sensory Hour: 10/31, 12-1pm, Dana Medical Library Classroom. Enjoy dim lights and a peaceful, relaxing mindfulness video...
  • Biology Seminar - "The emerging roles of ribonucleases in the neurons, cancer, and stress responses in C. elegans”: 10/31, 12-1pm, Stafford 101 / via MS Teams.
• TUE, Nov 01:
  • DEADLINE - NEGEA 2023 Annual Conference Call for Abstracts: 11/01 submission deadline. The NEGEA invites abstracts for interactive workshops, oral abstract presentations, and posters for the 2023 annual conference...
  • Careers in Medicine Fall 2022 Specialty Panel Series - Orthopedic Surgery with Dr. Jenny Lisle: 11/01, 12-12:50pm, MedEd200.
  • Monthly Student Education Committee (SEC) Meeting: 11/01, 5:30-7pm, via Zoom. All members of the community are welcome to attend.
• WED, Nov 02:
  • Pediatrics Grand Rounds - "Pediatric and Adolescent Hypertension": 11/02, 8-9am, Davis Auditorium & via Zoom. Occurs every Wednesday.
  • NEW DATE! - Red Cross Blood Drive Table Discussion presented by your Medical Student Council Community Service Chairs: 11/02, 12-1pm, MedEd300. We recognize that due to some Red Cross policies not everyone can donate. Our round table will discuss and highlight the history of transfusions and blood donation, as well as the danger/pitfalls of exclusionary donor selection...
  • Using APA Style - A Graduate Writing Center Workshop: 11/02, 2:30-3:45pm, 302 Howe Memorial Library, UVM-VT Main Campus. Come learn about, or sharpen your skills with, American Psychological Association (APA) Style mechanics, in-text citations, references, and more! Writers at all levels of familiarity with APA Style are welcome to participate in this workshop. 
  • Monthly Medical Student Council Meeting: 11/02, 5-7pm, MedEd203 / via Zoom. All members of the Larner Community welcome.
  • First Nations Collective Keynote - Combating Settler Colonial Injustice: Performativity, Possibility, and Land Acknowledgements in Academia: 11/02, 5-6pm, Davis Center, Livak Ballroom. 
  • UVM/UVMMC Event/Offering - Mindfulness Tools for Health and Wellbeing for ALL Cancer Patients, Caregivers, Providers. Virtual meetings 5:00-6:30pm 1st Wednesday of each month (Next one is 11/02; free, sign-up required). All offerings Mindfulness Tools offerings are free. For more information or to sign up, contact Donna Smith.
  • Social Justice Coalition (SJC) Monthly Meeting: 11/02, 5:30-7:30pm, via Zoom. Please join us via Zoom for SJC's monthly meeting for discussion of social justice related topics and current efforts. Any class of 2026 medical students interested in SJC leadership are encouraged to attend. This is the rescheduled date for our October meeting. 
• THU, Nov 03:
  • Pharmacology Seminar - "Organelles hitch a ride on motile vesicles”: 11/03, 8:30-9:30am, HSRF 400.
  • Careers in Medicine Fall 2022 Specialty Panel Series - Neurology with Dr. Noah Kolb: 11/03, 12-12:50pm, MedEd200.
  • Gender Equity Education Series (Confident Communication & expression) - Essentializing, Othering and “Women’s Language”: 11/04, 12-1pm, join via Zoom.
  • CVRI-VT ECAC proudly presents Art and the Heart! 11/03, 5-7pm, UVM Fleming Museum (61 Colchester Avenue Burlington, VT 05405). Please register to attend. Join the CVRI community for an evening of open reflection on art, science, and humanistic inquiry in medicine...
• FRI, Nov 04:
  • 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.
  • Good Morning Coffee/Tea - Student Lounge: 11/04, 7-8am, outside the Larner-VT Student Lounge (C122). Drop by for some morning coffee and/or tea every other Friday and meet with your Dean.
  • Red Cross Blood Drive presented by your Medical Student Council Community Service Chairs: 11/04, 10am-3pm, UVMMC. Blood donations needed! A blood drive and round table discussion on donations with snacks!
• SAT, Nov 05: No community-wide events posted for this day. 
• SUN, Nov 06:
  • DEADLINE - Apply to join the UVM Larner Med Medical Student Ambassador Program (New Applicants): 11/06 application deadline for new applicants (extended). 11/13 application deadline for renewals (2022 ambassadors wishing to sign on for another term). All students welcome! We are excited to welcome new members to the UVMLCOM Student Ambassador Program for the 2023 calendar year…

UPCOMING:

• Statistics Workshop - Data Organization - data cleaning, formatting, management, missing values: 11/08, 9-10am, Howe Library Meeting Room (Howe 001B). 
• Careers in Medicine Fall 2022 Specialty Panel Series - Radiation Oncology with Dr. Chris Anker: 11/08, 12-12:50pm, via Zoom.
• Pediatrics Grand Rounds - "Pediatric Population Health In Action: Leveraging Community Partnerships to Address Food Security and Promote Health Equity": 11/09, 8-9am, Davis Auditorium & via Zoom. Occurs every Wednesday.
• UVM Interfaith Student Leadership Retreat: 11/11-11/12, departing from the UVM Interfaith Center (overnight retreat). Open to all students, this overnight, off-campus retreat is an opportunity to build community, develop skills for facilitating interfaith conversations, and reflect on your own and others' religious and philosophical worldviews...
• SIG Leadership Transition Deadline: No later than 11/18. It is time to transition Student Interest Groups to new M1 leaders...
• CVRI 4th annual Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge in Cardiovascular Disease - Call for Abstracts: 12/01 submission deadline. Challenge yourself to communicate your science to a broad audience while competing for a $5,000 award...

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.

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES:

• RESEARCH STUDIES - COME COMPENSATION PROVIDED IF YOU QUALIFY & PARTICIPATE*:
  • Nutrition Intervention Study ($1000 if you qualify and complete study)
  • Are you planning on becoming pregnant using Assisted Reproduction in 2022 (up to $250)
  • Polio Vaccine Research Study (up to $1225)
  • Asthma and weight loss study (multiple opportunities with various compensations)
  • Evolution of lung disease ages 25 - 35 (up to $350)
  • ACL and Meniscus Knee Study (up to $550)

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Non-LARNER CAREER EXPLORATION, RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP & FELLOWSHIP

THIS WEEK:

• NEGEA 2023 Annual Conference Call for Abstracts: 11/01 submission deadline. The NEGEA invites abstracts for interactive workshops, oral abstract presentations, and posters for the 2023 annual conference...
• International Conference on the Future of Health Professions Education in Miami*: 11/02-11/04, all day, Miami, FL.
• "Dreamers in Medicine" Presented by the Gold Foundation: 11/04 @4:15pm, via webinar (free; registration required). Hear and discuss inspiring stories of diversity, equity, inclusion, activism, and social justice from winners of the prestigious Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare...

UPCOMING:

• Call for Proposals for the 2023 Wellness in Healthcare Workshop Series: 11/30 submission deadline. Supported with funds ranging from $500 to $2,500. Possible formats for the workshop include narrative writing, art creation, performance/improv, music, facilitated processing groups, and breakout discussions...
• Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation Fellowship - Information Session for Medical Students: 01/11/23 application deadline. The award provides an annual stipend and allowance. Spend a year conducting intensive work in a biomedical research facility in the United States...

ADDITIONAL CAREER/RESEARCH/LEADERSHIP/FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION:

• View recording of AAMC Color of Care panel discussion: On 09/07, the AAMC hosted a free virtual event to explore how the academic medicine community is addressing and eradicating systemic racism in health care. The discussion included individuals featured in the documentary The Color of Care, which chronicles how people of color suffer from systemically substandard health care in the United States.

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ARTS & PUBLICATION

THIS WEEK:

• CVRI-VT ECAC proudly presents Art and the Heart! 11/03, 5-7pm, UVM Fleming Museum (61 Colchester Avenue Burlington, VT 05405). Please register to attend. Join the CVRI community for an evening of open reflection on art, science, and humanistic inquiry in medicine...

ADDITIONAL ARTS & PUBLICATION:

• UVM/Larner:
  • NEW! Larner Medicine: The Larner Medicine | October 26, 2022 | Volume IV, Issue 21 recently "hit the shelves." Check it out...
  • In the News
    • Firestone Building Grand Opening: The 10/27 Firestone event was covered by several television news outlets last evening, including NBC5, WCAX, ABC22/Fox44, and also on the Vermont Business Magazine’s web page.
    • The Cancer Convergence Conference was covered by NBC5 and WCAX.
      
    • “Association of Symptoms After COVID-19 Vaccination With Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Response in the Framingham Heart Study”: Coauthored by Ben Lee, M.D. (pediatrics), Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D (microbiology and molecular genetics), and Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc. (medicine), and covered by a wide range of national and international outlets. The study garnered stories on CNN, CNN Phillipines; News-Medical-net, among other outlets.
    • “Association of Video Gaming With Cognitive Performance Among Children": Led by Bader Chaarani, Ph.D. (psychiatry). The Study has been covered broadly across local, national and international outlets, including: NBC5; WCAX-TV; TODAY (NBC); CNN; U.S.News; USA Today; Bloomberg News; New York Post, THE TIMES (UK), National Public Radio “All Things Considered” segment, as well in the Cincinnati Enquirer, among other national and international outlets.
    • “Med School Students Say Dissecting Donated Bodies Provides Lessons Beyond Anatomy”: This Seven Days article features comments from Gary Mawe, Ph.D. (neurological sciences, Anatomical Gift Program), anatomical donor family members, and medical students Molly Hurd ’26 and Christopher Pham ’26, as well as a photo of several Class of ’26 med students in the anatomy lab.
    • Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony in the News: Friday’s medical Class of 2026 White Coat Ceremony garnered several local media placements, including the following stories: WAMC Northeast Public Radio |  WCAX-TV/Channel 3
    • Policy & Humanitarian Law: RSENR 2022 graduates publish research on International Committee of Red Cross blog...
    • Professor of Psychiatry Julie Dumas, Ph.D., was featured in a segment, titled “The Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s,” on “Bloom” – a nationally-syndicated daily health & lifestyle TV show broadcast from Tampa, Fla., via WFLA-TV...
    • An article titled “Indian kids at high risk of death after injury” in India’s The Telegraph, features comments from study coauthor Stas Amato, M.D., UVM clinical instructor and general surgery resident, and lead author Ajai Malhotra, M.D., UVM professor of surgery and chief of acute care surgery...
    • An article published on PHYS.ORG, titled "Investigating gender equity: Researchers analyze gender distribution of institutional leadership roles," and written and distributed by Elsevier, features comments by Sarah Schlein, M.D., UVM associate professor of emergency medicine and Wilderness Medicine Fellowship director...
      • Schlein is also a lead investigator on two related studies published in the current issue of the journal Wilderness & Environmental Medicine...
• Academic Medicine Podcast:
  • The Value of Hope: Norshima Nashi, a consultant in the Division of Advanced Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the National University Health System in Singapore, reflects on the importance of preserving hope for patients, no matter how serious the situation is...
  • How Is Residency? Life as a COVID-19 Intern: Michelle I. Suh, a second-year resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, reflects on how her intern year was shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic...
  • Nephrotic Nightmares: Tom Fouché, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, reflects on his dual identities of provider and patient and how not keeping them separated makes him a better physician...
• the Nocturnists - "Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest"*: 
  • Episode 7: "On Trial": This latest episode covers a topic that's rarely discussed: the shame we feel when we get sued...
  • Episode 6: "The Mistake": As clinicians, we have algorithms for everything from arrhythmias to hypoxia – but very few of us have plans for what to do, and how to deal with our shame, after we harm a patient by medical error. In their latest episode, the Nocturnists explore the experiences of shame and error...
• Recent AAMC Publications - AAMCNews:
  • The cost of surviving gun violence: Who pays? Most shooting victims survive, but many face a long ordeal of pain and medical care that collectively costs patients, hospitals, and governments billions of dollars each year. Can the financial impact affect firearm policies and medical practices?...
  • How the South defines America: Author Imani Perry, JD, PhD, explores the American South’s complex legacy of racism and resistance...

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