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CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2019
- THIS WEEK - SUBMISSION DEADLINE - INPUT REQUESTED - Seeking Sample Study Schedules and Student Tips and Tricks for USMLE Step 1: 10/1 submission deadline. If you have a study schedule, resources, or any tips and tricks you would like to share with our members of the class of 2021, we would love to formally compile them for our upcoming Step 1 Support Series Sessions. Please submit any items to studentCOMservices@med.uvm.edu.
- THIS WEEK - APPLICATION DEADLINE - Global Health Elective Now Accepting Applications! 10/1 application deadline. We are now accepting application for the Spring/Summer 2019 Global Health electives for first-year and fourth-year students! Read more about the Global Health application process and program...
- Plastic Surgery Symposium in Israel March 2019 for TWO M3/M4 students: 12/15 application deadline. Scholarship provides funding for two 3rd or 4th year UVM medical student to attend the Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Meeting March 6-9, 2019. Read more about this scholarship opportunity...
- Announcing a new 4th year 2-week elective! Evidence-Based Stress Management: Tools for Provider and Patient: 4/1-4/12, 2019. Examine the relationship between stress, disease, and burnout and explore the science behind evidenced-based stress management practices for patients and the providers who care for them. Read more about this new elective...
- Newly-approved Neurological Surgery Residency Program - University of Massachusetts Medical School*: Read more about this new residency opportunity...
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Class of 2020
- THIS WEEK - SUBMISSION DEADLINE - INPUT REQUESTED - Seeking Sample Study Schedules and Student Tips and Tricks for USMLE Step 1: 10/1 submission deadline. If you have a study schedule, resources, or any tips and tricks you would like to share with our members of the class of 2021, we would love to formally compile them for our upcoming Step 1 Support Series Sessions. Please submit any items to studentCOMservices@med.uvm.edu.
- APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE (extended through the weekend) - Pathology Student Fellowship: 10/8 application deadline. An exceptional opportunity to work closely with and learn from an enthusiastic teaching faculty and resident staff, regardless of specialty interest. Master's degree awarded. Read more about the fellowship opportunity...
- Be a Part of the UVM’s “Day in the Life” project! On 10/10, UVM hopes to capture all that happens within 24 hours on campus, including the lives of the Med. Students. Contact Jennifer.Nachbur@med.uvm.edu if you and your preceptor are willing to be photographed while you work together. OR, share a moment from your own day on 10/10 with #uvmditl.
- Clerkship Student Support Lunch: 10/18. Wellness Committee is offering a new opportunity for third and fourth year medical students on clinical rotations. An opportunity for students on clinical rotations to come together and share their experience in a confidential, nonjudgmental space. Read more about this unique clerkship student support opportunity...
- Plastic Surgery Symposium in Israel March 2019 for TWO M3/M4 students: 12/15 application deadline. Scholarship provides funding for two 3rd or 4th year UVM medical student to attend the Israel Society of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery at the Red Sea International Meeting March 6-9, 2019. Read more about this scholarship opportunity...
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Class of 2021
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Class of 2022
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
- ATTENTION - Policies Regarding Mistreatment: Mistreatment of students/any other member of the LCOM community is damaging to the learning environment and as such is not tolerated. Everyone must adhere to our Positive Learning Environment and Mistreatment Prevention Policy and know our procedures for reporting violations of the learning environment-mistreatment policy.
- Having a rough day? I know I can always tell myself at least a seal didn’t hit me in the face with an octopus, today. And if that didn't make you laugh (or if it did), you can still possibly win something in our weeklywire giveaway...
- ACTION REQUESTED - Verify your preferred name, pronoun, and contact information are accurate in OASIS: OMSE is happy to inform all students that, effective immediately, they do not need to update their information in two systems. Read more about the new feature, that allows myUVM information to auto-populate into the LCOM OASIS system...
- Lost & Found: Did you know UVM has an online database for lost and found? Police Services, the Dana Medical Library, Bailey/Howe Library, and the Office of Medical Student Education are all connected to it and use it. Read more about lost and found at LCOM on any online version of the WeeklyWire…
- Please DO NOT TRY TO SCHEDULE Events on Tues./Thurs., during lunch: The Medical Student Services Team (MSST), to the best of their ability, is actively protecting Tues./Thurs. lunch-hours during the Fall from any student- and department-scheduled events, thus avoiding conflicts with the Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series, thus helping to ensure students are able to attend the unique career advising sessions, should they wish to do so. Please feel free to contact MSST with any questions.
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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
No announcements were submitted for this section, this week.
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS
Monthly SEG Update: So, what are your SEG Representatives up to this month? Brief overview - Active Learning Task Force update from Dr. Moore; Discussion about new student standard operating procedures (SOPs) for active learning modalities; Various committee and course updates. Visit the SEG webpage for comprehensive meeting minutes, contact information, and more...
THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Fall Specialty Panel Series - General Surgery with Dr. Jesse Moore: 10/2, noon. Read more about the surgery panel and the Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series...
THIS WEEK - "Why America and Europe Need Each Other" with Marko Mihkelson: 10/2. Read more about this lecture opportunity...
THIS WEEK - Student Education Group (SEG) Meeting: 10/2. Come see what SEG is all about! We have our next meeting on October 2nd at 5:30pm in MedEd 202 and this is an open meeting to the LCOM Community. Food provided. Read more about the upcoming SEG Monthly Meeting...
THIS WEEK - "Cannabis: How it Affects the Body & the Brain": 10/2. Free and open to the public, takes place in Carpenter Auditorium from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., and includes a Q&A session. Read more about Community Medical School...
THIS WEEK - The Wellness Environment (WE) Build Your Brain Speaker Series - "The Gut-Brain Connection" with John Cryan Ph.D: 10/3, noon. Explore cutting-edge brain research from world’s experts. The WE Build Your Brain Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Read more about the Cryan lecture the WE Build Your Brain Series...
THIS WEEK - Dan & Carole Burack President's Distinguished Lecture Series - "The Americas in a New Age of Discover" with Jago Cooper, PhD: 10/3. Read more about the Burack Lecture Series with Dr. Cooper...
THIS WEEK - Student Council Meeting: 10/3, 5pm. Meetings are open to the LCOM Community. Read more about the Student Council monthly meeting...
THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Radiology with Dr. Andrea Hildebrand: 10/4, noon. Read more about the radiology panel and the Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series...
THIS WEEK - Dan & Carole Burack President's Distinguished Lecture Series - "Mechanics of Cell-Nanomaterial Interactions: Applications in Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicity" with Huajuan Gao, PhD: 10/4. Read more about the Burack Lecture Series lecture with Dr. Gao...
THIS WEEK - INPUT REQUESTED - Graduate Student Housing Focus Group: 10/4, @7pm. UVM is updating its Housing Master Plan and wants to hear from graduate and medical students about their housing needs. Your input will help guide future housing decisions at the university. Read more about the graduate housing focus group and/or RSVP...
Dana Medical Library will host its second annual Graphic Medical Book Club: 10/9, noon. The featured book will be Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney. We are excited to discuss this unique title. Read more about the Dana Medical Library book club session...
Welcome Reception for Dean Richard L. Page, M.D.: 10/9, 3:00 – 5:00 pm, in the Hoehl Gallery (HSRF 100). Add the reception to your calendar...
Be a Part of the UVM’s “Day in the Life” project! On 10/10, UVM hopes to capture all that happens within 24 hours on campus, including the lives of the Med. Students. Share a moment from your day on 10/10 with #uvmditl. Please contact Jennifer.Nachbur@med.uvm.eduwith any questions.
Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "Primary Care in Rural Vermont": 10/10. Lunch will be provided, please bring a beverage! Read more about the Primary Care Series October panel...
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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP
Join the VERMONT ARMY NATIONAL GUARD* as a Medical Student and earn a monthly stipend of $2,300 in addition to a $250,000 Student Loan Repayment. Read more about the Vermont Army National Guard opportunity...
UVM Health Network Medical Group 2018 Integration Summit*: 11/2-11/3. A day-and-a-half event. All LCOM medical students can attend FREE! Hear from national thought leaders on everything from rethinking how we deliver healthcare. Read more about this unique professional development opportunity...
FASPE 2019 Medical Fellowship Program NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS*: 12/17 application deadline. an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership taking place in Berlin, Krakow, and Oswiecim (the location of the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz). Fully funded. Read more about the FASPE fellowship program...
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