Office of Medical Education

October 15 - 21, 2018

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 Wire to help support manageable email inboxes for our students; it's your one-stop-shop for all med school happenings outside of the classroom! Please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Medical Student Education with any questions.

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Weekly Wire Archives

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

CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2019

• Tucson Medical Center is introducing a newly accredited pediatric residency program*: Read more about this opportunity in their program flier...
• SUPPORT RESEARCH - Exploring med student's learning styles and perceptions of safe transitions to aid in instructional design of a pediatric clerkship curriculum: survey runs 10/8-10/15. Share your perceptions on the topic of transitions of care, comfort level, and experience with the discharge process during your pediatrics clerkship. Read about/participate in the survey...
• New ACGME Pediatric Residency Program at Tucson Medical Center*: Read more about this residency opportunity...

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Class of 2020

• THIS WEEK - Advanced Integration Mandatory Informational Session: 10/16, @4pm. To review your Advanced Integration year and the scheduling process and answer questions. Snacks provided for in-person attendees (please RSVP). Remote attendees must pre-register. Read more about the session and review helpful resources…
  • Now Open: Advanced Integration Course Browsing Period: Complete prior to 10/16. Please review the Student User’s Guide to Fourth Year Scheduling and related collection of Frequently Asked Questions. Please test your OASIS log-in.
• THIS WEEK - 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...
• Need immunization forms for your next rotation? Obtain a signed copy of the AAMC Standardized Immunization form from Student Health Services. To see your copy of the AAMC form, log onto mywellbeing.uvm.edu, locate the secure message in the “Messages” tab, retrieve the attached copy of their entire COM Clearance, and forward it to clinical sites, hospitals, etc., as requested. You can also obtain additional copies by following the Process for Obtaining Medical Records for Away Rotations.

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Class of 2021

• THIS WEEK - Clerkship Affiliate Site Information Meeting (Kickoff meeting to Planning Your Clerkship Year): 10/15, 5-8pm. Clinical Campus and Affiliate Site Directors and all of the Clerkship Directors on site to discuss the clerkship year across all the sites. Pizza provided; read more about/RSVP for this clerkship info meeting...
• THIS WEEK - Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Reminder: The required Imbasciani Lecture is this week, 10/17 at 5pm.
• THIS WEEK - Clerkship Lottery: 10/18, @ 1:30pm. Brings all students together to determine their flight group and the order that they will be completing their clerkships. We request that all students attend to pick your flight group, but if you can’t be present assign a designee to pick your flight for you. Read more about how to designate someone, or who to contact with questions...
• APPROACHING SIGN-UP DEADLINE - M1 Summer Opportunities Panel: 10/22 sign-up deadline. How did you spend the summer between M1 and M2? Do you think old-you (aka an M1) would want to pick your brain about it? Read more about the panel and/or apply to serve on it...
• Dermatology SIG Introductory Gathering: 10/22, @noon. Introductory meeting for LCOM Dermatology SIG to invite first years to meet second years, discuss upcoming events. Contact the SIG leader and/or get the Derm gathering on your calendar...
• ACTION REQUESTED - Please Complete Your AAMC Year 2 Questionnaire: In case you missed it, we are running a fun weekly drawing with your class. Everyone who completes their Y2Q can be eligible to win! Read more about the perks of completing your survey in this comprehensive email from your appreciative Dean for Students...
• New Step 1 Resources Posted to our COMET Space: Video recording and audio-only files for the recent Step 1 Support Series Session (student panel), downloadable PDF of the PPT (includes resources by students for students), and newly-released LCOM Academic Guidebook are now available under the USMLE section of the Student Affairs Lounge (sign into COMET and then click).

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Class of 2022

• THIS WEEK - Gender & Sexuality Alliance (GSA) Reminder: The required Imbasciani Lecture is this week, 10/17 at 5pm.
• THIS WEEK - Wellness Committee Info Session: 10/16. Interested in being part of the Wellness Committee, but aren’t really sure what we do? Come to our information session on Tu., 10/16, 12-12:30pm, in the student lounge to get the low-down! Can’t make it, but still have questions? Contact Lexi Churchill. Get the Wellness Committee info session on your calendar...
• Dermatology SIG Introductory Gathering: 10/22, @noon. Introductory meeting for LCOM Dermatology SIG to invite first years to meet second years, discuss upcoming events. Contact the SIG leader and/or get the Derm gathering on your calendar...
• APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Join the Wellness Committee! 10/28 submission deadline. The Wellness Committee is taking submissions from the Class of 2022 for your 4-year student representatives. Questions? Contact Lexi Churchill. Read about this Wellness leadership opportunity...
• Apply to be an Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Student Representative for your class! 11/16 application deadline. Play an active role in advancing the AAMC mission of improving the nation's health, and it aims to give students a voice in academic medicine at the national level. Read more about how the AAMC OSR program and how to apply...
• Cancer Research Opportunity Summer 2019*: 02/01/2019 application deadline. Participate in basic or clinical oncology research, research and clinical conferences, and a core lecture series designed specifically for them. Read more about this summer cancer research opportunity...
• Summer Opportunity - HIV Vaccine Research Grants for Medical Students (Seeking African American/Black and Latino/a medical students interested in HIV vaccine research):* 01/08/2019 application deadline. Grant recipients will be mentored by HVTN-affiliated investigators while conducting research projects in areas of basic, clinical, behavioral and social science. Read more about this HIV vaccine research grant program...

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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!

• THIS WEEK - Wick Circle (Main Hospital Traffic Circle) Project: 10/20. This work will be noisy and may include vibrations that transmit to surrounding areas (i.e. study spaces). Read more about the paving preparation project...
• Changes to the CATS Shuttle Bus System routes will go into effect on Monday, October 15, 2018. These changes are part of an ongoing effort to improve safety for motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, and skate boarders. Read more about the new on-campus bus routes...
• Sexual Assault Information and Resources: In the last several weeks, sexual assault and inappropriate sexual behavior have captured the nation’s attention. Those who perpetuate this behavior should be held accountable, and those who are affected deserve our full support, care, and understanding. Please review these key support and educational resources:
  • https://www.uvm.edu/aaeo/sexual_conduct_education_resources
  • https://www.uvm.edu/deanofstudents/sexual-harassment-misconduct
• After Hours Study at Dana Open to LCOM and CNHS Students: You have access to a study space in Dana during the hours that the library is closed. This space includes the LCOM and CNHS Quiet Study space in the middle back area of the library and the study space in the south back end of the library. Read about how this space works...
• NBME Update - Step 1 and Step 2 CK - Score Delays in 2019*: Please be aware that examinees testing during the following dates may experience delays in score reporting...
• Proof of Enrollment: The UVM Registrar's Office provides "Proof of Enrollment" (often needed for ski passes, discounts on car insurance, etc.), via your myUVM portal. Instructions are under the Registrar's Office Enrollment Verifications webpage. Turnover is usually less than one business day! Please contact the UVM Registrar with any questions.
  • Need Something Call a "Letter of Good Standing" (different from proof of enrollment)? Submit a request to Medical Student Services. Please indicate whether you need an electronic format/hardcopy/both and where to send the letter.
• REMINDER – Outlook Junk Filter is Turned to 11: Please remember to check your junk folder regularly; non-junkish will land in there. If you find something that is not junk, you can right-click and label it “not junk”, and then you are prompted to tell Outlook to trust that sender moving forward (fingers crossed your Wire isn’t landing in junk and you actually get this message!)

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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

THIS WEEK - Student Council's LCOMcares quarterly event - Support Special Olympics Vermont Fall Games: 10/19 - 10/21. Students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to sign up and reach out to Emily Vayda or Naira Goukasian if you need to coordinate rides or have questions. Read more about the SOVT community service opportunity and/or sign-up...

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

THIS WEEK - Mental Health Panel: 10/15, noon. Creates an opportunity for classmates to share their personal stories and strip away at stigma associated with mental health experiences. Lunch provided. Please contact Olivia Larkin if you are interested in participating. Read more about the Mental Health Panel...

THIS WEEK - The Wellness Environment Build Your Brain Speaker Series - "Mindfulness" with Judson Brewer, MD-PhD: 10/15, noon. Free and open to the public. Judson's talk on Mindfulness will offer a look into the application of mindfulness to our everyday lives and his research in the field over the past two decades. Read more about this WE brain speaker series lecture...

THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Pathology & Laboratory Medicine with Dr. Pamela Gibson: 10/16,@noon. Lunch provided! Read more about the careers in medicine series and schedule...

THIS WEEK - October Dining with the Deans Luncheon: 10/17, noon. This month’s special guest is Jesse Moore, M.D., associate professor of surgery, and the director of active learning at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Read more about Dining with the Deans and/or sign-up for the October luncheon...

THIS WEEK - Annual LCOM Imbasciani Lecture: Trans Health in Vermont w/Rachel Inker, MD: 10/17, @5pm. Required for members of the class of 2022 and 2021. Read more about this year's Imbasciani Lecture...

THIS WEEK - "The Perfect Weapon: War, sabotage, and fear in the cyber age" with NY Time Correspondent, David Sanger: 10/17, @5pm. Free and open to the public. Read more about the UVM/VHC guest lecture...

THIS WEEK - Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series – Anesthesiology with Dr. Emily Stebbins: 10/18, @noon. Lunch provided! Read more about the series and schedule...

THIS WEEK - Tasty Thursday: 10/18, @noon. Join the Wellness Committee for Tasty Thursday in the Student Lounge on Thur., 10/18, 12-1pm, and enjoy some fresh produce and snacks! Questions? Contact Olivia Larkin. Get Tasty Thursday on your calendar...

THIS WEEK - Dan & Carole Burack President's Distinguished Lecture Series - "Beyond 2020: Frontiers and Futures for Global Conservation" with Caleb McClennen, PhD: 10/18, @4pm. Read more about the McClennen lecture...

THIS WEEK - FIRST Friday Webinar Series - 7 Steps to Increasing Your Credit Score*: 10/17, @3pm. an excellent time to dedicate to the improvement of your financial standing (credit score) is while you are a student or a resident. Read more about/register for this webinar and/or upcoming webinars in this series...

LCOM Celebrating Excellence in Research: 10/29-10/30. Read more about the celebration and associated events (including how to RSVP) on our LCOM Student Activities Calendar. Celebration highlights include:

• “Serendipity and Science: Chance Encounters that Shaped a Career”: Mon, 10/29, 12-1pm, in Med Ed 200). Presented by the 2018 Medical Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award winner Nicholas H. Heintz, M.S.’77, Ph.D.’79, a UVM professor emeritus of pathology and laboratory medicine.
• 2018 Dean’s Excellence in Research Awards: Tue, 10/30, 4–6:00pm, Davis Auditorium (UVMMC). 4-5pm: “The State of Research at the College” and awards with Senior Associate Dean for Research Gordon Jensen, M.D., Ph.D. 5-6pm: “Canines, Cancer, and Comparative Genomics” presentation with National Institute for Health Distinguished Investigator Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D.

LCOM Peer Support Group: 10/30, @noon. A nonjudgmental, non-academic, confidential meeting for students to share their experiences and listen to those of their peers. Lots of food will be provided! The Wellness Committee invites all students to our monthly group on Tue, 10/30 (Med Ed 302-303), 12-1pm. Questions? Please contact Olivia Larkin. Get the support group on your calendar...

Student Council Presents: Annual Halloween Dance! Saturday, 11/3, @10pm, at ArtsRiot. Always well-attended by all classes and a ton of fun! There will be a cash-bar, a DJ, and a costume contest with prizes. Tickets sold during the lunch hour in the Given Courtyard the week leading up to the dance - $10 in advance; $12 at the door. Get this event on your calendar...

Become a Larner College of Medicine Student Ambassador (or renew your application)! 11/25 application/renewal deadline. LCOM is excited to welcome new members to the Student Ambassador Program, and we invite current members to renew for another term (Jan – Dec). We hope you will apply or renew for the 2019 year...

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP

VT Cancer Center Clinical Research Opportunity*: The University of Vermont Cancer Center is seeking a medical student interested in clinical research to help analyze data for a currently ongoing clinical trial, “The Modern Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening (MAPS).” Please reach out to Dr. H James Wallace if you would like to be involved.

HIV Vaccine Research Grants for Medical Students (Seeking African American/Black and Latino/a medical students interested in HIV vaccine research)*: 01/08/2019 application deadline. Grant recipients will be mentored by HVTN-affiliated investigators while conducting research projects in areas of basic, clinical, behavioral and social science. Read more about this HIV vaccine research grant program...

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...

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