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December 24, 2018 - January 06, 2019


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

CLASS INFORMATION

Class of 2019

  • APPLICATION DEADLINE (extended) - National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program*: 12/27 application deadline. Up to $120K in Loan Repayment for Graduating Medical and Dental Students. Read more about this loan repayment program opportunity...
  • DEADLINE - Schedule all Graduation Requirements in OASIS: 01/01/19 deadline. Please take a moment to confirm that OASIS reflects all course requirements needed for graduation. In accordance with Policy 565.45 Graduation Degree Requirements. Contact Emma Faustner with any questions. Add the academic deadline to your calendar...
  • Commencement FYIs: It’s almost 2019 and that means Commencement will be here before you know it! A few notes as we head into the winter break (please contact Michelle Bookless, PR & Events Manager, with any questions):
    • Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2019 from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm in the UVM Ira Allen Chapel.
    • Be aware: Area hotels, AirBnBs, bed & breakfasts fill up fast, so encourage your out of town guests to book accommodations as soon as possible.
    • UPCOMING - Order your regalia between January 7 and February 4. When you return from Winter Break, a link to order your regalia via the UVM Bookstore, as well as details regarding shipping, pricing, and regalia options will be provided. Get the regalia ordering period on your calendar...
  • Call for Nominations - Class-selected Senior Awards: 2/11 nomination deadline. Each of you will have received an individual invitation email, inviting you to participate in the nomination process via LimeSurvey (if you didn’t, if could be in your junk folder). You can nominate for any and all categories for which you are inspired. Read more about this nomination survey...
  • Call for Submissions - Yearbook Half-Pages: 03/01/2019 submission deadline. Each member of the Larner College of Medicine Class of 2019 is allotted a half-page space for a photo collage in the Pulse Yearbook. Read about how you submit your personal half-page for the Class of 2019 LCOM Yearbook...

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Class of 2020

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Class of 2021

  • APPROACHING DEADLINE - Clerkship Checklist: 01/15 deadline. Includes submitting an N95 form to Student Health Services for mask fitting, the Certiphi background check, and Driver’s License Training (for those going to West Palm Beach). Students complete the checklist in OASIS, and we've provided step-by-step instructions. Read more about this Clerkship deadline...
  • APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Become a Student Member (Full Voting Member) of the UVM Board of Trustees: 01/15 application deadline. Each year, a committee of students, incorporated by the Vermont State Legislature in the 1970s, is charged with selecting one student to serve a two-year term as a full voting member of the Board. Read more about this leadership opportunity...
  • Step 1 Support Series: Dinner and NBME Questions: 01/10 @ 5:30pm. Work in small groups on actual NBME exams with successful third and fourth year students. Read more about this event/sign-up...
  • Check Out Dana Medical Library’s Books and E-books to Support Step 1 Preparation! Second year medical students have their sights set on the upcoming USMLE Step 1 exam. Dana has a wide variety of books to support students in preparing for Step 1. Read more about the available Dana Medical Library Step 1 resources...
  • Foundations Award Celebration: 01/24/19. An annual event honoring the commitment of the faculty, staff, standardized patients, and teaching assistants who supported students during the Foundations curriculum and celebrates the achievements of the students as they transition from the classroom to the clinic. Read more about the Foundations Celebration...

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Class of 2022

  • APPLICATION DEADLINE - Summer Ethical Leadership Fellowship*: 12/28 application deadline. Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) is 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). Read more about this fellowship opportunity...
  • APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship: 01/07 self-nomination deadline. To foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers. $5,000 award and up to $1,000 additional funding available for travel. Read more about the Kuckein Fellowship opportunity and how to apply…
  • APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - American Urological Association Summer Medical Student Fellowship: 01/10 application deadline. A chance for outstanding medical students to pursue urology research by engaging them in summer research fellowships alongside world-class urologic scientists. Read more about this summer research opportunity...
  • APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - Become a Student Member (Full Voting Member) of the UVM Board of Trustees: 01/15 application deadline. Each year, a committee of students, incorporated by the Vermont State Legislature in the 1970s, is charged with selecting one student to serve a two-year term as a full voting member of the Board. Read more about this leadership opportunity...
  • Don’t forget to vote for our class of 2022 Advancement Committee Representative. One member of our class will sit on the committee for all four years of medical school with other students and faculty. Please vote by 1/11. Thank you! ~Student Council
  • The Cancer in the Under-Privileged, Indigent, or Disadvantaged (CUPID) - Summer Translational Oncology Program*: 01/23 application deadline. A mission to address the impending shortage of practicing oncologists within the US, and to cultivate an interest in cancer treatment and research among a diverse body of compassionate medical students. Read more about CUPID...
  • CVRI Summer Research Fellowships for Cardiovascular-Related Research: first deadline is 2/4. Interested in doing a cardiovascular-related research during summer 2019? CVRI funds a limited number of summer research fellowships and in addition to the fellowship stipend provides $1,000 to each mentor for research supplies and expenses. Read more about the CVRI program...
  • Culinary Medicine Teaching Kitchen Medical Student Practicum*: 01/21 application deadline. The four sessions will run from 3-6 pm on February 19, March 6, March 27 and April 8 over the course of MD 556: NMGI. Read more about this medical elective opportunity...
  • Himalayan Health Exchange 2019 International Health Expeditions*: Himalayan Health Exchange will organize the following medical/dental camps in the remote Trans- Himalayan regions of north India and Indo-Tibetan Borderlands in 2019. Read more about this unique international opportunity...

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LCOMcares: VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES & UPCOMING EVENTS

UVM Surgery Seminar - "Intracellular Calcium Release through IP3R Contributes to Secondary Axonal Degeneration" with Dr. Pelisch, from the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center: 01/03 @ 9am. Add the surgery seminar to your calendar...

Office of Primary Care & AHEC - Primary Care Series "The Business of Practicing in Primary Care ": 01/9/19 @ noon. Lunch will be provided, please bring a beverage! Read more about this Primary Care series session...

MythBusting ADHD in Children*: 01/09 @ noon. Join us to learn more about ADHD in children. The panel will discuss signs and symptoms, treatment options, and dispel some common myths about this prevalent disorder. Read more about this ADHS educational opportunity...

LCOM Student Council Meeting: 01/09 @ 5pm. Meetings are open to the community, and community members. Read more about the student council meeting/add it to your calendar...

2019 MLK Celebration, Education & Learning Series Keynote Speaker Announced: 01/22/19 @4pm. Renowned activist, civil rights leader, community organizer and 2018 Maryland gubernatorial candidate Benjamin Jealous outlines what it will take to secure true equality for all Americans and to empower the next generation to lead toward a better future. Get the MLK Week event on your calendar...

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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP

APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - AOA Carolyn L. Kuckein Student Research Fellowship: 01/07 self-nomination deadline. To foster the development of the next generation of medical researchers. $5,000 award and up to $1,000 additional funding available for travel. Read more about the Kuckein Fellowship opportunity and how to apply…

APPROACHING APPLICATION DEADLINE - HIV Vaccine Research Grants for Medical Students - Seeking African American/Black and Latino/a medical students interested in HIV vaccine research*: 01/08 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 research grant opportunity...

SEEKING NOMINATIONS - 2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Awards (faculty and/or student): 01/28 submission deadline. For an outstanding medical student currently on track to graduate in May 2019 and an outstanding physician faculty member. Recipients receive GHHS induction and cash award. Read more about the Tow Award, including award criteria and how to nominate...

NIH Intramural Medical Research Scholars Program (MRSP)*: 01/11 application deadline. Year-long program that fosters and promotes workforce diversity training of future biomedical researchers, especially those likely to engage in research to advance the understanding of minority health & health disparities among medically underserved populations. Read more about the NIH opportunity...

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ARTS & PUBLICATIONS

SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Annual William Carlos Williams Poetry Contest*: 12/31 submission deadline. The top three poets will be awarded $300, $200 and $100 respectively. In addition, the three winners will be invited to visit NEOMED on April 26, 2019, to read their poems. All travel expenses paid by NEOMED's sponsoring department. Read about the WCW Poetry contest...

SUBMISSION DEADLINE - AOA Pharos Student Poetry Contest: 01/04/19 submission deadline. Designed to encourage medical students to write effective poetry. Authors do not need to be part of AOA! Cash awards of $600 for first place, $350 for second place, and $200 for third place. Read more about the AOA poetry contest...

APPROACHING SUBMISSION DEADLINE - AOA Helen H. Glaser Student Essay Award: 01/15 submission deadline. To encourage medical students to write creative narratives or scholarly essays relevant to medicine. Cash awards of $2,000 for first place, $800 for second place, and $550 for third place. Read more about the Glaser Essay contest…

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - 2019 Red Wheelbarrow: 01/30/2019 submission deadline. LCOM's literary and visual arts magazine, The Red Wheelbarrow, is looking for submissions in the literary and visual arts: prose, poetry, reporting, personal essays, photography, painting, graphic design, drawing and 3-D art. Read more about this publication opportunity/how to get involved...

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

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TEMPORARY WIRE SCHEDULE CHANGE:
In light of the Winter Break, our 12/24 issue (12/21 submission deadline) will be a 2-week issue (12/24/18 - 01/06/19). We will return to a regular schedule with the 01/04/19 Friday submission deadline.

Lost & Found

Lost something? Email the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) a description of the item. OMSE and the Dana Medical Library recently joined the UVM campus-wide lost & found system and search not only the College of Medicine, but campus as a whole to see if it's been turned in. If it hasn't, the office can file a claim for the item should someone turn it in soon!

Found something? Please turn it into either the Office of Medical Student Education (Given Courtyard n100) or the Dana Medical Library (First floor of the Medical Education Center) and we will be sure to log it into the Campus-Wide Lost & Found Database.

Found items are kept up to 30 days, and then are donated to various local organizations depending on the item.

Housing Opportunities

Graduate students are highly sought tenants in the Burlington area and property owners often advertise specifically to them with special rates (less than would be offered to undergraduate students); thus, the Office of Medical Student Education pulls together a list of housing opportunities posted specifically for this group, so you don't miss out on a good deal. Moreover, medical students also try to keep good spaces "in the family" and are known to post to this list. Please contact the Office of Medical Education if you have any questions.

Don't hesitate to ask the contact if they would consider lowering the advertised rate to secure a graduate student; it never hurts to ask!