CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2018
- APPLICATION DEADLINE THIS WEEK - Visiting Clerkship Program @HMS: Visiting Clerkship Program (VCP) for medical students, particularly targeting African-American, Hispanic/Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students in their fourth year of medical school. Read more...
- PRISM Power Hour: “Capturing Clinical Images with Mobile Devices”: 06/05/2017. PRISM have recently made a change to our Medical Students (years 3 & 4) PRISM access and you now can access Haiku/Canto (Epic’s mobile applications) from your mobile devices. During this presentation, we will look at setting up your mobile device with Haiku or Canto, Epic’s mobile applications and more! Read more...
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Class of 2019
- PRISM Power Hour: “Capturing Clinical Images with Mobile Devices”: 06/05/2017. PRISM have recently made a change to our Medical Students (years 3 & 4) PRISM access and you now can access Haiku/Canto (Epic’s mobile applications) from your mobile devices. During this presentation, we will look at setting up your mobile device with Haiku or Canto, Epic’s mobile applications and more! Read more...
- LIC-Maine: The Maine LIC has provided an EMHS Calendar of Events for your reference. Please contact Michael Perry, MA, LIC Medical Education Coordinator, with any questions.
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Class of 2020
- No announcements posted for this class.
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Class of 2021 - Welcome to the WeeklyWire!
- THIS WEEK - 2017 AAMC Matriculating Student Questionnaire (MSQ) Opens: The 2017 AAMC Matriculating Student Questionnaire (MSQ) is scheduled to be sent out to accepted students on Thursday, June 1. Read more...
- Welcome Email from Admissions Team: In case you missed it in your email, please review your first email as a class, sent from the Admissions Team, in the Office of Medical Student Education.
- WeeklyWire Schedule: Have something you would like to advertise in the WeeklyWire? The Wire goes out to all students via email early Monday mornings, and submissions are due by noon, the Fridays prior. Simply email your posting to studentCOMservices@med.uvm.edu, and we will be sure to include it in the upcoming issue. The current WeeklyWire and recent issues are all available online, as well.
- Pre-Matriculation Requirements: 07/01/2017 deadline. To enroll at the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, all students must complete matriculation requirements using the interactive requirements checklist in Oasis, the Online Access to Student Information and Scheduling System. Read more...
- FAQs Webpage: Have a question? See if we address it on the Office of Medical Student Education FAQs webpage. Using "Ctrl + F" you can search any webpage for specific words/content; this is a useful tool when reviewing the FAQs for something specific. If you cannot find an answer to your question, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Medical Student Education.
- Subscribe to the LCOM Student Activities Calendar: Most of the Larner College of Medicine activities are advertised on our COM Student Activities Calendar. Students can view the calendar in Outlook, once you receive your MED email accounts (to be released mid-July), but the calendar is available online and students can also subscribe to the calendar on their mobile devices. Follow our instructions for how to subscribe carefully to set this up on your personal mobile device. Please contact the Office of Medical Student Education with any questions or concerns.
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LARNER COMcares Opportunities
THIS WEEK - Medical Student Volunteers Wanted for Medical Reunion Weekend: Medical Student Volunteers needed for Medical reunion weekend JUNE 2 and JUNE 3, 2017. Network and mingle with returning alumni. FREE DR. MOO TOTEBAG for all Volunteers. Contact Dan Suder for more information, or visit the Reunion Weekend Sign Up.
NEW SLOTS ADDED/NOW AVAILABLE! Medical Student Volunteers Wanted for the 21st IAMSE Conference: Sign up to volunteer for the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) conference JUNE 11 or JUNE 12. A great networking and professional development opportunity! Moreover, and EXCELLENT way to give back to the institution and its community! Read more...
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
- THIS WEEK - UVM Offices Closed: In honor of Memorial Day, all UVM Offices, including the Office of Medical Student Education, are closed Monday, May 29. We will re-open on Tuesday, May 30, at 8AM. We apologize for any inconvenience.
- WEEKLYWIRE WILL MOVE TO A TWO-WEEK SCHEDULE SOON - Summer WeeklyWire Schedule: During the summer, the WeeklyWire will become the "Bi-WeeklyWire" and will be issued every other week between June 19 and August 14. Please note the following Submission Deadline schedule for the summer months:
- Noon, Friday, June 16 (for the June 19 - July 02 issue)
- Noon, Friday, June 30 (for the July 03 - July 16 issue)
- Noon, Friday, July 14 (for the July 17 - July 30 issue)
- Noon, Friday, July 28 (for the July 31 - August 14 issue)
- Noon, Friday, August 11 (for the August 14 - August 20 issue; returns to weekly schedule with the August 14 issue)
- NBME Updates:
- Upcoming Changes to the NBME Self-Assessment Services: The NBME will provide examinees with the correct answers for questions they have answered incorrectly as part of the expanded feedback for the NBME Self-Assessment Services starting July 10, 2017. Please be advised that starting June 1, 2017, institutions will no longer be able to order vouchers for standard feedback self-assessments through the NBME store. Read more...
- NBME to Discontinue Pediatrics Advanced Clinical and Surgery Advanced Clinical Subject Examinations: Due to low utilization, the Pediatrics Advanced Clinical and Surgery Advanced Clinical Subject Examinations are being discontinued. Effective July 1, 2017, these exams will not be available for administration. The last possible date to order these exams is June 28, 2017. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the NBME Subject Examinations team at subjectexams@nbme.org.
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK - CVRI 2016-2017 Burton E. Sobel Visiting Professor - Robert A. Harrington, MD: 06/01/2017. Dr. Harrington will host a morning discussion on “Social Media in Medicine and a noon seminar on interventional cardiology and heart disease (lunch provided). Read more...
FINAL SESSION OF THE SPRINT SERIES! Community Medical School Presents "Facilitated Book Discussion: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi ": Tuesday, June 06. The group will discuss such issues as how we deal with an unexpected and undeserved impending death, determine the legacy we leave behind, and how we wish to be remembered. Read more...
Second Lunching with the Leadership Session: 06/07/2017. Join representatives from each of the student leadership groups to promote bidirectional communication between students and student leadership groups. Lunch provided. Read more/Sign up...
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RESEARCH, FELLOWSHIP, AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATION DEADLINE THIS WEEK - Apply for ‘Helping Hands’ Grant: Application deadline is May 31. Helping Hands Grant Program provides grants of up to $5,000 to medical schools for mental health and substance use disorder projects, particularly in under-served minority communities. Read more...
THIS WEEK - 4th International Conference on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: 05/29/2017. Be part of a unique gathering of Pulmonologists, Scientists and Respiratory medicine veterans from Japan, Korea, Australia, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Germany and USA during May 29-31,2017 event in Osaka, Japan. Read more...
THIS WEEK - A Career in Global Health: from Bangladesh to Zambia–A Larner Leadership Discussion: 6/02/2017. Distinguished Academic Achievement Award recipient will share experiences in GH and how LCOM prepared him for that role. Read more...
THIS WEEK - 2017 Alumni Celebration of Achievements Awards Ceremony: 06/02/2017. Award recipients will be on campus June 2-4, 2017 for Medical Reunion weekend where they will receive their award at the Celebration of Achievements Awards Ceremony in front of fellow alumni, friends and faculty. Please join us. Read more...
Student scholarship from Navy Medicine: The Navy Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) is an educational support program for individuals pursuing graduate degrees in professional medical programs and who have a desire to serve in the US Navy following graduation. Benefits of the program include: Full Tuition (no upper limit) and allowable Fees; Reimbursement for all required books, supplies and equipment (some limits apply); Monthly Stipend of $2200, and more. Read more...
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LOST & FOUND
LOST:
Lost something? Email the Office of Medical Student Education (OMSE) a description of the item, where and when it was last seen, and who to contact if someone finds the item, and we will happily post it here.
FOUND:
Please visit the Office of Medical Education, in Given Courtyard N100, if one of the following items is yours (items left unclaimed for more than three weeks will be left as freebies in the student lounge):
- COMMENCEMENT LOST & FOUND: Did you lose something at Sunday's Commencement Ceremony? All gathered items will be available for pick-up in Given Courtyard C118 (Design & Photography Office) starting Monday, May 22nd. We will hold items for two weeks and then items of high value will be transferred to Police Services and items of low value will be donated to GoodWill. Please contact Medical Communications with any questions.
- May 15th Student Lounge Clean-up Finds:
- Off-white Arctic Zone reusable lunch cooler bag with red floral-esque pattern and black trim
- Microsoft Surface 65W Power Supply Power adapter
- Black long insulated bag (maybe for a bike?) containing Sistema clear Tupperware with aquamarine trim, a small travel container of soy sauce, and wooden chopsticks
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CLASSIFIEDS
FOR THE KIDDOS - UVM Perkins Museum Science Day Camp: UVM Perkins Museum shared their program application/flyer with the Office of Medical Student Education for anyone interested in sending their kids in grades 1-7 to a Science Day Camp.
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