CLASS INFORMATION
Class of 2018
- APPLICATION DEADLINE - Visiting Clerkship Program @HMS: Application deadline is Jun 30th for the Sep 25 – Oct 22 rotation. Read more...
- SIG REIMBURSEMENT DEADLINE - UVM Fiscal Year Closing: Monday June 26th is the last day to submit a reimbursement for any SIG or student council related expenses for this academic year. Reimbursements submitted after that date will not be processed, since the fiscal year closes that week. Please email Will Earle (co2020) with any questions. Thank you ~ Student Council
- SFS Summer Refunds Update: Students who have accepted their 2017-2018 financial aid awards and completed necessary items as seen in myUVM will notice disbursements occurring (from the Dept of Education, VSAC, etc) on the first business day of the new fiscal year, Monday 7/3/17. Read more...
- Ophthalmology Standardized Letter of Reference: Ophthalmology is piloting a new Standardized Letter of Reference this year (similar to the SLOE for EM). Feel free to review the form, which is also available on their website. This appears to be optional this year. Read more...
- ERAS & Tokens: The Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) is now open for the 2018 Main Match. Tokens are sent to your MED email. If you do not see an email from ERAS in your inbox please check your spam or bulk mail folders, and if you still haven’t received it please contact Emma Faustner, and she can re-transmit. Those of you who obtained preliminary tokens to have letters uploaded early should now have full access to all ERAS functionality; if you are having any difficulty please let Emma Faustner know.
- Residency Application Season Begins - Essential Resources, News for Students & Advisors from the AAMC: AAMC wants to make you aware of some valuable resources to help advisors and students through this transitional time, and provide you with important updates that affect the entire academic medicine community. Read more...
- Students Rotating in Maine - Interest Group Invite: The Maine Internal Medicine Interest Group is a group of Tufts Maine Track students and University of New England students who are interested in Internal Medicine. They currently don't have any University of Vermont students in the group, but they'd like to change that. The Interest Group hopes to learn more about the field as they also encourage other medical students to explore their interests in Internal Medicine. If you want to learn more about Internal Medicine, they'd love to put you on their email list. They are planning a few events throughout the year, coordinated with the different school schedules. If you're interested, please fill out our brief form. If you have any questions or ideas for the group, please email us at maineIMIG@gmail.com.
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Class of 2019
- DEADLINE - ACTION REQUIRED - Clean Out Your Given Lockers: 07/01/2017. As a reminder, students who fail to clean out their lockers by the established deadline will be charged a $50 cleaning fee. Read more...
- SIG REIMBURSEMENT DEADLINE - UVM Fiscal Year Closing: Monday June 26th is the last day to submit a reimbursement for any SIG or student council related expenses for this academic year. Reimbursements submitted after that date will not be processed, since the fiscal year closes that week. Please email Will Earle (co2020) with any questions. Thank you ~ Student Council
- SFS Summer Refunds Update: Students who have accepted their 2017-2018 financial aid awards and completed necessary items as seen in myUVM will notice disbursements occurring (from the Dept of Education, VSAC, etc) on the first business day of the new fiscal year, Monday 7/3/17. Read more...
- Students Rotating in Maine - Interest Group Invite: The Maine Internal Medicine Interest Group is a group of Tufts Maine Track students and University of New England students who are interested in Internal Medicine. They currently don't have any University of Vermont students in the group, but they'd like to change that. The Interest Group hopes to learn more about the field as they also encourage other medical students to explore their interests in Internal Medicine. If you want to learn more about Internal Medicine, they'd love to put you on their email list. They are planning a few events throughout the year, coordinated with the different school schedules. If you're interested, please fill out our brief form. If you have any questions or ideas for the group, please email us at maineIMIG@gmail.com.
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Class of 2020
- SIG REIMBURSEMENT DEADLINE - UVM Fiscal Year Closing: Monday June 26th is the last day to submit a reimbursement for any SIG or student council related expenses for this academic year. Reimbursements submitted after that date will not be processed, since the fiscal year closes that week. Please email Will Earle (co2020) with any questions. Thank you ~ Student Council
- Big Sib/Little Sib Match: One of the great programs at UVM COM is the Big/Little Match. Pairing second-year students with an incoming first-year is a great way to provide new students with a resource for answering questions, learning more about the school and potentially finding a mentor. Summer is a great time to fill with fun little surveys; please participate in the Big/Little Match Survey For Big Sibs (co2020) as soon as possible to ensure that you'll be matched with an M1 who has a similar background and interests. If you are interested in helping with the Match or have any questions, contact Student Council.
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Class of 2021 - Welcome to the WeeklyWire!
- DEADLINE - 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...
- Student Interest Groups: We host a number of student interest groups, which will all be available to answer questions at the Activities Fair, on the Friday of Orientation Week. However, you can explore all of the currently active groups on SIG webpage and feel free to email the group contacts with any questions leading up to the activities fair. Your Student Council oversees and managers the groups.
- 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.
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LARNER COMcares
UPCOMING EVENT - Stefan Pierson Memorial Soccer tournament: 07/08/2017. Join us for a fun filled day on the pitch while supporting young adults living with cancer so they can conquer each day! Read more...
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WEEKLY FYIs FROM OMSE - WE ARE HERE TO HELP!
- THIS WEEK - COMIS Systems Updates: 06/20/2017 - 06/21/2017. Services may be briefly interrupted as systems are restarted or modified. Read more...
- SFS Fall 2017 Billing and Payment Update: Due to the fiscal year switchover, you will not see fall 2017 tuition and fee charges on your student accounts until approximately July 1st. A formal billing statement will then be issued in mid-July and finally, the fall 2017 payment deadline will be 8/18/17 at 4pm EDT. More information is available on the SFS website. For cash payers especially, we encourage you to wait until your bill is generated before you submit payment. Thank you. Please contact Kari Brayden, OMSE SFS Coordinator, with any questions.
- Curriculum FYI - Generations Course Name Change: The Medical Curriculum Committee reviewed and approved a name change for Generations, which will now be referred to as "Human Development and Reproductive Health." Please contact Christian Berry, Director of Curriculum Management, with any questions.
- COMIS FYI – Support Tech Success: Students should do weekly reboots and check for updates periodically and any of your technology to optimize technology functionality. If you have questions, use https://comis.med.uvm.edu/footprints or call (802) 656-7300.
- CALL FOR CONTENT - Submit to the Community Monitors: Students are welcome to submit announcements and events for inclusion in the weekly slideshow that displays on the monitors. Preference is given to events that are open to students, faculty and/or staff. Please send information including event name, date, time, location, contact information and any other details that would be helpful, to Roni Darragh Friday mornings, by 9 am for inclusion in the following week’s slideshow. Photo submissions warmly welcomed!
- 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!
- Summer WeeklyWire Schedule: The WeeklyWire is on a bi-weekly schedule through the summer (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)
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UNIVERSITY OPPORTUNITIES
THIS WEEK - Student Council Revised Constitution Open Forum: All UVMLCOM students, our Student Council will be updating the bylaws of the student council constitution, requiring a student-wide vote for approval. Please feel free to join an open forum regarding the bylaws on Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 from 8am – 9am. Read more (review current and revised constitutions/learn how to attend the forum)...
Fielding Student Interest - Infectious Diseases Student Interest Group (IDSIG): Dr. Kristen Pierce learned there is funding available for new and existing IDSIGs. The IDSIG would be geared towards students interested in learning more about a career in ID- HIV medicine, TB, Clinical tropical Medicine, Public Health, Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, Vaccine development, Outbreak Investigation and management, to name a few. There's potential for collaboration with Global Health on certain topics/events/topics, as well! Please email Dr. Kristen Pierce if you are interested in the opportunity; they offered to serve as a faculty advisor should students decide they would like to apply for this new SIG.
COMU Courses: Your future in healthcare is waiting. Check out these programs offered through the UVM Larner College of Medicine, designed to prepare you for a career in medical or other health professional fields. Please contact Kate Albee, Marketing Coordinator, with any questions.
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ART & PUBLICATION
SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 2017 Stanley M. Kaplan Essay Award for Medical Students: 06/30/2017. Entries may include topical essays, case reports, review articles, or original research that was conducted in medical school for which the student was first author (first author essays must have been published within the past 12 months of date of current submission). Cash prizes! Read more...
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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.
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CLASSIFIEDS
Recruiting for Vaccine Study
Carrie Lyon, a physician investigator with the UVM Vaccine Testing Center and Associate Professor in the Dept of Medicine at UVM, is currently recruiting subjects for a vaccine study and incoming and current medical students may be interested in participating. It is an inpatient study at UVM that will take place in July. Read more about this opportunity in the Vaccine Study Flyer, and please contact Professor Lyon with any questions.
Housing Opportunities for Medical Students
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!
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