Althea Tapales is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.
In the following blog post, she reflects on having recently returned from volunteering at a one-week medical mission in Jamaica working with a team who completed 15 congenital cardiac surgeries for children, and the impact it had on her.
Mending Hearts in Jamaica: How I Rediscovered My Why Read More »
Kara Pflaster is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.
In the following blog post, as one of tens of thousands of graduating medical students nationwide waiting to learn on Match Day where they will continue their training after earning their degrees, she reflects on what the waiting period is like for students on the cusp of this milestone.
Match Day: The Last Mountain of Medical School Read More »
This opinion piece ran in VTDigger on November 30, 2025 by Roz King, M.S.N., R.N. She is a UVM Medical Center Emergency Department nurse, manager of the Research in Emergency Medicine Program and director of the Emergency Medicine Research Associate Program. As a clinical translational scientist, her work focuses on improving access to care and health outcomes in rural and underserved communities. Opinion pieces give voice to the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine community members and do not represent the college’s views.
Vermont Reinvents Rural Care at the Library Read More »
