Written by Cordelia Ross ’16
To me, advocacy means speaking up when I hear someone using insensitive language. Advocacy means assuming competence in my interactions with all patients, regardless of their physical appearance, and encouraging my colleagues to do the same. Advocacy means serving as an ally to those with disabilities and their families and working to reduce the stigma and discrimination that they so often encounter.
What’s it like in anatomy lab? How does it feel to put on a white coat for the first time? When was that moment when you knew you made a difference in the life of a patient? Welcome to the uvmmedicine blog, a place for students to share with their peers, mentors, family and friends …
Students at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont share their thoughts with peers, mentors, family, and friends. Everything from what inspired them to choose a career in medicine, to their first-year experience, to fourth year rotations – the personal and the professional.
