Posts about medical education in the United States, globally, and at the UVM Larner College of Medicine written by faculty, staff, medical students, and alumni at UVM Larner Med.
Topics frequently covered include the medical school journey, advice for incoming medical students or applicants, curriculum advances over the years, and more.
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Jake Ermolovich is a Class of 2024 medical student at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. Having recently finished a clinical clerkship rotation in psychiatry, he wrote a reflection about the six weeks he spent at Champlain Valley Physician’s Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York and the lessons he will take from it into his future rotations.
Chellam “Chellie” Nayar is a medical student in the University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine Class of 2025. In November 2021, Nayar rode the elevator to the fourth floor of the UVM Medical Center’s Miller Building, on her way to interview one of her first patients.
On Sunday, March 22, 2022 Francis Mtuke, M.D.’22, delivered the student address at the Larner College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony. It was the second time he’s given a commencement address; the first time was at his graduation from Texas A&M University in 2017. Dr. Mtuke will be starting his anesthesiology residency program at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington in June.
