Medical Education

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.

Visit our affiliated blog – Global Health Diaries for reflections from the Global Health Program at UVM Larner Med and the Western Connecticut Health Network, part of Nuvance Health at https://uvmmedicineglobalhealth.wordpress.com/

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Listening to Her Voice: Reflections from an Addiction Medicine Conference

Medical Alumni, Medical Education, Medical Science

“As ‘The Great Divide’ plays softly in my headphones, I find myself reflecting on what is and what could be. For those living with substance use disorder, I imagine something different: systems that are integrated rather than fragmented, care that connects rather than isolates, and communities that choose to hold people close rather than push […]

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A New Audience to Have in Stitches: From Comedy to Surgery

Community, Fourth-Year, Graduate Education, Medical Education, Medical Science

“I came to medical school feeling like I had two competing identities: the professional and the comedian. Instead of asking me to choose between them, this community showed me how to be both authentically.” Hometown: Originally Morristown, New Jersey, but her family moved to Vermont in 2013.Where will you be doing your residency?: NYU Grossman

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