Posts that are topical for incoming or current fourth-year medical students.
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 »
Karena Nguyen, M.D.’25, is a Larner alumna and internal medicine intern at the University of California–San Diego.
In the following blog post, she reflects on the profound connection created by sharing an experience at Cho Ray Hospital, where her father served there as a child. This moment transformed a long-held dream into reality, reinforcing the emotional impact of her global health rotation as a medical student in Vietnam.
Connecting Generations at Cho Ray: A Global Health Experience in Vietnam Read More »
