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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Written by Taylor Goller ’16
There are many different ways people prepare for the clerkship lottery, usually somewhere along the spectrum from scrupulous planning, back-up planning, and contingency back-up planning to laissez-faire, go-with-the-flow apathy.
Written by Bridget Colgan ’17
It has been almost two months since the start of medical school for the first year “doctors in training,” during which time we have completed Orientation, Introduction to Clinical Decision Making (ICDM), and most recently Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB). In addition to these courses many of us have just moved to Vermont…
Written by Samy Ramadan ’17
The study of anatomy began in the year 1,600 BC along the lower reaches of the Nile River. For my classmates and me, the rite of passage that is human gross anatomy started more than 3,600 years later on Monday, September 30th, 2013. For many of us, this was the first time seeing a dead body.
