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/

The Flight Group Lottery: What’s Next for the Class of 2017

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Written by Elizabeth Cochrane ’17
Many important events happen during the second year of medical school: Our class reunites after a well-earned summer vacation, we study and take Step 1, and we end Foundations and begin our clerkships. Clerkships involve seven rotations (six or seven weeks each) in different medical specialties including Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Family Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Outpatient and Neurology. A less talked about event that only takes an hour and is full of stress and excitement is the clerkship selection.

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The Age Old Question: Is this Mistreatment?

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Written by Sarah Gardner ’15
I became a famous actor this semester. Well, famous at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, at least. This spring, the College’s Learning Environment and Professionalism (LEAP) Committee worked with faculty in the Psychiatry department to put together a “Medical Student Mistreatment Module” to help raise awareness and educate both students and faculty about this perennial topic of conversation.

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Let’s Intubate!

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Written by Janel Feliz Martir ’16
I gripped the curved Macintosh blade tightly in my left hand. I moved the dummy patient’s head into the sniff position (head and neck in gentle extension). The mouth opened, and I easily visualized a perfect Mallampati class I airway (meaning that I can clearly see the dummy patient’s uvula, tonsils and soft palate). I inserted the laryngoscope into the mouth, displacing the right side of the hard plastic tongue, and searched for the epiglottis at the very back of the throat. I saw it!

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