Second-Year

Posts that are topical for incoming or current second-year medical students.

People gathering in the Hoehl Gallery for the Mary Lacy art unveiling. Featured is student created vases.

Reflections from the New Arts@Larner Committee

“After all, the art of storytelling is intertwined with medicine. I am excited for the Arts@Larner committee to emerge and grow in partnership with several interdisciplinary members of the Larner community.” –Emily Hovan ’28 Clara Goebel, Class of 2027 As a fourth-year medical student, thinking back to the first semester of first year brings up […]

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Brian Nguyen

Notes of Resilience: A Medical Student’s Insight on Music, Cancer, and Meaning

Brian Nguyen is a second-year medical student at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.

In the following blog post, he reflects on his personal and professional path from childhood to medical school, centered around the enduring influence of his aunt and a deepening understanding of cancer.

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Photo of (left to right): Nicholas Khoo ’27, Clara Goebel ’27, Sarah Kohl ’27

The FUTURE of Urology: Larner Medical Students at NEAUA

Nicholas Khoo ’27, Clara Goebel ’27, and Sarah Kohl ’26 medical students at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.

In the following blog post, they answer questions about what led them to study medicine and share their key takeaways as participants in the 2024 New England Section of the American Urological Association’s Annual Meeting FUTURE Program.

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