Family Medicine

On Surviving as an Intern: Five Truths to Remember

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Written by Vanessa (Patten) Galli, M.D. ’14
I admittedly spent a good portion of the fourth year of medical school dreading internship. A year where I was expected to suddenly be a doctor and to have all the answers. A year where I would work long hours and carry several pagers at one time. I come to you in blog form to inform you of some of the truths about internship. I have been an intern in Family Medicine at the University of Utah for six months now.

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“What Gets You Up in the Morning?” The 2014 Family Medicine Congressional Conference #FMCC2014

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Written by Sarah Manning ’17
From lobbying on Capitol Hill to learning more about federal priorities for residency training, the 2014 Family Medicine Congressional Conference was a whirlwind of activity. I attended with fellow UVM College of Medicine student Jen Makrides, representing Vermont and the College alongside medical students and physicians from 47 states.

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“Think of Horses, Not Zebras:” The Doctoring in Vermont Experience

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Written by Kathy Chen ’16
Recent fever, occasional cough and night sweats made me instantaneously think of tuberculosis as it classically presents with these three symptoms. Looking at the patient however, a healthy appearing 16 year old female with no recent travel history, a diagnosis of seasonal allergies with a recent cold was much higher on the differential. It was then that I remembered someone saying to me on my first day of medical school: “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses not zebras.”

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