Health Policy

Vermont’s AMA Student Delegation Co-Authors National Resolution on Healthcare Reform

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Written by Alissa Correll ’17
“Hey Vermont! What do you have to say about this?!” “Doesn’t Vermont get Canadian health care?” “I didn’t know anyone actually lived up there…how do you like the socialism?” Maybe it was the nametags announcing our origin, or maybe it was the glazed look in our eyes as we wandered into the warm Texas climate, but as Vermonters at the American Medical Association Interim Meeting in Dallas this past November, my colleagues and I got a lot of attention and even more interesting questions from our fellow attendees.

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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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More than an Ally: Building Community, Expanding Opportunities

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Written by Alison Alpert ’14
Working with Dr. Bonney, Tiffany Delaney, and Dr. Tandoh, I have learned about building alliances, community, and friendship across varying experiences and histories of oppression and struggle. The support I feel from them and attempt to give them goes beyond what I think people mean when they use the word “ally.” More than feeling that I am an ally to them or that they are allies to me, I feel that together we are part of a community.

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