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Bearing Witness to the Patient Experience

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Flora LiuWritten by Flora Liu ’21
During the past year, I have been a student in the Larner College of Medicine’s Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship at Central Vermont Medical Center. This gave me the opportunity to follow multiple patients through their illnesses and their journeys, getting to know them over the course of time. Some patients recovered quickly; others had multiple complications and took many months before they felt better. One patient in particular I will always remember. Read more

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“Our Calling is to Care for One Another:” Celebrating the Class of 2023

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n January 28, 2021, the UVM Larner College of Medicine celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2023 as they finished the first level of the Vermont Integrated Curriculum. The online Foundations Celebration also recognized the faculty and staff who have supported them. Student Council representative Vinh Le ‘23 delivered the Foundations Celebration speech, highlighting the students’ collective accomplishments over the past 18 months of their medical school careers.
What a privilege it is today to celebrate a major milestone. We’ve reached the end of our Foundations curriculum, and we’re at last ready to begin the clinical portion of our medical school journey. As we prepare to begin this next stage, let’s take a moment to reflect on how far we’ve come. Over the past 18 months, we as a class have attended hundreds of sessions, conquered 49 TBLs, taken 306 readiness quizzes, and completed 34 major exams. Read more…

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