UVM Larner College of Medicine Blog

Alex Cohen, wearing a medical student white coat, poses outside with four family member. Cohen is second from the right.

Education & Connection: The Patient-First Approach to Healthcare

Helping people can often feel like an overwhelming and impossible task—how can I possibly help everyone? Since I’ve been in medical school that statement has evolved and grown to become more closely aligned with what I believe the job of a physician truly is—educating patients and their families. Through education, physicians can support patients by empowering them to be their own advocates.

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UVM Larner College of Medicine Class of 2022 Student Council President, Patrick Clarke, spoke in front of classmates, family, and friends before envelopes containing students’ residency match information were handed out, at Match Day in the UVM Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom. Photo by David Seaver

Patrick Clarke’s Match Day 2022 Speech: “Building a Community – Medical School During the Time of COVID”

Community, Fourth-Year, Medical Education

On Friday, March 18, 2022, UVM Larner College of Medicine Class of 2022 medical students celebrated Match Day in the UVM Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom.

As is customary at Larner, the class’s Student Council President, Patrick Clarke, spoke in front of classmates, family, and friends before envelopes containing students’ residency match information were handed out.

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Kiana Heredia poses in a black dress with her medical student white coat slung over her should after her class's White Coat Ceremony in 2021. Clipped to the pocket of her white coat is a medical student ID badge.

Pre-Med Science Classes Pushed Me Away from Being a Doctor; the Art and Humanism of Medicine Brought Me Back

First-Year, Medical Education, Office of Intercultural Excellence

Kiana Heredia is a medical student in the Class of 2024 at the UVM Larner College of Medicine. As an undergraduate pre-medical student slogging through basic science courses in physics, chemistry, and more, Heredia found herself questioning her career choice. In this blog post, Heredia describes that experience and what eventually led her back to a career in medicine.

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