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UVM SNMA Chapter: (left to right) Jake Ayisi (Co-President), Claire Baptiste, Eunice Suberu (Co-President), Evelyn Thomas

UVM’s Student National Medical Association Chapter Shares AMEC Conference Experiences

Community, First-Year, Medical Education, Office of Intercultural Excellence

On Wednesday, March 27, 2024, UVM’s Student National Medical Association (SNMA) chapter sent six members off to New Orleans, Louisiana for the Annual Medical Education Conference (AMEC). The SNMA, which supports underrepresented minorities in medicine, holds its national conference to bring in thousands of pre-medical and medical students, residents, attendings, as well as other medical professionals to cultivate professional development and personal growth through a series of workshops, programs, and regional meetings. The theme of this year’s AMEC, “From Pressure to Purpose: Illuminating the Path to Excellence” rang true for all the UVM students who attended AMEC. Here’s what they had to say about their experiences.

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UVM Larner College of Medicine’s Top 5 Blogs of 2022

Medical Education, Office of Intercultural Excellence, Public Health

Francis Mtuke, M.D., is a 2022 graduate of the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine.

On Sunday, March 22, 2022 Dr. Mtuke delivered the student address at the Larner College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony. It was the second time he’s given a commencement address; the first time was at his graduation from Texas A&M University in 2017. Dr. Mtuke will be starting his anesthesiology residency program at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington in June.

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