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Roz King, M.S.N., RN

Vermont Reinvents Rural Care at the Library

Communications, Community, Opinion, Public Health, Research, Rural Health

This opinion piece ran in VTDigger on November 30, 2025 by Roz King, M.S.N., R.N. She is a UVM Medical Center Emergency Department nurse, manager of the Research in Emergency Medicine Program and director of the Emergency Medicine Research Associate Program. As a clinical translational scientist, her work focuses on improving access to care and health outcomes in rural and underserved communities. Opinion pieces give voice to the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine community members and do not represent the college’s views.

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Music as Medicine: Health Care Students Lead Musical Brain Initiative (Video)

Community, Music, Volunteerism

UVM Larner College of Medicine medical students and colleagues regularly visit the memory care unit at UVM Medical Center to play music and sing songs with patients. Launched as a personal project by Jonathan Palmer ’27 through the Larner College of Medicine Center on Aging, this “Musical Brain Initiative” is led by medical students as way to help patients with cognitive decline feel less lonely and more connected to a community. For students in health care professions, it’s a great way to bond with each other and with patients, boost everyone’s mental wellbeing, and practice valuable skills for caring for people with Alzheimer’s and related dementias.

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