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Carpe Diem: Reflection on Girls’ Science Discovery Day 2014

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Written by Alexandra Brown ’17, Melanie Ma ’17, and Rebekah Wieland ’17
On the morning of May 10th, 104 girls from 29 Vermont schools excitedly rushed through the doors of UVM College of Medicine accompanied by their chaperones. After helping themselves to a breakfast of bagels, fruit, and muffins, the girls met peers from across Vermont here for Girls’ Science Discovery Day, an annual event presented by the UVM College of Medicine’s chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association.

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The Challenges of Rewards of the Third Year of Medical School

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Written by Sarah Gardner ’15
This year, I have lived in West Palm Beach, Fla., Bangor, Maine, Danbury, Conn., Chester, Vt., and Burlington, Vt. I have lived in a condominium, an apartment building, a glorified frat house, and with a family whose kids had all grown and moved away. I have worked in level one trauma center emergency departments and operating rooms, rural private practices, university clinics and locked psychiatry wards. I have worked alongside doctors from Syria, Guatemala, India, Puerto Rico, California, and Vermont. This is what life is like as a third year medical student at the University of Vermont.

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