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► Members of the Class of 2018 – and Dr. Moo – gather for the Larner College of Medicine’s Match Day.

Class of 2018 Celebrates Match Day

On March 16 – Match Day – 109 students in the Class of 2018, along with soon-to-be-doctors from across the nation, learned which residency programs they will be participating in for the next three to seven years. UVM’s senior medical students matched to residencies in 18 different specialties at 71 different institutions. Read more about the event.

Schmidt and Carson Take on NMGI Active Learning Challenge  

All fourth-year students have a teaching and scholarly project requirement, but students Liz Carson ‘19 (shown teaching, left) and Eric Schmidt '18 are adding in a more complex layer – they’re transforming formerly lecture-based material into active learning curriculum – and helping the College reach its goal of 100 percent active learning in the process. Schmidt is currently a TA for the Nutrition, Metabolism, and the Gastrointestinal System (NMGI) course and Carson is finishing up a one-year Pathology Medical Student Fellowship. They’re collaborating with NMGI Course Director Rebecca Wilcox, M.D., and Professor of Medicine Steven Lidofsky, M.D., Ph.D., whose lectures are the source of the material, to create the new active learning sessions.

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A Match Day Global Health Award for Alex Miller '18

March 16 was a big day for Alexandra Miller '18 (shown left, in Tanzania), who not only matched into emergency medicine at the University of Michigan Medical Center, but also won the 2018 electronic poster competition with her coauthors at the annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health Conference in Washington, DC. The competition, sponsored by the medical journal THE LANCET Global Health, had over 543 entries. Alex and her team’s poster, "Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Tanzania; A Capacity Building Project," was one of only 25 that received awards. Learn more the about the project.

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On the Blog: Insights into Empathy

Nikolas Moring ’20 reflects on the lessons he learned about community, empathy and gratitude during his summer 2017 global health experience in Uganda.  “The ability to empathize, understand, and relate to patients is one of the most important components of medical education,” he writes. Read more on the Global Health Diaries blog. 

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MedMentors Host Health Career Exploration Day for VT Highschoolers

The primary goal of the Med Mentors Student Interest Group (SIG) is to interact with Vermont high school students who are interested in health care careers. Led by Class of 2021 students Kenneth Palanza, Joshua Taylor, and Ashton Pike and advised by Laurie Loveland from the Office of Primary Care and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program, SIG members offer career mentoring, classroom experience, and clinical exposure to young Vermonters. On Saturday, March 26, the SIG – with help from six other SIGS – hosted the fourth annual Health Career Exploration Day, attended by 60 students from 6 area high schools. Read more about the SIG and their recent event.

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