Medical Student Handbook

Medical Student Education

Advising System during Advanced Integration Level

Policy 730.20

Policy Statement

Prior to the Advanced Integration Level scheduling lottery, each Clerkship level student must select a specialty advisor through OASIS. The specialty advisor provides guidance through fourth year rotation planning, the residency application process, and the residency Match, replacing or supplementing PCR primary advisors. Between November and January (before the Advanced Integration scheduling lottery), students are encouraged to meet with Assistant/Associate Deans for Students and specialty advisors to discuss fourth year requirements and electives.

Policy Elaboration

Residency Application Process

The Office of Medical Education supports students through the residency application process. Students are responsible for keeping track of information regarding the residency application process posted on the Career Advising webpage and in the Larner LearningCommons, with updates and reminders distributed via email or The WeeklyWire. Resources about the application process are available and include user guides, worksheets, timelines, and tips and advice.

Students are required to meet individually with Assistant/Associate Dean for Students between April and end of July in the fourth year to discuss specifics of the application process and their specific application strategy.

Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)

Residency program directors and their selection committees require information about the accomplishments and performances during medical school of candidates for their training programs. This information is transmitted through the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE). The MSPE is not a letter of recommendation; it is a summative evaluation of a student’s academic and clinical work during medical school. The document is typically written by the Associate/Assistant Dean for Students; however, if a student feels that there is a conflict of interest, the student can request an alternate author with no such conflicts to write the MSPE.

Residency Match and SOAP

The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), or main match, places applicants for postgraduate medical training into residency programs at teaching hospitals throughout the United States. Some specialties (urology and ophthalmology) and the military use other matching platforms.

The Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) provides a process for students who did not match to apply to, offer, and accept positions in programs that did not fill in the algorithm phase of the main match. The Office of Medical Education supports students throughout the matching process.

Applicability of the Policy

Advanced Integration Level Students

Related Larner College of Medicine Policies

• 310.00 Support for Disabilities: Technical Standards Procedure for Admission, Advancement & Graduation for Students with Disabilities Seeking Accommodation
• 540.70 USMLE Examinations
• 560.00 Satisfactory Academic Progress
• 565.20 Review of Academic Performance: Foundations Level
• 565.30 Review of Academic Performance: Clerkship Level
• 565.40 Review of Academic Performance: Advanced Integration Level
• 710.00 Academic Support Information
• 710.10 Tutoring Protocol
• 730.00 Career Advising
• 730.10 Advising System during Foundations and Clerkship Levels

Related University of Vermont Policies

Not Applicable

Related Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Standard(s)

11.2 Career Advising

History

• 7/16/2013 Policy Adopted/Affirmed [Medical Curriculum Committee]
• 12/8/2015 Policy Revised [Medical Curriculum Committee]
• 8/20/2019 Gender Neutral Language Edit [Medical Curriculum Committee]
• 12/17/2019 Reformatted [Medical Curriculum Committee]
• 9/20/2022 Policy Revised [Medical Curriculum Committee]
• 1/21/2025 Policy Revised [Medical Curriculum Committee]

Policy Oversight

Associate/Assistant Dean for Students (Director of Academic Achievement)

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