The Weekly Wire March 4—10, 2013

The Weekly Wire
March 4—10, 2013
What’s New this Week?
- Events
- Important class info
- Japanese exchange students
- Dermatology Student Interest Group
- COM Social Media
- Talent Show
- Annual PSIG Spring Dinner
- COM Student Financial Services office
hours
- Med Ed Small Group Rooms
- Mentoring Burlington High School students
- Red Wheelbarrow
- Research
- Useful websites
This week is the final opportunity to submit your application for the Freeman
Foundation Legacy Medical Scholarship for a current third year student
to be awarded $2,500 this year, and an additional $2,500 next year. The
deadline is March 8th, 2013. More Information & Commitment Statement
Monday, March 4
No events scheduled
Tuesday, March 5
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“Student Mental Health Panel” 12-1pm in Med Ed 300. Wellness
Committee has put together this panel of current medical students who
have dealt with mental illness while in medical school. Panelists will discuss
their experiences and take questions
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“Peer Practice Doctoring Skills” 1-2pm in Med Ed 203. Drop in any
time; this will be a weekly event for students to practice doctoring skills
with each other! Brought to you by the Family Medicine SIG.
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“Surgery Interest Group Knot Tying Clinic” 5:30-7:30pm in HSRF
200. Dr. Peter Cataldo will be teaching how to tie several of the basic knots
used by surgeons every day. Pizza and all the supplies (knot tying boards,
suture & instruments) will be provided. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP
to Noah Quinlan.
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“SEG Monthly Meeting” 5:30-8pm in Med Ed 202.
Wednesday, March 6
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“PSIG Brown Bag Lunch with Dr. Zimakas ” 12-1pm in Med Ed 300.
Join PSIG and Dr. Zimakas to hear more about the life of a pediatric
endocrinologist. Cases will be presented from FAHC, come practice making
a differential diagnosis. Dessert will be provided. Please RSVP to Heather
Gardiner
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“Student Council Meeting” 5-6:30pm in Med Ed 300
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“Sun Salute Yoga” 5:30-6:45pm in HSRF 400.
Thursday, March 7
No events scheduled
Friday, March 8
No events scheduled
Monday, March 11
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“Forum Dinner for Female Med Students” 6pm at Dr. Sharon
Mount’s home in Charlotte. Join Wellness and AMWA for an evening of
discussion on the joys and challenges shared by women in medicine. More
info is attached
2013 Class
The Financial Wellness team is asking that you please take a few minutes and
fill out a very brief survey on COMET regarding Residency Interview costs
(only 6 questions and just a few minutes to complete). This is information that
is valuable and helps us provide information to those medical students who are
following you that may have some of the same questions that you did.
- We ask that you complete this over the next few days, and have it
completed by Sunday, March 10th.
- To access the survey, please go to COMET, using the following link and use
the password ‘rescost’
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RSVP now for the Etiquette Dinner with the Emily Post Institute! On
March 25th, the ‘Preparing for Practice’ course will be hosting an Etiquette
Dinner at the Windjammer at 6pm. (this will be very helpful for interview &
residency dining experiences!) You do not need to be enrolled in this
course to participate. A RSVP is required by March 11th.
2014 Class
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University of Michigan Medical School—Academic Surgeon Development
Program: see the attached brochure for more information about this
program opportunity for current 3rd years that will be applying for general,
plastic, vascular or cardiothoracic surgery (for spring 2014 residency)
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2013 Residency Showcase @ Northwestern: see their website for more
information about this program & travel stipends.
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RSVP now for the Etiquette Dinner with the Emily Post Institute! On
March 25th, the ‘Preparing for Practice’ course will be hosting an Etiquette
Dinner at the Windjammer at 6pm. (this will be very helpful for interview &
residency dining experiences!) You do not need to be enrolled in this
course to participate. A RSVP is required by March 11th.
2015 Class
2016 Class
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Please see the attached memo from your Surgery Interest Group Leaders,
regarding the Scrub Training Orientation.
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Please email Megan to set up your 1st year meeting with Dr. Zehle
Volunteers needed for Japanese exchange students
Every year, Dr. Kida (pathologist) hosts a Japanese exchange program in
conjunction with medical schools in Japan. In exchange, the fortunate
pathology student fellows (Lauren Gilligan Powlovich & Sara Higgins this year)
get to take a trip to Japan.
This year, the Japanese students will be coming to Fletcher Allen from March
14-21 to learn about healthcare in the US. Unfortunately, Sara and I will not be
on a clinical rotation during this time but we will be showing them around
Burlington in their free time. We are looking for medical student volunteers
who are willing to allow one or two Japanese medical students to shadow them
for a morning. Particularly those of you who are at Fletcher Allen doing a
clinical rotation. They will just be shadowing. Here are the dates we need
volunteers:
March 14: 3 volunteers needed
March 15: 2 volunteers needed
March 18 and 19: 1-2 volunteers needed
Please email Lauren if you can help out with this!
Dermatology Student Interest Group
Interested in a career in Dermatology? If you would like to help develop a
Dermatology Student Interest Group, please contact Katelyn Shea
COM Social Media
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Check out the COM on Facebook!
Are you interested in helping the UVM COM further develop their social
media presence? If you have IT or Social Media background and would like
to be a part of the Social Media Task Force, please email Megan.
Talent Show!
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Who: Medical Students Years 1-4, Residents, Faculty, Staff, and Your
Families…in other words YOU!
When: March 12th, 2013; 6:00PM
Where: Atrium between Medical Admissions and the OMSE Offices
What: Casual Evening of Entertainment, Reunion, Food, and Creative
Drinks
Why: To share in Talents, Creativity, Humor, and Fun
The evening is open for poetry readings, story-telling, comedy acts, group acts,
dancing, skits, ventriloquism, musical acts, super human tricks, etc. Submit
your talents to Shravan Rao (include your talent and length of act)
Annual PSIG Spring Dinner
Join Pediatrics residents and attendings for a night of casual conversation over
chili. Families and guests are welcome!
- When: Wednesday, March 13 at 6pm
- Where: Dr. Ann Guillot’s house (directions will be provided upon RSVP)
Please RSVP to [email protected], and let us know if you can bring a side
dish or dessert to share!
COM Student Financial Services office hours
Jessica Kerchner has resumed her office hours (in OMSE, N125)
 Mon/Wed/Fri: 12 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. by appointment (send an email to
[email protected])
 Tues/Thurs: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. in-person hours (no
appointment needed)
Med Ed Small Group Rooms
The Med Ed Rooms 301-309 now have signs to indicate ‘group study’ and ‘quiet
study’. When the room is open, you may use these signs, located behind the
schedule sheets. We ask that you return them to the back of the daily sheets
when you leave the room
Mentoring Burlington High School students
Interested in working with adolescents? We are looking for mentors to work
one-on-one with students at Burlington High School who are interested in
going into medicine. We currently have two students who would like to spend
time talking about career plans and learning what it’s like to be a medical
student. This is a pilot program; we hope to expand to more students and add
in a health coaching curriculum as well. If you are interested in the pilot
program please email Anne Coleman or Elisabeth Kispert for more information
The Red Wheelbarrow
The UVM COM Literary & Visual Arts Magazine has extended their deadline
for submissions to April 15th. Please see the attached sheet for more
information.
Research
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AHEC Summer Opportunities applications
All materials should be sent to Doreen Moran at [email protected] or
SVAHEC, 55 Clinton Street, Suite 1, Springfield, VT 05156. All applicants will
be acknowledged via email upon receipt of your application. Decisions will be
based on the best match for each program. Applicants will be notified by April
2nd.
- Application—deadline is 3/23/13
- AHEC MedQuest Opportunities
- AHEC Summer Opportunities
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Fulbright Research Grants: Medical students interested in pursuing
their research and a cultural immersion experience through a fully funded
fellowship abroad should strongly consider applying for a 2014-2015
Fulbright Research Grant or a Fulbright-Fogarty Public Health Fellowship.
Please attend one of the info sessions or see attached form for more details.
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The AAMC listing of fellowships, internships, summer programs,
scholarships, and grants currently available in the United States and
abroad: list of available programs.
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Additional opportunities (not on the website)
Useful Websites
UVM Campus Events
UVM BORED
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Fletcher Allen Grand Rounds
Fletcher Allen Calendar
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Danbury Info
Student Handbook
AMSA Military Medicine Interest
Group
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Specialty Advisor List
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Study Spaces
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UVM COM Provider Contacts
St. Mary’s Info
ACP (American College of
Physicians)
Clinical and Research
Opportunities
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Bangor Info
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www.2minutemedicine.com
Rotating Room
CSE Hotel Rates
NBME
Shadowing List
Questions or comments? Looking to submit information/event details?
Please email Megan Chlebeck at [email protected]