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Volume 50, Issue 1, 2013

Comprehensive Care Clinics in Journal of Rural Health

In 2010, Christopher Grace, M.D., co-authored an article in the Journal of Rural Health that compared medical outcomes at three rural HIV specialty clinics in Vermont with an urban HIV clinic. The study encompassed 11 years, and 363 patients. Results showed similar qualities of care in urban and rural settings.

Journal of Rural Health Article: "The Vermont Model for Rural HIV Care Delivery: Eleven Years of Outcome Data Comparing Urban and Rural Clinics"

Reflections from Students in the PEP Program

UVM undergraduates in the Premedical Enhancement Program (PEP) meet physicians and medical students who help to shape their career paths. Every semester PEP students write reflections on what they learned.

Excerpts from PEP students' end-of-semester reflections

Dallas Boushey Honored in Hall A for 50 Years of Service

The Fall/Winter 1988 issue of Hall A, the precursor to Vermont Medicine, featured Dallas Boushey as the College community celebrated his 50 years of service as a teacher of anatomy.

Hall A story: "Dallas - Anatomist Extraordinare" (PDF)

Looking Back: Mary Fletcher Hospital

When this brochure about Mary Fletcher Hospital was published in the mid-1960s, legislation creating Medicare and Regional Health Centers stood to transform health care in the United States. Titled “The Mary Fletcher Hospital, 90 Years of Progress,” the booklet highlighted the hospital’s state of the art services and new projects.

The Mary Fletcher Hospital: 90 Years of Progress (PDF)

Blog Post: UVM Medical Student Tamar Goldberg

UVM medical student Tamar Goldberg, a member of the Class of 2015, is featured in a national Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Beyond Boulders blog post. She talks about her project to bring respite care to families of children with special needs.

Post from the Beyond Boulders blog.

Students Receive Google Nexus 7 Tablets

Before heading to clerkships, every member of the Class of 2015 received a Google Nexus 7 tablet, making the UVM College of Medicine one of the first medical schools in the country to be using this particular tablet as a professional tool.

Video: Medical student Bud Vana talks about the Google Tablet.

Galbraith Article Featured in AAMC Reporter

Richard Galbraith, M.D., Ph.D., UVM professor of medicine and director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science, co-authored with Judith S. Bond, Ph.D., president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, a Viewpoint piece in the Association of American Medical Colleges' AAMC Reporter.

AAMC Reporter Article: "The Challenge of Engaging Basic Scientists in Translational Research."

Match Day 2013

"The Match” took place at the College of Medicine and at medical schools across the U.S. and in Canada on March 15 at noon.

2013 Foundations Awards

On January 28, 2013, the College of Medicine's Class of 2015 marked their collective completion of Foundations with a reception and awards ceremony in the Health Science Research Facility's Hoehl Gallery. The Foundations level of the Vermont Integrated Curriculum (VIC) provides students with the fundamental training they need to become physicians.

List of the 2013 Foundations Award Winners

2012 Year in Review

2012 Frymoyer Scholars

Four College of Medicine and two College of Nursing and Health Sciences faculty members were named 2012 Frymoyer Scholars for their work to promote teaching that emphasizes the art of patient care. Award winners include Patricia King, M.D., Ph.D., Laurie Leclair, M.D., Ursula McVeigh, M.D., Marie Sandoval, M.D., Jean Coffey, Ph.D., C.P.N.P, and Mary Val Palumbo, D.N.P., A.P.R.N.

Excerpts from the 2012 Frymoyer Scholars project proposals

2012 White Coat Ceremony

The Class of 2016 donned the white coat of the physician for the first time on October 20, 2012, in UVM's Ira Allen Chapel. This year the White Coat Ceremony took place in conjunction with the College of Medicine's Family Day.

Dr. Wheeler's Microscope

Found in the Dean's Office at the College of Medicine, Dr. John Wheeler's microscope was one of the finest instruments of its day - a far cry from the one he used as a student. Dr. Wheeler served as chief of surgery from 1900-1924.