Advisors and mentors play an essential role in guiding students through medical school. Workshops, discussion groups, activities, and meetings with mentors and faculty members take place throughout the academic journey.
Student Advising in the Curriculum
M1-M4 Career Advising Timeline
Monthly Timeline
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Month | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 |
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SIGS | SIGS, Career Advising FND, Clerkship as career exploration | Specialty Advising, Clinical Rotations | ||
August | Orientation Intro | |||
Career Advising Foundations | ||||
September | CiM Panels | PCR 1:1 | Interview Session | |
PCR 1:1 | DIV | |||
CiM Panels | ||||
* Mandatory Research Session (research etiquette) | Clerkship Lottery Meeting | |||
October | CiM Panels | DIV | PCR 1:1 | |
Career Advising Foundations | CiM Panels | |||
November | CiM Panels | DIV | Deans for Students 1:1 meetings | |
Anatomy of the MSPE | 4th-year Lottery Class sessions | |||
Summer Research Info Session (or Oct?) | CiM Panels | |||
December | CiM Panels | CiM Panels | Deans for Students 1:1 meetings | |
Summer Experiences Info Sessions | 4th-year Lottery Class sessions | |||
January | CiM Panels | CiM Panels | Specialty advisor 1:1 meetings | ROL Session |
PCR 1:1 | PCR 1:1 | VSLO session | Couples Session #3 | |
February | CiM Panels | Specialty advisor 1:1 meetings | ||
March | DIV | CLERKSHIP BEGINS | ADV BEGINS | |
Clerkship Orientation | B4M4 | |||
Succeeding | ||||
Aways | ||||
Couples session #1 | ||||
MSPE, LORs CV, PS | ||||
April | DIV | RAD Meetings | TTR Bootcamps | |
Career Advising Foundations | ||||
May | DIV | PCR 1:1 | RAD Meetings | GRADUATION |
PCR 1:1 | ||||
June | Summer Experiences | RAD Meetings | ||
Research/Fellowships | Application session | |||
LCOM/CVRI | ||||
VT Cancer Center | ||||
Schweitzer | ||||
AHEC | ||||
July | Summer Experiences | RAD Meetings | ||
Research/Fellowships | Couples Session #2 | |||
LCOM/CVRI | ||||
VT Cancer Center | ||||
Schweitzer | ||||
AHEC |
Longitudinal Career Advising Resources
Body
Alumni Office |
Careers in Medicine (CiM) Website (AAMC login required) |
Specialty Advisors/Road Maps |
Shadowing |
AAMC's Residency Explorer Tool (AAMC login required) |
Specialty Societies |
Organization of Program Directors Association (OPDA) Residency Guides |
Student-to-student resources Peer Support

Larner Connect
In our Larner Connect (formerly known as the Big Sib) Program, each first-year medical student is matched with a student from the second-year class who serves as a friend, mentor, information source, and support system.

Specialty Sibs
Clerkship students will have the opportunity to pair with Advanced Integration students who are pursuing the same specialty in which they are interested.
Related Resources
Contact
Assistant Dean for Students, Office of Medical Education • Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Katherine.Dolbec@med.uvm.edu