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
Student-to-student resources Peer Support
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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.
![Students at the Foundations Celebration](/d10-files/styles/350_width_9_to_5/public/images/2024-05/DUL_2230_e%20%281%29%20a.jpg?itok=H9XHLFHg)
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