Student Events Overview | Office of Medical Education | The University of Vermont(title)

Each year, there are milestone student events at Larner, including Orientation, White Coat Ceremony, Match Day, Reunion, and more. While major events are managed by the Office of Medical Communications, there are many student events that our community wants to know about.
Students celebrating at Match Day 2024

Larner Events

Becoming a doctor takes a lot of hard work and commitment. But there are many special events and rites of passage along the way.

Medical Student Events and Traditions

Match Day

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For medical students nationwide, Match Day is the culmination of four years of hard work, and many consider it the most exciting day of the medical school experience.

Students receive notice of their residency matches beginning at 12:00 Noon (EDT) on the third Friday of March each year, and at UVM that event is shared by the entire Larner College of Medicine community. One-by-one students are invited to announce their match. Many students choose to announce their Match news to classmates, faculty, and staff while others opt to learn of their Match in private.

Experience Match Day 2024:

Questions?

Contact Elizabeth Dohrman: elizabeth.dohrman@med.uvm.edu for more information.

Commencement

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Future Larner College of Medicine Ceremony Dates

  • Class of 2025 - Sunday, May 18, 2025
  • Class of 2026 - Sunday, May 17, 2026
  • Class of 2027 - Sunday, May 23, 2027

Orientation

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We want to congratulate you on your admission to the Larner College of Medicine and wish you a happy and successful four years.

We strive to provide a quality orientation program that helps you become familiar with our campus and our community. The Office of Medical Education (OME) coordinates a week-long Orientation course. Orientation is an essential part of your transition to medical school and is a credit-bearing course; therefore, participation during the entire orientation is required.

More information about Orientation will be emailed to you in early July. Additional details about orientation will be available soon.

White Coat Ceremony

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What is a White Coat Ceremony?

Initiated on August 20, 1993 at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, this annual ceremony or a similar rite now takes place for first-year medical students at about 90 percent of schools of medicine and osteopathy in the United States, and is supported by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation

According to the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, the White Coat Ceremony helps establish a psychological contract for the practice of medicine.

Physicians dressed in black until the late 19th century, due to the association of black attire as formal. Physicians adopted the white coat as a symbol of purity at the beginning of the 20th century.

White Coat Ceremony for the Larner College of Medicine Class of 2028

This year's ceremony was held on Friday, October 18, 2024. 

View this year's White Coat Ceremony program.

Additional Information

Student Events Calendar

The Office of Medical Student Education maintains it's own events calendar specifically for our medical student communities.

Past Events

Visit our YouTube channel to see a selection of our past events.

Submit a Student Event

Want to see your event on our calendar? Send us the information and we will add it if appropriate.