• Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series - LCOM Alumni Association with Dan LeClair of Alumni Relations: January 13, MedEd200, 12-1PM. Join Dan LeClair, Executive Director of Alumni and Donor Relations and learn about how the Alumni Association can help connect you with alumni. Lunch will be served for previous RSVP. Contact Emma.Faustner@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
• Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series Neurology with Dr. Noah Kolb: January 15, Med Ed200, 12-1PM. The goal of this informal session will be to answer any and all questions about Neurology as a specialty choice. Attendings will be on hand to discuss the field in general and to describe the subspecialty opportunities available. Special attention will also be taken to explain the residency application process and offer specific guidance to best prepare you for navigating that process.
• Students: Please complete the Panel Session evaluation using this link. Contact Emma.Faustner@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
• Careers in Medicine Specialty Panel Series - LCOM Alumni Association with Dan LeClair of Alumni Relations: January 13, MedEd200, 12-1PM. Join Dan LeClair, Executive Director of Alumni and Donor Relations and learn about how the Alumni Association can help connect you with alumni. Lunch will be served for previous RSVP. Contact Emma.Faustner@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
• AHEC Spotlight Series: AHEC Summer Projects Information Session: Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Med/Ed 200 Sullivan Classroom. The summer program is an 80-hour pathway activity that meets requirements for one year of AHEC Scholars activity. AHEC Summer Projects have two tracks: Research/QI and Education/Mentoring. The typical time commitment is 100 hours (40 didactic hours and 60 project/field hours), and the stipend amount is $2,000. Visit the site for more details. Questions about AHEC Scholars or the AHEC Scholars Summer Program can be directed to Patti S. Urie at patti.smith-urie@uvm.edu Lunch will be provided for this informational session.
• MD-527 - Emergency Medicine Pre-Clerkship Clinical Summer Fellowship: Deadline for application has been extended to Jan. 30, 2026. This pre-clerkship clinical summer fellowship provides students with early exposure to the complex, fast-paced, and high-volume nature of emergency medicine.   The course runs for 4 weeks starting 6/22/2026. An application is required consisting of a CV and letter of interest sent to laura.mulvey@uvmhealth.org. Please contact Laura Mulvey for more details.
• Mass General Brigham Four Directions Summer Research Program: Application Deadline February 1^st, 2026. The mission of the Four Directions Summer Research Program is to train the next generation of leaders in Native American health care. With the support of our research administration and under the guidance of Mass General Brigham faculty, the Four Directions Summer Research Program is able to prepare students with mentoring, networking, and hands on research experience under the guidance of Mass General Brigham faculty. Click here for more information. Click here for the flyer [PDF].
• Mass General Brigham Rising Stars Science and Medicine Program: Deadline February 1^st, 2026 Rising Stars in Science and Medicine Program provides each student with a stipend ($5,000 USD) for the eight-week program. Students work with their lab mentor to submit an abstract of their summer research project and share their research findings during a final research presentation day. Click on the link for more information. Click here for the flyer [PDF] Click here to read about the Info Session [PDF]
• Larner Summer Research and CVRI Fellowships for Summer 2026: Pre-proposal deadline 2/9/2026. Are you interested in a Summer Research Fellowship? The holiday break is an excellent time to work on your pre-proposal form! Please see the Letter from Dr. Renee Stapleton [PDF] for an overview of the Summer Research Fellowship opportunities and information on submitting a pre-proposal for consideration. For details, contact emma.faustner@med.uvm.edu
• 2025 Summer Opportunities Panel Recap: The recording and summative notes from the 11/17 lunch-hour summer opportunities panel are now available…
• Convocation of Thanks: April 26, 2026. 2-6pm. Maple Ballroom Davis Center. The CoT is an opportunity for the friends and family of our anatomical donors to celebrate the gifts and lives of their loved ones with students, faculty and administration.  If you would like to volunteer for this event, there are many ways to get involved. There's a need for students to help with pre-planning type activities as well as event related activities. Event related activities can be a written reflection, reading of a poem, singing, music, etc. Please feel free to reach out to me at abigail.hielscher@med.uvm  for more info.
• PNHP Summer Internship on Health Care Reform, with stipend: Applications accepted on rolling basis. Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) offers 5-week, full-time, virtual summer internships for medical students who wish to augment their knowledge and leadership skills in the area of health system reform.  Stipend is $1500. The internship, which includes medical students from across the country, is 5 weeks long (tentatively June 22 through July 24, 2026, depending upon participants' schedules).Interns will evaluate the successes and failures of US and foreign systems of health care organization while meeting in a seminar atmosphere under the guidance of PNHP faculty and a distinguished group of medical, corporate, and political leaders.  The goal is to enhance interns' confidence in advocating for policies likely to improve their patients' access to humane, affordable health care. You can find a more complete description of this opportunity, together with application materials by clicking here. For more details, contact bjkellermd@gmail.com
• Penn Medicine’s Palliative Care is offering a paid summer internship in palliative care. Quick overview: 8-week paid program on-site at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. $5,500 living stipend + $2,500 conference stipend. A dedicated research project with research mentorship Clinical exposure, small group education, & clinical. The program’s webpage is here  where students can access the program’s application which is now open. Application Deadline February 6,2026

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• Step 1 Voucher Uploaded to OASIS: Instructions on accessing the vouchers with link to our ​voucher instructions document​ linked here.
• 2026 AAMC Nickens Scholarship - Call for Nominations: Deadline of Sun, Jan 11, 11:59 pm. These awards consist of five scholarships given to outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to promote equal opportunity in medical education and access to quality health care. They also should have demonstrated leadership initiative in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs for underserved populations in the United States. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship. LCOM nomination deadline is 11:59 pm EST, Sunday, January 11, 2026. Please feel free to nominate a rising third-year medical student. Self-nominations are supported and warmly welcomed. For more details, contact intercultural.excellence@med.uvm.edu Use this link to nominate.
• Foundations Awards Celebration for the Class of 2028: January 28,2026, 11:00 A.M., Hoehl Gallery. Celebrate the end of Foundations with your class! The Class of 2028 will reach a significant milestone in your medical education with the completion of the Foundations level classroom education. As you prepare to transition from classroom to the clinic, let’s celebrate your accomplishments and honor those who supported you along the way. Awards will be presented to members of the class for their achievements in Foundations coursework and to faculty and staff selected by the Class of 2028. Some awards come with a monetary prize. All members of the class are highly encouraged to attend to celebrate the end of your Foundations curriculum and to recognize the achievements of your classmates, faculty, and staff. Light refreshments will be served. Contact elizabeth.dohrman@med.uvm.edu  for more details.
• The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications to the Cancer Research Education Excellence in Radiotherapy Program (CaREER). The CaREER Program is a laboratory-based research experience designed to introduce rising second year medical students to oncology. CaREER (Cancer Research Education Excellence in Radiotherapy) is an NIH/NCI funded R25 education and training program designed for the next generation of radiation oncology trainees. Our program is tailored to provide comprehensive training and education in the field of radiation oncology, preparing trainees for a successful career in this specialized area of medicine. This program is intended for medical and graduate students who are in good standing in their programs and interested in building on their experience in radiation oncology research. Students will learn cutting edge technologies used in clinical research, medical physics, and discovery research in cancer biology. The program announcement and details on the application process are included in the attached document. Please post to your summer program boards and share with your students. Applications are due by 11:59 pm EST on Sunday, February 1, 2026 and can be found using this link.
• Convocation of Thanks: April 26, 2026. 2-6pm. Maple Ballroom Davis Center. The CoT is an opportunity for the friends and family of our anatomical donors to celebrate the gifts and lives of their loved ones with students, faculty and administration.  If you would like to volunteer for this event, there are many ways to get involved. There's a need for students to help with pre-planning type activities as well as event related activities. Event related activities can be a written reflection, reading of a poem, singing, music, etc. Please feel free to reach out to me at abigail.hielscher@med.uvm  for more info.
• Three scholarships are now available through AHEC!: Deadline for applications: February 11, 2026. The UVM Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program is pleased to announce that our scholarship applications for Larner Medical Students are now available! The UVM Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program offers three scholarship programs—and have intentionally created applications that are similar so that as you choose which (or all) to apply to, you can reuse the same materials for your applications. You can find all of the details for our scholarships here  If you have any questions about the scholarship applications, please contact jennifer.gaudreau@med.uvm.edu, CPRP-DEI, Physician Placement Professional.
• Tutor facilitated workshops (question skills, study schedule, commonly used tools)These optional to-be-scheduled support workshops will be offered soon and continue into early 2026, depending on interest.  Submit this quick form using this link. timothy.m.moynihan@med.uvm.edu, CPRP-DEI, Physician Placement Professional.
• Building a Step 1 Study Plan, Simplified: Constructing a study plan involves a series of logical and familiar steps, along with critical thinking and reflection. The result: producing a written schedule/calendar that makes the best available use of time and resources based on the information we have today. Once we A) take inventory of our available resources (remaining time, strategies, tools) and B) identify our preparation goals (what we are conditioning for) we can C) start to construct a sequence of learning activities, workflows, and checkpoints that progress use towards our target exam date. For a more detailed step-by-step look at the stages of building a study schedule, look at this Constructing a Step 1 Study Plan Worksheet. Compare this with another, more reduced, version of Planning Worksheet for Step 1.  Modify as needed!       Back to Top

• AAMC Announcing Upcoming Webinar for Students and Advisors: Navigating Away Rotations: Understanding the Advantages and Maximizing the Benefits: Tuesday, January 13th, 2026, 7:00 - 8:15pm ET Navigating and applying to away rotations can be a confusing and daunting process. The AAMC Group on Student Affairs (GSA) and Visiting Student Learning Opportunities program (VSLO) are hosting this webinar for students and advisors to demystify the process. This webinar will offer practical insights into choosing, preparing for, and making the most of your away rotations. Panelists will describe key advantages of completing away rotations and share tips for planning, selecting, scheduling, and succeeding in your away rotations.  Tuesday, January 13th, 2026, 7:00 - 8:15pm ET. Register Now using this link. The slides and recording will be available for those unable to attend. You must register for the webinar to receive a copy of the recording. This webinar is aimed at students interested in applying to away rotations and medical school faculty and staff who support students through the process of applying to and completing away rotations. We encourage you will share this opportunity with your students as appropriate!
• Year-long Dermatology Research Opportunity: Application deadline is January 31, 2026. Are you contemplating a career in dermatology? The Division of Dermatologic Surgery, Department of Dermatology at Northwestern University has an opening for a gap year research fellow from June 2026 through May 2027. During this mentored research year, students learn to apply the methods of clinical research in order to complete several individual research projects pertaining to skin cancer and skin surgery. While the position is unpaid, gap year students are supported to attend national meetings to present their work, and are also provided appropriate training. All gap year students completing this program during the past 10 years have been successful in matching in dermatology residency. Interested students should email Dr.AlamLab@gmail.com  with their CV, Step 1 and 2 score reports (if available), and at least two letters of recommendation from prior clinical or research mentors who know them well. All documents should be combined into one PDF titled the applicant’s first and last name. The application deadline is January 31, 2026, and interviews will be offered on a rolling basis.
• Three scholarships are now available through AHEC!: Deadline for applications: February 11, 2026. The UVM Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program is pleased to announce that our scholarship applications for Larner Medical Students are now available! The UVM Office of Primary Care and AHEC Program offers three scholarship programs—and have intentionally created applications that are similar so that as you choose which (or all) to apply to, you can reuse the same materials for your applications. You can find all of the details for our scholarships here . For the 2026-2027 academic year, the deadline is February 11, 2026. If you have any questions about the scholarship applications, please contact jennifer.gaudreau@med.uvm.edu, CPRP-DEI, Physician Placement Professional.
• New 4th-year elective in Emergency Medicine: Two weeks in the second half of April. The new EM course, EMED 2100 Sexual Assault Forensics, trains students in trauma-informed care and builds the groundwork to become SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) certified as future physicians. For more details, contact debbie.mcdonald@med.uvm.edu
• Respiratory Illness Guidance for excused absences for students: Please click on the link [PDF] for protocols for respiratory illnesses. 

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• Transition to Advanced Integration (MD 1000) needs TAs! If you are looking for a TA month, consider MD 1000! The Transition to Advanced Integration course, previously known as Prep for Practice, is looking for 4 to 6 TAs to work with the course directors on content and facilitation of this popular course in March 2026. If you're still looking to fulfill your TA requirement (MD 1005), or if you're interested in medical education and have ideas for the course, please sign up in OASIS! TAs must be available to help facilitate sessions March 23 - April 3. For more details, contact emma.faustner@med.uvm.edu
• Family Medicine Acting Internship available in March: March 2 - March 27, 2026. Looking for an opportunity to strengthen your inpatient care skills before becoming an intern?  Needing to pivot for your 2nd A.I.?  The UVMMC Family Medicine Service has an opportunity in March. Please reach out to Rhonda Hanley at Rhonda.Hanley@med.uvm.edu with any questions.
• Respiratory Illness Guidance for excused absences: Please click on the link [PDF] for protocols for respiratory illnesses.
• New 4th-year elective in Emergency Medicine: Two weeks in the second half of April. The new EM course, EMED 2100 Sexual Assault Forensics, trains students in trauma-informed care and builds the groundwork to become SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner) certified as future physicians. For more details, contact debbie.mcdonald@med.uvm.edu
• Rainbow Graduation 2026: Rainbow Graduation 2026!: If you didn’t have a chance to chill with us at Home for the Holidays, we wanted to make sure that you got this information as soon as possible! Rainbow Graduation will be returning on Thursday, May 7th in the Grand Maple Ballroom, so save the date! More details - including how to RSVP, regalia, catering, etc. - will be coming out next semester. We hope to see you there!  prism@uvm.edu

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