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UVM’s Summer Medical Program

The University of Vermont’s Summer Medical Program in Burlington, VT, allows medical students to catch up or get ahead on their studies by taking four- to six-week courses in the medical sciences. The program also draws undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students interested in summer premedical programs.

Medical school faculty from around the world encourage their students to choose UVM’s Summer Medical Program because of its:

  • Accomplished, reputable faculty from the university’s nearly 200-year-old medical school.
  • State-of-the-art teaching, research, and clinical facilities
  • Close affiliation with a teaching hospital (Level 1 Trauma center) on the university’s main campus.
  • Individual student attention and small classes in a low-pressure setting.
  • Courses designed to transfer to a student’s home medical school.
  • Beautiful outdoor surroundings overlooking Lake Champlain and the mountains, just two hours from Montreal.

Summer medical and premedical courses available in 2012:

Human Anatomy and Physiology – Structure and function of human body will be presented in five lecture per week format.

Medical Pharmacology – Covers all of the topics presented in a conventional course in pharmacology for medical students, as well as for students in other health sciences.

Medical Physiology – Examines the cellular, systems and integrative aspects of medical physiology, using clinical examples to illustrate fundamental physiological principles.

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