Our Values | LCOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | The University of Vermont(title)

The Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont values diversity as a driver of excellence. We actively seek to build a broadly diverse academic health community of students, faculty, and staff, serving our community through teaching, research, patient care, and community engagement.
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Healthcare Excellence for Diverse Populations

We strive to develop culturally humble physicians who reflect and understand the increasingly diverse populations they will serve, both here in Vermont and across the country and around the world.

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Embracing a culture of diversity in all its forms

We are committed to encouraging respect for all identities, including, but not limited to, belief, thought or philosophy, disability, race and ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, education level, socioeconomic background, veteran status, and life experiences.

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Educating Physicians for Vermont

In alignment with our mission to serve the citizens of Vermont, we aim to educate and supply physicians for the state. We are committed to encouraging Vermonters to pursue medical careers and actively recruit those inclined to stay and practice in the state.

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Guided by Professionalism

At the UVM Larner College of Medicine, professionalism is at the core of what we do and who we are. Our strong institutional commitment to professionalism guides a passion for lifelong learning and improvement.

Read our Statement on Professionalism
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Our Common Ground

The University of Vermont is an educationally purposeful community seeking to prepare students to live in a diverse and changing world.

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Land Acknowlegement

Land Acknowledgement

The campus of the University of Vermont sits within a place of gathering and exchange, shaped by water and stewarded by ongoing generations of Indigenous peoples, in particular the Western Abenaki. 

Acknowledging the relations between water, land, and people is in harmony with the mission of the university. Acknowledging the serious and significant impacts of our histories on Indigenous peoples and their homelands is a part of the university’s ongoing work of teaching, research, and engagement and an essential reminder of our past and our interconnected futures for the many of us gathered on this land. 

UVM respects the Indigenous knowledge interwoven in this place and commits to uplifting the Indigenous peoples and cultures present on this land and within our community.

- Crafted with thoughtful input from the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs