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Osteopathic Medical School Class of 2019 Receives Warm Welcome at White Coat Ceremony
On August 9, the class of 2019 NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine was officially welcomed into the osteopathic profession at the 35th Annual White Coat Ceremony held at NSU’s Don Taft University Center Arena. For the 248 students comprising the class of 2019, the White Coat Ceremony served as an auspicious experience that officially marked their entry into the medical vocation.
In the presence of family, guests, and faculty members, the students were welcomed into the medical community by leaders of the osteopathic profession and ceremonially “cloaked” with their white coats. By establishing this meaningful ritual at the beginning of medical school, the intent is to make students aware of their responsibilities from the first day of training and convey the message that doctors should care as well as cure.