PHILADELPHIA COLLEGEOF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE Class of 2024 Physician Assistant Program 24th Annual White Coat Ceremony City Avenue Hilton Thursday, August 18, 2022
DEPARTMENTOF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES FACULTY AND STAFF LAURA LEVY, DHSC, PA-C Professor Program Director & Chairperson SEAN GUINANE, DHSC, PA-C Associate Professor Assistant Program Director JOLENE BOHENSKY, MS, PA-C Assistant Professor JILL CUNNINGHAM, MHS, PA-C Associate Professor NICOLE DAHER, MS, PA-C Assistant Professor MELISSA EISEMAN, MMS, PA-C Assistant Professor LUDMILA FURMAN, MHS, PA-C Assistant Professor PAUL KRAJEWSKI, MS, PA-C Associate Professor KATE LARAMIE, MHS, PA-C Assistant Professor MICHAEL SRULEVICH, DO Medical Director JEMAL BANKHEAD Department Supervisor NADINE CARR Administrative Assitant AGNES GRAMLICH Administrative Assitant
JAY FELDSTEIN, DO President and Chief Executive Officer KENNETH VEIT, DO Provost, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM OPENING REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . LAURA LEVY, DHSC, PA-C Chairprson PRESIDENT’S WELCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAY S. FELDSTEIN, DO DEAN’S WELCOME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GREGORY MCDONALD, DO Dean, School of Health Sciences REMARKSFROM PCOM PA ALUMNUS . . . . . . . . . . . JENCY BOYCE, MS, PA-C COATING OF STUDENTS BY PROGRAM FACULTY OATHFOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS AND CLOSING REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAURA LEVY, DHSC, PA-C Please remain seated until all students have processed out of the Ballroom and then join us for light refreshments in the adjacent room. Thank you.
This ceremony is an opportunity for first year PA students to publicly declare their intention to practice medicine with conscience and dignity by reciting the Oath for Physician Assistant Students before family, friends, significant others and faculty. When caring for patients, the White Coat allows Physician Assistant students the opportunity to put into practice the skills they learn during their training.
WHITE COAT CEREMONY
The White Coat represents knowledge and responsibility. The Physician Assistant student earns the honor of wearing the White Coat. It is a sign to the patient that they are being served by a compassionate and competent health care provider . . . a PA!
in understanding both my personal capabilities and my limitations, striving to improve my practice of medicine.
OATH FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENTS
I will hold in confidence the information shared with me in the course of practicing medicine, except where I am authorized to impart such Iknowledge.willbediligent
I recognize and promise the value of diversity, and I will treat equally all persons who seek my care.
I will work with other members of the health care team to ensure compassionate and effective care of patients.
These duties are pledged with sincerity and on my honor.
I will actively seek to expand my intellectual knowledge and skills in keeping abreast of advances in the art and science of medicine.
I will uphold and enhance community values and use the knowledge and experience acquired as a PA to contribute to an improved community.Iwillrespect my professional relationship with the physician and act always with the guidance and supervision provided by that physician, except where to do so would cause harm.
I recognize my duty to perpetuate knowledge within the profession.
I will uphold the tenets of patient autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance, justice, and the principle of informed consent.
I pledge to perform the following duties with honesty, integrity, and dedication, remembering always that my primary responsibility is to the health, safety, welfare, and dignity of all human beings.
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