DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY Faculty of Medicine
DEANS WELCOME CEREMONY CLASS OF 2025
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2021
“Dalhousie University acknowledges that we are in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw People. This land is bound by the spirit and intent of the Peace and Friendship Treaties signed between the British Crown and the Mi’kmaq People. We are all Treaty people.”
Order of Events Drummers from Home Mi’kmaw Welcome Catherine Martin
Introductions
Andrea Rideout, MD, Assistant Dean of Admissions
Welcome Address to Class of 2025 David Anderson, MD, Dean, Faculty of Medicine
The 4P’s of Medicine Hayam Hamodat, MD, PGY2, Internal Medicine
Medical Students & Professionalism
Gus Grant, MD, Registrar, CEO College of Physicians of Nova Scotia
Presentation of the Class of 2025
Evelyn Sutton, MD, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medicine, DMNS Sue Zinck, MD, Assistant Dean, Resident & Student Affairs, DMNS
The Code of Conduct Gaynor Watson-Creed, MD, Assistant Dean, Serving & Engaging Society
The Hippocratic Oath Chad Williams, MD
Music Gregory Photopoulos – Class of 2024
The Class of 2025 Khadija Abawajy Susan Abdo Ali Abidali Beraki Abraha Jennifer Akerman Hussen Alnaser Sadaf Anjum Francisca Annan Gaurav Arora Okeroghene Ataikiru Elizabeth Baker Michael Baskey John Belliveau Geraint Berger Taylor Birch Chloe Blackman Emma Bogner Marv Boncajes Breanna Boyd Marc Brousseau John-David Brown Zane Brown Neal Callaghan Analyssa Cardenas Jade Carruthers Donovan Cassidy-Nolan Abdullah Chanzu Andrew Chapman Rebecca Chapman Kate Chua Allyson Cook Loren Cooper Emma Courtney Madeleine Crawford Katherine Curry Meg Dahn Haley Donald Erin Donovan Rachel Dorey Nick Dua Yulia Dugandzic Allyson Evans Ayomide Fakuade Sarah Farquharson Mary Fay
Jordin Fletcher Ethan Fogarty Sydney Forbes Gizelle Francis Armon Fraser Sophia Gallagher Sophie Gaube Mirna Gerges John Gobran Zoya Gomes Amanda Gormley Hanna Grossman Jena Guimond Alexandra Hadlaw Laura Harkness Brett Henderson Claire Hermiston Tyler Herod Rachel Holland Hannah Holmes Faisal Hossain Katherine Houser Emily Howes Vallis Ahmed Hussin Yuna Im Sarah Jennings Nicole Jollimore Kiyana Kamali Lydia Kennedy Emily Kervin Neha Khanna Kevan Kostynski Madeline Kubiseski Robin Lake Jillian Lamb Stewart Langley Candis Lepage Laura Leppan Robert Loggie Katie Luiker Calum MacDonald Sydney MacDonald Victoria MacDonald
Emma MacLean Grant MacNeil Blaire Magee Kianna Mahmoud Reba McIver Josiah McNutt William McQuaid Emily Michaud Lauren Mills Jennifer Nagel You Sung Nam Jenna Nauss Alexandra Oprea Alexie Ouellette Stephanie Peel Ponthea Pouramin Liam Priest Ariel Provo Erin Putnam Gloria Rodrigues Stephen Seviour Nikki Shahin Anneka Sheppard Ali Sherazi Julia Short Alex Smith Megan Smith Cole Smolensky Caroline Straub David Summerby-Murray Victoria Taylor Jemeela Thomas Kenisse Trotman Laura Tupper-Ring Tyler Upshaw Amanda Vandewint Victoria Vezina Nicholas Villa Adelaide von Kursell Emily Weston Megan Whaley Taylor Wilson Nicholas Zinck
Code of Conduct As a student accepted into the Faculty of Medicine, I understand that the assessment of behavioral and ethical performance will be related to the following standards: • to display skill at communicating and interacting appropriately with patients, families, fellow students, faculty, allied health care personnel and staff. • to demonstrate: respect, empathy and compassion for patients and their families; concern for the needs of the patients and their families to understand the nature of the illness and the goals and possible complications of investigations and treatment; respect for, and ability to work harmoniously with, other allied health care personnel, and medical colleagues; recognition of the importance of self-assessment and of lifelong learning for the maintenance of competent performance; a willingness to teach others, including colleagues, as well as other allied health care professionals; an understanding of the appropriate requirements for involvement of patients and their families in research; an awareness of the effects that differences in cultural and social background have on the maintenance of health and the development of and reaction to illness; and respect for the patient as an informed participant in decisions regarding their care, wherever possible.
The Hippocratic Oath In reciting this oath, we graduates declare allegiance to an ancient, honorable, and durable tradition, the survival of which is important for the welfare of the sick and of society. I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug. I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery. I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. This awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God. I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick. I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure. I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm. If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.
Welcome and Good Luck to the Class of 2025! From
Admissions & Student Affairs ADMISSIONS
Assistant Dean Administrator Coordinator
Dr. Andrea Rideout Carolyn Doyle Angela Bhagan
STUDENT AFFAIRS - DMNS
Assistant Dean Director Advisor Liaison Officer Coordinators
Dr. Sue Zinck Sharon Forward Andrew Steele Moore Renee Downs Tracy Teed Anita MacDonald Janna Disha
STUDENT AFFAIRS - DMNB
Assistant Dean Advisor Coordinator
Dr. Lisa Sutherland Renea Leskie Pam Murphy