04 WHITE COAT
CEREMONY PHOTOS
06 JANUARY 2019
INCOMING 2023 CLASS
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The
January Vol u m e 8 , I s s u e No. 8
2019
XAVIER TIMES
A Medical School E xperience on an Island unlike any other in the reg ion!
Xavier University School of Medicine Spring 2019 White Coat Ceremony! On January 18th, 2019 Xavier University School of Medicine held its spring semester white coat ceremony. Chief Academic Officer Dr. Dubey opened the ceremony by welcoming the students and their families and congratulated them on reaching this remarkable achievement. He also noted how this is only the beginning for them and that this white coat symbolizes a commitment to medicine. Dr. Dubey’s remarks were followed by speeches from Dr. Majhi and Dr. Gil Apacible who spoke on the importance of focusing on their stud-
ies and dedicating themselves to this career. duct, which signifies their pledge to be This hit home with many of ethical and committed in the students who remarked aftheir medical careers. For ter the event on how they felt many this was the highlight a great deal of pride as well as of the ceremony as the famiresponsibility after receiving lies who attended cheered and putting the white coat’s for their son’s and daughon for the first time. One Stuter’s. A select group of student, Rajan Bhatt, stated “The dents from each class were white coat ceremony remindalso honored during the ed me that providing healthceremony as a result of thicare to others is an honorable er hard work and excellent privilege. It was a humbling Dr. Dubey addressess the students and thier grades from the previous experience which motivated families during the white coat ceremony semester. Once all the stume to provide amazing healthcare to my dents had received their white coat, the future patients.” The students were then ceremony concluded and the friends named one by one to come up to the stage and families of the students joined and were presented with their white coats them and the faculty for a reception to and signed their Pledge of Professional Concelebrate.
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