The White Coat Ceremony

The White Coat Ceremony is a common tradition in most medial and physician schools.   The recent celebration began at Columbia University’s college of physicians and surgeons(White Coat Ceremony pg.1 ). In my opinion the process of receiving a white coat after an grueling and  intense text and lecture training  and moving on to more of a performance and physical clinical training is a sense of great accomplishment and Joy for med students. 

The image above you can see that the white coats given to students in this ceremony are shorter hip length coats, this is because they are still in training. The longer the coats the higher the prestige and experience of the individual. 

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