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[Doh Boy Fresh]

So, here is the question to current dental students:

Do dental schools also have a "white coat" ceremony for dental students like med schools do for med students? I'm just wondering because it sounds cool to have one.

 

[phantasmagoriun]

Yup. UMDNJ has one, so I'm guessing most schools do it too.

 

[PorkChop2008]

Case Western has one, and so does NYU.

 

[cobalt31]

pitt, penn, columbia, minnesota and harvard do too. i assume everyone does.

 

[Hysteria24]

So with this whole ceremony thing....

Is it some low key thing with just your class, the dean and a few faculty, or do family members also come to watch?

 

[cobalt31]

family members come watch, there are speakers, its a formal event. everyone recites the hippocratic oath and receives a white coat. sometimes people cry.

 

[SugarNaCl]

It's a big deal and every school I know of has one. Family comes too. It is our rite of passage into the profession.

 

[Doh Boy Fresh]

So, does it happen at the beginning of dental school or at the end?

 

[MolarExpress]

I also think every D-school has one. I know UF definitely has one..it was really nice. Most faculty comes, family comes, speeches are made--it's cute, and some people do cry. At the end, they take a picture of the entire class on a huge staircase, or some other pretty place (at UF). I think dental schools do it at different years...but, I'm pretty sure all of them have one.

 

[DentistRob]

So, does it happen at the beginning of dental school or at the end?

It's right at the beginning.

 

[rollredroll]

i went to one of these @ northwestern med school. a few speakers, some awards given to faculty, hippocratic oath, blah blah blah. i wouldnt have my family travel anywhere for it.