White coat ceremony

[CDO2012]

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Is anyone getting excited about getting to participate in a white coat ceremony?? I know I am 😀!!!

 

[supersash]

LOL, if you're going to NYCOM don't get too excited. 😀

 

[notadoc]

Why?

 

[CDO2012]

Idk.. I guess just the symbolism of it...

 

[mastamark]

I am very stoked about the WC ceremony. We were already fitted at our KCOM interviews for coats. It felt so good to wear it.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

They fit you for your coat at the interview? I wonder if anyone has ever been rejected because they don't have a coat that will fit. Like maybe someone really short or fat.

 

[CDO2012]

They fit you for your coat at the interview? I wonder if anyone has ever been rejected because they don't have a coat that will fit. Like maybe someone really short or fat.

HAHAHAHAH

 

[jp104]

Why?

NYCOM doesn't have their whitecoat ceremony until 2nd yr 🙂

We get a whitecoat to use for Standardized pt encounters in our first year, but there's no ceremony.

 

[EEL08]

I'm excited too. Maybe we're both dorks. I already had the chance to participate in a white coat ceremony but didn't go. I wanted to wait until med school, plus some other reasons.

 

[MedicFL]

I could care less, I dont ever want to have to wear a white coat if I can get away with it. Thats what scrubs are for................

 

[TexasTriathlete]

The white coat does look kind of goofy. I mostly associate it with the internal medicine residents I see who look like they are in constant agony at my hospital. Those guys always have their coats on.

 

[EEL08]

The white coat does look kind of goofy. I mostly associate it with the internal medicine residents I see who look like they are in constant agony at my hospital. Those guys always have their coats on.

Oh yeah and wearing it outside in the summer heat in Texas visiting people in their homes without good air conditioning is not my idea of a good time.

 

[JWE27]

Oh yeah and wearing it outside in the summer heat in Texas visiting people in their homes without good air conditioning is not my idea of a good time.

Yeah, wearing the "white coat" (it's still just a lab coat, people) is fun/cool/impressive for about a week. Then, it just becomes uncomfortable, hot, and a nuisance - other than the handy pockets they have, of course. I do see what you're saying about the ceremony, though. I'll feel like "Now I get to wear the shiny white coat for real" (vs. all the PT's, RN's, RD's, ST's, OT's, and miscellaneous techs who wear them with a little too much pride). 😀 I can say that because I used be one of them. 😉

 

[prionsRbad]

Yeah, I wear a while lab coat all day and it gets really freakin hot! I still think the white coat ceremony will be fun/special for me, though. 😀

At the hospital where I work, it's entertaining to see the new med students with their white coats. They look soo proud and are very into wearing their coats everywhere and anywhere. 😉 I've even seen some wear their coats and stethoscopes on the 30 minute bus to and from work!

 

[TexasTriathlete]

I'm more of a scrubs guy myself. I tend to get hot easily, and I dress as casually as possible anyway. I will wear my white coat only when necessary.

 

[SmallTownEMT]

I'm not sure what I'll do. I like wearing scrubs, but with the lack of pockets I may need the coat too so I can carry stuff.

Plenty of time to experiment with options down the road.

 

[Yourmother]

Is anyone getting excited about getting to participate in a white coat ceremony?? I know I am 😀!!!

I respect your enthusiam, but why is it such a big deal? Even the lab techs and patient transporters wear white coats. My wife's a nurse and laughed when they gave her one.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Some scrubs have more pockets than others. I think you can get them with adequate pocket coverage.

 

[Punchap]

I'm looking forward to the white coat ceremony, but I don't like the look of the med student coats. I'm looking forward to wearing an actual lab coat as a physician more.

Does anyone know if you can dye your coat an attractive color like lavender, pink, yellow or blue? I've seen colored coats, but not that often. Hmm...😎

 

[t-funk]

Does anyone know if you can dye your coat an attractive color like lavender, pink, yellow or blue? I've seen colored coats, but not that often. Hmm...😎

I like that idea. I'm so sick of lab coats after wearing them for the past 7 years, I cold puke.

 

[Unknown3234]

I respect your enthusiam, but why is it such a big deal? Even the lab techs and patient transporters wear white coats. My wife's a nurse and laughed when they gave her one.

I don't think its really "the coat" that is so exciting. Its more along the lines of just finally feeling like your "there"

 

[EEL08]

I don't think its really "the coat" that is so exciting. Its more along the lines of just finally feeling like your "there"

Exactly

 

[TexasTriathlete]

At the hospital where I work, pretty much only the IM residents, and some of the students, who wear their white coats. One of the nurses does (which is a shame, because she is hot), and maybe a few others from time to time.

 

[DiverDoc]

Im pretty excited about it. Im going to have a family member retired physician put it on me :0)

 

[Bacchus]

Does anyone know if you can dye your coat an attractive color like lavender, pink, yellow or blue? I've seen colored coats, but not that often. Hmm...😎

My professor for gen-chem allowed us to dye labcoats in lab, tie dye to be exact. I didn't.

 

[Bacchus]

I want to get my white coat and then go to my 5-year high school reunion. Since I'll be broke at the time, I'll have to rent the benz or audi for a day 😉.

 

[huckaaa]

I respect your enthusiam, but why is it such a big deal? Even the lab techs and patient transporters wear white coats. My wife's a nurse and laughed when they gave her one.

I don't think it has anything to do with the color or the coat itself. Anybody can buy a white coat. It's the symbolism that the coat represents. Think of all the hard work it took to get to medical school! I won't be applying until next summer and I still think about it all the time!

 

[CDO2012]

Oh yeah and wearing it outside in the summer heat in Texas visiting people in their homes without good air conditioning is not my idea of a good time.

I live in WI, so maybe I can use it to keep me warm haha

 

[CDO2012]

I don't think it has anything to do with the color or the coat itself. Anybody can buy a white coat. It's the symbolism that the coat represents. Think of all the hard work it took to get to medical school! I won't be applying until next summer and I still think about it all the time!

I agree!! I don't really care about the coat itself, if I really wanted one I can buy it...

 

[SmallTownEMT]

I'm looking forward to the white coat ceremony, but I don't like the look of the med student coats. I'm looking forward to wearing an actual lab coat as a physician more.

Once we're actually doctors we'll get the long coats. That'll be an exciting day.

 

[PT2MD]

Once we're actually doctors we'll get the long coats. That'll be an exciting day.

It'll be much better than the thongs PT's get.

 

[Pegasus1731]

Is anyone getting excited about getting to participate in a white coat ceremony?? I know I am 😀!!!

I am!!!!! 😀

 

[Yourmother]

I decided that I can't wait until the ceremony. I'm going to buy a white coat and just start wearing it to the local community college.

 

[Bacchus]

The thing is, I have a long white lab coat since its pretty much a needed item for all the labs I take. But like I said above, the actual one for medical school will have meaning to it. The current coat just makes me think, yuck, this thing has been around staph and strep and various other micro "baddies" for the past umpteen weeks, what could it have on it.

 

[SmallTownEMT]

I know what that's like. I always felt the same way about my lab coat from school. That sucker was definitely autoclaved numerous times. And then there's all the Gram stain dye on it...

I'm looking forward to wearing the long coat in a hospital setting one day. I've had to wear a lab coat for a few clinical things, and it's always been the short one.

 

[scpod]

The big part is the ceremony. It's a right-of-passage and a big event for a lot of folks. Relatives travel from all over the country and make a weekend of it for a lot of students. Everybody has a reason to be proud. For some, it's the first doctor in the family and the smiles on those parent's faces are incredible. For others, it's a continuing tradition and it must be a wonderful thing to have your MD or DO relative be there to help you put it on for the first time.

For me, it was great right up until the part where my right arm went into the sleeve...it kept going and going and going. The next thing I knew the cuff was about 10cm distal to my antecubital fossa. The same thing happened when I went to put my left arm in...it just kept going.

I figured out the problem when I tried to button it up and the buttons were on the wrong side. They had given me a woman's coat, two sizes too small. People who were near-sighted and in the back row might not have noticed because I wore a white shirt and it kind of blended in. Fortunately, they spelled my name right 🙂.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Haha crossdresser

 

[mandinca]

Some scrubs have more pockets than others. I think you can get them with adequate pocket coverage.

You could always wear a fanny-pack. Seriously, I've seen docs wear 'em before!

 

[Tanner82]

You could always wear a fanny-pack. Seriously, I've seen docs wear 'em before!

As have I... but he was a psychiatrist👍

 

[osli]

If you're going to KCUMB you should be excited... if not about the coat and ceremony, then at least about the band and spread of food and booze afterwards. 🙂

 

[ocwaveoc]

Forgive me. I'm completely oblivious to what a white coat ceremony is. It sounds like a ceremony for a newly entering medical students. Am I right or is it for graduating medical students who already have DO or MD after their names?

 

[saylorsdad]

I think the white coat ceremony is important, and if accepted plan on attending. While in the marines I participated in several ceremony's that helped build a little sense of being prior to beginning "normally it was a warning of hard work on the horizion". I will be the first doctor in the family so the sense of accomplishment for me and my family will be pretty big.

 

[t-funk]

If you're going to KCUMB you should be excited... if not about the coat and ceremony, then at least about the band and spread of food and booze afterwards. 🙂

A band? That sounds pretty awesome!

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Yeah, but its Hanson

 

[speeter]

Yeah, but its Hanson

Hanson LMAO. I heard that their voices finally dropped and they have new albums after mmmbop

 

[t-funk]

Yeah, but its Hanson

Even better!

 

[112258]

Do you guys have to pay for tickets to your White Coat ceremony....is this normal...?

 

[scpod]

Do you guys have to pay for tickets to your White Coat ceremony....is this normal...?

We do. It's a class fundraiser and is used to buy stuff like the food and stuff we are having at the cookout in the park this weekend.

 

[MDROCKSTAR]

I was told at my LECOM interview that the med students' white coats are shorter then the residents' and other docs' and just shout "ask me a question!"

 

[Beau Geste]

I'm looking forward to my 2008 white coat ceremony regardless whether people think it's corny or dated.

I went through h3ll to get into med school and I want to celebrate my accomplishments accordingly. It holds a lot of symbolism for me, and even if it's a short white coat that a gajillion other health care providers wear, it's my short coat and my accomplishment.

I can now throw away my ratty short white coat I used to wear when doing speech therapy in nursing homes and hospitals 😉. But I'm keeping my scrubs.