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White Coat Ceremony
Started by anxwaiting
I'm pretty sure Western does it first year, during orientation week, but that is because you start seeing patients your first year at Western...so it makes sense.
OSU is the spring of your third year before you go into clinics.
Washington State does it the Friday before your first day of class.
Hey, I didn't know other schools had white coat ceremonies, too! Neat! 😀
Ross does it first semester, first day of classes. Personally, I think it makes no sense, but it's supposed to be welcoming you to the profession. Then the next day you use the coat in anatomy lab and it gets gross! 😎
Ross does it first semester, first day of classes. Personally, I think it makes no sense, but it's supposed to be welcoming you to the profession. Then the next day you use the coat in anatomy lab and it gets gross! 😎
Mizzou's White Coat Ceremony is in October of your 3rd year.
VMRCVM is first year. I think it is so funny that they present you with this beautiful clean white coat...and then over the years you get so much blood and guts and formaldehyde on it...tee hee
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Florida's is May of sophomore year, just before starting "summer" clinics!
Ok...this is what we were told about the white coat ceremony.... it is a traditional welcoming to the profession..blah...blah...blah......and more and more schools are doing it sooner rather than later.
Western as was stated by Pomona holds it after orientation week. To be exact it is the first Sat. after orientation because you start seeing your patients and clients on Tuesday of the first week.
Western as was stated by Pomona holds it after orientation week. To be exact it is the first Sat. after orientation because you start seeing your patients and clients on Tuesday of the first week.
BOOO!!!!
I thought everyone in medical and veterinary school did it first year... that's so lame 👎
I was hoping Penn was first year too....that means I have to pass 2 years of tests first! Wahh...let the whining begin!
lol, I just wanted SOME sort of photo op to invite my parents to... anyone know if there's an open house or any kind of ceremony in the beginning for parents to come to?
And anxwaiting, are you on the facebook group? Or the blackboard site? 🙂
I prefer it to be 3rd year (or before clinics). It is a nice reminder of the fact that you are now caring for patients and will be regarded by others in that way. It's a celebration of the work you've accomplished and the fact that you made it to clinics.
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Penn's is 3rd year, like was said above. Its in November a week or so before Thanksgiving. It's very nice because it was almost the end of core and was one of the last times our entire class will formally be together before our graduation next year. You appreciate it a helluva lot more, too, having busted your tail for 2 1/2 years for the right to get those coats.
We actually get two coats, embroidered with our names and the vet symbol and Penn. They're for clinics (definitely not anatomy lab!) 🙂
We actually get two coats, embroidered with our names and the vet symbol and Penn. They're for clinics (definitely not anatomy lab!) 🙂
There is a "Parents and Partners" day in late September/early October of your 1st year where you family comes and theyre told what all you're doing and they get tours of VHUP and NBC, etc. They get a chance to meet a whole bunch of people, buy a ton of Penn Vet stuff, and learn why you don't have time to talk to/see them anymore 😉
UTK's white coat ceremony is the weekend of orientation. We also have a scrubbing in ceremony right before clinics where they typically present the 3rd years with an embroidered scrub top for clinics.
oooh... I didn't know about the scrubbing in ceremony...
