White Coat Ceremony?

[MaxillofacialMN]

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This isn't the right forum for this discussion (PRE-pod), but I'm posting it here because there is usually a fair number of pod students/graduates that frequent this forum anyways.

Do pod schools have white-coat ceremonies?

And maybe as a follow up for those 3, 4, and graduates: Do you wear a white coat on a daily basis or not? At one pod practice I shadowed at they wore white coats (they were sort of pompous though...), but at the other (a group practice) no one did. Is this typical?

 

[air bud]

Depends on the school. Some are a few weeks in, some are at the end of second year. I probably wore mine less than ten times the first two years. People have different opinions on when they should be given out. I think it is nice to have them early but I think a ceremony at the beginning is unnecessary since nothing has
yet been earned..

 

[RATM2010]

yes, there are WCS at pod schools. I just found out that we start clinicals the summer of 1st yr and not second and differnt sites require it. Some sites list the coat as optional.

 

[DrGonz]

we have our (NYCPM) during your first year