white coat ceremony
Future doctor's investiture
A white coat ceremony is a ritual marking entry into medical or healthcare education, where students are formally presented with their first white lab coats.
The ceremony symbolizes the transition from layperson to clinician-in-training and typically includes an oath or pledge emphasizing professional responsibility: My daughter's white coat ceremony is next week.
Most medical, nursing, and pharmacy schools hold the ceremony at the start of the program.
- medical schoolPhysician training institution
- medicalOf healthcare practice
- first yearOpening academic period
- med studentPerson training as physician
- stethoscopeMedical listening instrument
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- ceremonieswedding, weddings, graduation, graduations, funeral
- academic ceremoniescommencement, convocation, graduation, baccalaureate, matriculation
- medical trainingmedical residency, medical schools, internal medicine, CPR, anatomical model
- professional traditionsbar exam, swearing in, oath taking, induction, apprenticeship
- pharmacy educationpharmacy school, pharmacy schools, PharmD, clinical rotations, residencies
- admissionsapplication, acceptance letter, admissions, application deadline, admissions committee
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Act of starting
graduation · retirement ceremony · diploma ceremony · board certification · convocation
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Event honoring the deceased
funeral · valediction · farewell address · farewell ceremony
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