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White Coat Ceremony, August 2004
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| On Aug. 12, the 184 students in the Class of 2008 were cloaked in their first white coats by members of the school’s senior faculty, marking the beginning of a students’ four-year journey toward attaining their medical degree. | This year’s keynote speaker was pediatric neurologist, Donald W. Lewis, M.D., a 1979 alumnus of the VCU School of Medicine and an associate professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School. Lewis also practices at Children's Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk. | Students listen as Dr. Lewis spoke about the importance of compassion and empathy in delivering medical care. (From right to left) Incoming students Jennie Patterson, Judson Frye and Matt Milliron. |
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| During the ceremony, Jeff Leary, Jon Schmitz and Arul Thomas (from right to left), together with the entire incoming class, recited the Hippocratic Oath, which articulates a doctor’s responsibilities to his or her patients. | The students’ white coats are intended to serve as a reminder to students that they are now representing the medical field. Shown: Dean of Medicine, Dr. Dickie Newsome, welcomes incoming student Joni Stuart. |
Through the medical school’s Foundations of Clinical Medicine Program, first-year students begin learning skills such as medical interviewing and the basics of a physical exam. Shown: Dr. Walter Lawrence congratulates Matt Milliron. |
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| The Foundations of Clinical Medicine program allows students to accompany preceptors into settings where they see and practice clinical skills first hand. Shown: Dr. Ike Wood, Associate Dean of Student Activities, helps Drew Dill into his first white coat. |
Photos by Jennifer Watson, VCU Creative Services.
