September 5, 2005
Spotlight
Uniform Expectations
Incoming MD and HSDM students looked forward to becoming doctors as they took part in the events of White Coat Day on Sept. 1. One such event was the White Coat Ceremony at each academic society, a rite of passage in which the new students receive their clinical white coats. (Photos by Steve Gilbert)
William Taylor (right), Castle’s associate master, helps Jonathan Swartz into his new white coat.
Manasa Basavapatna proudly dons her new uniform under the supervision of Ron Arky, Peabody Society master.
Takahira Soda (right) wrestles with his white coat as associate master Richard Mitchell looks on during the White Coat Ceremony at Health Sciences and Technology (HST).
Holmes Society master Augustus White welcomes Maya Babu, a new member.
John Berry, one of Cannon’s new members, smiles for the camera. |
Paul Whiting and Kara Wong present Cannon’s latest fall fashions. |
Jules Dienstag, HMS dean for medical education, welcomes new medical and dental students prior to the White Coat Ceremonies.
At the White Coat Day patient clinic, Patricia Donahoe, the Marshall K. Bartlett professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, leads students through an evaluation of a medical case.
Members of the incoming Health Sciences and Technology (HST) class show off their gleaming new outfits.
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