Last week some 20 students of CARIBBEAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY participated in the Summer Trimester White Coat Ceremony of CMU which took place on Saturday August 3rd, 2019 in the Willemstad Room of the Curacao Caribbean Resort Hotel. The keynote speaker for the occasion was Dr. Steven Martina.
For your information, we include herewith a short recap of what the White Coat Ceremony (WCC) entails:
“The White Coat Ceremony (WCC) is a relatively new ritual in some medical schools that marks the student’s entrance into clinical medical education. At some schools, like CMU, where students begin meeting patients early in their education, the white coat ceremony is held at the beginning of the second year (MD-1). WCC typically addresses the issue of medical ethics and praises rising incoming second-year students for their admission into the medical profession. A reading of the Hippocratic Oath is a part of the ceremony and student’s family and friends usually attend the event as well. Our school organizes a WCC every trimester and many students now consider it a rite of passage in the journey toward a medical career.”
