gella Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Does anyone know which ON medschools have whitecoat ceremonies? I've heard Mac and UW do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuantum Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 I'm not entirely sure, but I'd guess all schools have white coat ceremonies. They may not necessarily be called white coat ceremonies, but it is probably the same thing. Can anyone else mention the schools that may not conduct these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzie Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 What would one wear for a white coat ceremony:confused: ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughboy Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 What would one wear for a white coat ceremony:confused: ... A white coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaymcee Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 The same thing you'd wear under a gown to a graduation ceremony. (Absolutely. Nothing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzie Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 really? I thought you at least get band-aids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffp Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Hmmm... I went to U of A, and I haven't really heard this term used before. At the beginning of 1st year, we have a ceremony (forget what it's called now - brain dead after part 1 of licensing exam) where we all take the hippocratic oath, get lectures about professionalism, etc. Everyone gets dressed up for this, and later on there is kind of a cocktail/party thing where you get to mingle with some of the faculty. At the end of med school, we had a picnic where some of us ceremoniously burned our white coats (since at U of A, clerks wear short coats, and these are no longer needed come residency). That wasn't an 'official' ceremony, though. It was also about 2 degrees outside that night. Blech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Does anyone know which ON medschools have whitecoat ceremonies?I've heard Mac and UW do. I think UWO has a white coat ceremony. We don't have one at UofT, but during o-week there is a fancy "Dean's breakfast" where everyone stands and takes and oath. There is also another such event at the beginning of clerkship where we have a fancy lunch with the Dean and take another oath. Personally I'm not a big fan of the white coat ceremony. Honestly, there is so much ego-stroking during the first few weeks of med school and a big ceremony just adds to it. I don't like associating the "white coat" with some kind of special status. Besides everyone in the hospital wears white lab coats so you can't tell a 3rd year clerk from a senior resident from a pharmacist from a dietician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satsuma Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Though Ottawa didn`t have it the year I started, I think there was a white coat ceremony last year. Wouldn't use it as a deciding factor of where to go. Even without the white coats we still had an oath saying ceremony blah blah blah during O-week. Agree with the ego-stroking comment! Seems to start right with the acceptance letter. As for everyone wearing white coats. I suppose that can happen. But one hospital where I worked, only MDs were allowed to wear white coats so that people wouldn`t get confused. Personally I think it is more important to be able to tell a nurse apart from the cleaning staff...but it seems anyone can wear scrubs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss_sunshine Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 mcgill has a white coat ceremony as well, at the beginning of 2nd year. it's caused a lot of problems for our year in terms of venue and date so there is a lot of tension and conflict surrounding it for our year. i am looking forward to it. at mcgill, we have nothing clinical in our first year and a bit so this is a nice way to mark the transition towards starting in the hospitals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gella Posted April 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Hey, thanks for all the replies. I was only musing about this because I was thinking how great it would be for my parents and grandparents to be a part of this process. After all they had to put up with all my SH-- all these years and they've been incredibly supportive. It wouldn't be a factor in my decision.....in fact, I'm not even in the game till next year and any school that takes me...I'm goin'. Anyways, good luck everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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