Forty-five third-year medical school students put on their doctor coats and pledged their commitments to professionalism before starting clinical practices. Medical school professors and parents attend the ceremony to encourage the future physicians.
The White Coat Ceremony was held in the main auditorium of the Cheonan Campus medical school on March 24th, 2016. Forty-five third-year medical school students attended along with the Assistant Director of Dankook University’s hospital, Jaeil Kim, the Dean of Dankook University Medical School, Sahng-june Kwak, as well as medical school professors and students’ parents.
The ‘White Coat Ceremony (WCC)’ has become a ritual for third-year medical school students as they put on white doctor coats before starting their clinical practices. The ceremony signifies the students’ commitment to professionalism and their dedication to becoming the best doctors they can, pledging to always place the dignity of human life and the health of patients above all.
In addition to the donning of the white coats, the ceremony also included a part where students were presented with stethoscopes. Students then took the Hippocratic Oath as student representative Kyung-won Yoo took the stand to read the ethical code of medical physicians.
Sahng-June Kwak, Dean of Dankook University Medical School, encouraged students, saying he “looks forward to students striving to learn medical knowledge and skills while undergoing self-development to grow into capable physicians who will contribute to the advancement of healthcare and medical sciences.”