College of Medicine White Coat Ceremony 2018

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] good morning and welcome to the 2018 white coat ceremony for the University of Toledo college and medicine and life sciences the inter entering class of medical students has achieved extraordinary academic success in order to gain acceptance to medical school academic excellence is not enough however to make a caring doctor who has a genuine concern for his or her patients as individuals this is why at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and life sciences we have a holistic admissions process that evaluates applicants based not on their only on their academic potential but on their personal qualities values and contributions outside of the classroom a major reason that these students are here at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and life sciences is because they've demonstrated the personal values and humanistic qualities that are desired in physicians characteristics such as honesty and integrity compassion and empathy altruism putting the interest of others before self respect for others and dedication to service like learning professional development is a lifelong process we've started to build upon these students innate humanistic values and attitudes during this week's orientation the culmination of orientation and the start of the new academic year is today's white coat ceremony students the white coat ceremony is a symbolic one to emphasize that you are not just embarking on another educational endeavor you're entering what is arguably the noblest of professions where your success will not be judged by your grades and test scores but how you serve your fellow humans the white coat ceremony is a unique opportunity for you as beginning medical students to bond with your fellow classmates while celebrating your choice of career of a career in medicine the white coat is a mantle of the profession of medicine and symbolizes the compassion that your future patients will expect from you at this time is my honor and privilege to introduce dr. Christopher Cooper Dean of the College of Medicine and life sciences dr. Cooper [Applause] good morning it's great to see you so I'm Chris Cooper Dean of the college medicine and life sciences and executive vice president of clinical affairs for the University of Toledo and it's my pleasure to work welcome you on behalf of the board of trustees of the University and dr. president Sharon Gaber of the president of the University of Toledo I'd like to extend a warm welcome to our medical students we're really glad to have you here we've been with them for what four days now and it's nice to get to know you and also to the friends and family that are with us today to sharing this important ceremony for our medical students I'm so pleased that you decided to enter the profession of medicine and have chosen the University of Toledo for your medical education we're really glad to have you the start of the academic year is a time of renewal for us it's a time of a lot of enthusiasm there's a sense of accomplishment amongst our students I'm here I'm ready to go and a lot of energy we've seen that through the course of this week so the faculty the staff we share your excitement and energy as you go through this journey becoming a physician so who is this class the class of 2022 that seems like a long time doesn't it remember we used to hear prints 1999 and that seemed like a long time too so this is our 50th entering class so you guys are really important to us there's a hundred and seventy-five of you the students heard this earlier in the week for me so I'll tell moms and dads and brothers and sisters and families and friends we selected these young ladies and gentlemen from 3652 applicants so your your loved one is the best of the best about 3/4 of you are from the state of Ohio which is appropriate we are a state medical school about a third of you are from Northwest Ohio and we have a mission to improve the health of our community and region and so that is also very appropriate one quarter of you are from outside of the state of Ohio and you're from all over the place we have 13 from California from Michigan 3 from Georgia New York and Pennsylvania and many other states you are your degree granting universities and colleges you came from or quite diverse some are from universities here in Ohio like the University of Toledo others are from more distant programs in the Midwest the east the south and there western United States so it really is a quite diverse set of experiences your average GPA is about 3.6 and your MCAT is 509 which puts you in the top 15% of students nationally 44 of your 175 already have a master's degree and one of you has a PhD so welcome your average age is 24 yeah you look like you're about 24 a few of you are a little younger we've got a 20 year old in the class and I'm sure you're ready and then we have some folks with more life experience that will add considerably to our class or oldest class members 44 and we're really quite proud of that you're about evenly distributed between men and women which is different than in my age and we're proud of that you're gonna help really improve care so who are we so what is the institution you're entering well the University of Toledo started its medical school 55 years ago in an organization called the Medical College of Ohio it's now the universe part of the University of Toledo we have a hundred and forty thousand alumni 22,000 students enrolled in our programs we have roughly 7,000 faculty and staff and we do about sixty million dollars in research annually we're divided into 16 academic units on three major campuses spanning 1200 acres and we have a wide array of Health Professions programs that our students are going to interact with over the coming years with colleges of Nursing pharmacy allied health physical therapy occupational therapy etc and as you'll find in a few short weeks as those student sent to their professions you're gonna work with them in the classroom and our interprofessional experience that will be very important and then you're gonna interact with your fellow health profession students at the bedside which will be even more important what I would say even more important though about the University of Toledo is that we are a family and I mean that a family of fully committed faculty and staff and students who will help you achieve your full potential and as you've seen through the course of this week students this morning you had upper-class students helping you with your white coats and last night at the the picnic you had upper-class students singing to you and helping you and then on the first day you had upper-class students speaking to you you're joining a family so congratulations and welcome to all of you at this time I really have the pleasure and honor of introducing a friend and colleague dr. Michael McCrea dr. McCrae is a graduate of your program he's an emergency room physician who provides life-saving care day in and day out and importantly he is the president of our college of medicine and life sciences alumni affiliate and it's really my delight and honor to introduce dr. McCrae [Applause] good morning so I'm almost at 20 years dr. Schaefer and I were actually in the same class we we finished no.4 so to hear that y'all are 20 22 is a little scary so welcome is is dr. Cooper said I I'm the president of the Alumni affiliate I practiced downtown at st. Vincent's I'm an emergency physician there I'm the assistant program director for the emergency medicine residency so y'all ready for this you're not so you think you are that's good I'm glad that you're confident so that's good so today's a big day and I think when I came last year to this I thought back to when I had our white coat ceremony and in it meant a little bit it means a lot more to the family and the back because you got here so congratulations to all of you for that overtime today will mean more because it's the beginning last night when I R I should say this morning at 1 o'clock when I left my shift I said one of my partner's is a guy you know I got to get home I got to do the white coat ceremony and and she's a MC oh grad as well some of us still say MC oh and I always will it's not you t to us but it it's MC oh and I said yeah I have to go to the white coat ceremony this morning sick yeah that was kind of a big deal I said yeah it kind of was and then she stood there and she thought about just like it was a really big deal it is so on behalf of the Alumni Association we have 8500 alumni from the Medical College of Ohio in the University of Toledo College of Medicine life sciences congratulations and enjoy your white coats and some stethoscope sigh we're debating up here have you gotten your stethoscope yet good you're welcome congratulations we weren't sure so those were provided by our alumni for you as well as the white coats and welcome to the University Toledo College of Medicine [Applause] so part of the tradition of the white coat ceremony is to present gifts to the incoming class to remind you of the responsibilities of the profession you've chosen for your life's work as you just heard from dr. McCrae the University of Toledo college of medicine and life sciences Alumni Affiliate has generously generously provided the white coats for each student in addition each coat has a gold lapel pin with a stethoscope in the shape of a heart just like the logo on the front of the program the pins are a gift from the Harnett P Gould foundation a public foundation dedicated to fostering humanism in medicine at this time I will call each student's name and have you come forward to the center of the stage where you will be cloaked with your first white coat dr. Paul Shaffer associate dean for student affairs and admissions Shirley bowtie assistant dean for curriculum integration and dr. McKray will cloak entering students there's a professional photographer who will then take an individual photo of each student with dr. Cooper that will be available for purchase online members of the audience are also welcome to come forward to take pictures if you like and so at this point I'd like to invite the students forward I think so Muzzin Elsa melody [Applause] sargam pre car [Applause] Danielle ESCA door [Applause] Morgan Starkey Stephen Mitchell Rukia Joseph Kimball Arnold Serta's sing [Applause] John Garvin Aaron Berenson Anna Rothstein Katarina Hughes Jamie Stewart [Applause] Mira gopinatha Kristin Hayden Supraja rotary [Applause] Florentina alabaster Andrew Bay's [Applause] Jessica almond Jared Pletcher bottle Lady Elizabeth Harlan [Applause] alline wrong Ariel Cohen [Applause] Jenny Chen [Applause] Justin Franco [Applause] Patrick do za Connor Groton seán mac [Applause] Ahmad Abdul Wahab sorry a Brahmin [Applause] Shuman Fong [Applause] Melanie KQ lava Vegas chimú shaylen sha [Applause] Chad Burkholder Christopher Alexander [Applause] Cody clinker Zachary boule tapper Steven Curtis Hannah canalis ELISA Wolfinger [Applause] Chantal Murphy [Applause] Elizabeth Cahill [Applause] Alexandra Ford Leslie Lynn Bridget smite [Applause] Ellen Yoakam nithya ray Yoon sera Lacoste Karen Schmidt [Applause] Rana Patel Avinash Rajasekhara Hirsch Shah June boom coup [Applause] Koscheck Ganesh [Applause] Christopher chotto Ortiz [Applause] Samuel stepka [Applause] Nathaniel Lyle Justin Smith Alexander Liang Peyton beachy David Patra night [Applause] Susan Miranda [Applause] Chelsea miles Johanna Kilbane Myers [Applause] Emily Serban hausky Sarah Benson [Applause] Anthony Mitchell [Applause] Bridget Dame's Elise Leonard [Applause] Ryan shields T win [Applause] Ryan Sten quest [Applause] boo böck [Applause] Carly Polson khushboo Patel [Applause] Tiye ramen [Applause] Clare Wilson amber Kim Brett Gustafson [Applause] Diane on a pool a inhibin Jamil I'm sorry Jamelia council [Applause] Danielle Barnes [Applause] mahogany Alden [Applause] Antonio Jackson [Applause] Devante Willis [Applause] Alexander young Madison on zone [Applause] Alexander valia Martin [Applause] Brandon Zachary Audra York [Applause] Julia berry [Applause] Logan Glosser [Applause] Giulia Mendiola [Applause] Brook [Applause] Emily bliss [Applause] page prologue all Stephanie Clark [Applause] Jennifer tonight [Applause] Danielle app Abigail painter [Applause] Maya Nair [Applause] Nadia air fan connot blood [Applause] Jackie Lee [Applause] Anna Callahan [Applause] Laura Wong [Applause] Felipe Mejia Miranda Casey Ryan [Applause] Ola Washington MNO go [Applause] Andrew Harrelson [Applause] Kevin tow Willie GN Nicholas Thompson [Applause] Christa tuned [Applause] Jonathan dome [Music] [Applause] Alex closer [Applause] Andrew Catco [Applause] Maia Shumacher David Miller David Ben hurry [Applause] Simon Wang Austin meal [Applause] Paul guna Sala Clark docketing Krupa bhava sire [Applause] Olivia no Emily King [Applause] Hannah Kennedy Eric Shoop Emmy he told me Stephen Hong Nisha not a body [Applause] Anil Mishra Charlotte Yuen Hanna stats [Applause] Kathir Abdallah Milly Patel Neely No [Applause] Gabrielle Fernandez [Applause] rush me Madhavan Yasmin Gore [Applause] Fatima Colleen [Applause] Erica Goodman [Applause] Rebecca Potts [Applause] Julius de Castro Nathan Tomas [Applause] Owen Willis Logan Rocky [Applause] Fatima El Masri [Applause] holla alpha glowing [Applause] tusky a-- al-bari nathaniel lock [Applause] Dean Ringgold Michael McHugh Andrew Jason [Applause] Abdul Gani Ismail [Applause] spero Maria Alya Lux [Applause] Hannon caucus [Applause] Barbara can chew [Applause] but cheer Jiali rayon Maxie [Applause] Advait Deshmukh Nolan Mitchell [Applause] Kendra Leon [Applause] novena Luke Clarissa oh really Tanvi Desai Rohini Rana [Applause] Tarun Chawla a table [Applause] Matthew McCracken [Applause] Josh Vander mountain [Applause] Adam my slur [Applause] sriram Ruby [Applause] at this time I'd like to call upon fourth-year student Matthew Metzinger University of Toledo college of medicine and life sciences chapter of the gold humanism Honor Society who would lead the first-year class in the recitation of the medical student pledge of ethics [Applause] thank you well the class of 2020 to please stand please join me in reciting the medical student pledge of ethics found in your program I publicly acknowledge and accept the privileges and responsibilities given to me today as a physician and training and dedicate myself to provide care to those in need I will approach all aspects of my education with honesty and integrity embracing opportunities to learn from patients teachers and colleagues I will always maintain the highest standards of Professional Conduct I will certify it only that which I have personally verified and I will neither receive nor give unauthorized assistance on examinations I will value the knowledge and wisdom of the physicians who have preceded me I will recognize my weaknesses and strengths and strive to develop those qualities that will earn the respect of my patients my colleagues my family and myself I will respect the humanity rights and decisions of all patients and will attend to them with compassion and without bias I will maintain patient confidentiality and be tactful in my words and actions I will value the diversity of patients experiences cultures and beliefs because it enhances my ability to care for them and enriches my education I will not forget that there's an art to medicine as well as a science and that warmth sympathy and understanding are integral to patient care I will strive to earn the trust of my patients placed in me and the respect that society places upon my profession I will recognize the privileges afforded to me as a physician in training and promise not to abuse them even as a student I have a responsibility to improve the standard of Health in my community to increase access to care for the underserved and to advance medical knowledge as I accept these new responsibilities I will not forget the importance of my own health and well-being I will continue to value my relations with those who have supported me in the past and those who will share in my future knowing my own limitations in those medicine I will commit to a lifelong journey of learning how to cure relieve and comfort with humility and compassion I make these promises solemnly freely and upon my honor congratulations and thank you very much you may be seated Wow ladies and gentlemen doctors to be students and Friends we've witnessed a remarkable event we've seen 175 men and women commit themselves to a special journey of growth and discovery and that commitment is to become a physician and we symbolize that today when they put on their white coats you look a little different in those clean white coats and the question is are you different and have you significantly changed you know putting on the white coat is a symbol of professional attire and you're on the pathway to be a professional a professional for whom others will literally trust their lives to you and that will happen sooner than you think I believe that all meaningful change begins with the promise and it may be a promise to yourself the promise to the loved ones who are seated behind you or a promise to an entire roomful of people just a few moments ago you made a promise a promise upon your honor in front of these witnesses you did so freely and the oath that you took speaks to accepting the privilege privilege and the responsibilities given to you today you spoke about honesty of integrity humility and compassion you committed to recognizing your own strengths and weaknesses and developing the qualities that will earn the respect of others the respect of your family your friends and most importantly the people that you will serve your promise to all of those here in the room but also to your mentors and to your teachers and to the communities in which you will ultimately serve and to the patients who rely and Trust on your care along the way there's going to be a few challenges I'm here to tell you that you're going to work harder than you think is possible so moms and dads families and friends when your newly minted student says this is really hard they're not exaggerating as we like to remind them the first semester is about 29 credit hours roughly twice the workload of an undergraduate student it's a lot of work you're gonna live with and most importantly we are here to get you through that you're gonna live with decisions that you'll need to make those decisions will be difficult at times to measure up to the promise will not be easy but none of you would be seated in these seats wearing your new white coats if you are looking for the easy route we know that you worked very very hard to get here and we know that you will continue to work hard and importantly we are here with you on this journey the promise you're doing today to become a physician that journey it takes you on is a wonderful journey it is one of the greatest things that I have done in my lifetime I can't imagine having done anything differently today though for the rest of the day you're gonna have time to rest and celebrate with your family and friends please do that this is the celebration of the beginning of a marathon a few of us have completed that 26.2 mile race and when you've done that you know that the balloons and the bands and the banners at the front of the race have little to do with completing a 26 mile run but that bands and the balloons are appropriate at the beginning of the journey because it celebrates the commitment to run the race and all the preparation that leads to the journey so with that I wish to congratulate your students your families on your magnificent achievements and on taking this path with us today we're going to begin a new chapter in our collective lives you selected out of 3652 applicants are the best and brightest you are the best suited for the professional quest ahead we don't make mistakes you are here because you've earned this our most sincere welcome and our warmest congratulations to you welcome to the University of Toledo College of Medicine life sciences family you are part of the family the audience were completed with the ceremony for friends and family you may now exit we're going to ask the students to remain in their seats for a few moments so we can get a class picture there'll be plenty of time for photos with family and friends in a few minutes with the students and thank you so much for attending our ceremony you [Applause] you

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Published: Thu Aug 02 2018