White Coat Ceremony

Friday marked my first day as a real medical student and the end of orientation week. It finished with the White Coat Ceremony, where all of the new medical students were awarded their white coats. Here is a picture of the dean starting the ceremony:

Each student is called up on stage and 'coated' by a dean or other faculty member. Here is a picture of me being 'coated':

And officially 'coated':

This event has been foretold as one of the most memorable of our medical school experience and I was lucky enough to share it with my mother:

And photographer, Chris:

This post contains both good and bad news. The good news is that I am officially a medical student now, but the bad news is that in order to provide more time for my studies, there will now be 3 posts a week rather than 5. I hope everyone understands and checks back on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Onward to my studies!