01/20/2021
On Saturday, January 9, the 16th White Coat Ceremony was held at Kitasato Hall on the Shinanomachi Campus.
The White Coat Ceremony is a ceremony for the 114 fourth-year students (102nd graduating class) who will begin their clinical clerkships this January. It is intended to have them reaffirm their sincere commitment to patients and renew their resolve as aspiring physicians.
This year, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the ceremony was streamed via Zoom, and only three members of the White Coat Ceremony committee attended in person at Kitasato Hall.
At the ceremony, Masayuki Amagai, Dean of the School of Medicine; Yuko Kitagawa, Hospital Director; and Junzo Takeda, President of the School of Medicine Sanshikai, spoke about the importance of listening to patients' voices and making judgments with keen observational skills as the students begin their clinical training. They offered words of guidance and encouragement for their journey as future medical professionals.
After a video of messages from faculty members of various departments, produced by the 102nd graduating class, was shown, the white coats were presented. The students then recited the "Oath," which they had written themselves as part of their training in professionalism.
Wearing their new white coats embroidered with their names, the students took a new step forward, aiming to become physicians trusted by their patients, with a spirit of compassion and service.
102nd Graduating Class Oath
We, the 102nd graduating class, hereby pledge:
To strive day and night to cultivate ourselves with the awareness of being medical professionals,
To hold a sense of gratitude and indebtedness to all those we interact with,
And to become the core of the next generation of medicine.
Photo: Takeshi Kishi