White coat ceremonies: a second opinion.

White coat ceremonies for new medical students.

White Coat Ceremony as a Professional Identity Formation Activity in a United States Family Medicine Residency Program

Introduction White coat ceremonies (WCCs) in medical school mark the transition of students to medicine, beginning their professional identity formation as a physician. However, a literature/web search revealed a paucity of residency-focused WCCs. Methods A 90-minute Family Medicine Residency (FM) WCC was designed to support residents' professional identity formation as a specialty physician....

The History of the Hippocratic Oath : Outdated , Inauthentic , and Yet Still Relevant

Nearly all medical schools incorporate some form of professional medical oath into their graduation ceremonies. The oldest and most popular of these oaths is the Hippocratic Oath, composed more than 2,400 years ago. In modern times, especially during the twentieth century, the Hippocratic Oath has had its content changed and its authorship challenged. This article discusses the history of the H...

‘I'm Just the Sunday Boy!’: Exploring the role of uncertainty in 'becoming' a pharmacist

......................................................................................... II CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCING THE STUDY ............................................. 1 THE PERSONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................... 2 THE PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................... 5 THE REGISTERED PHARMACIST...

Microphthalmia‐associated transcription factor mutations are associated with white‐spotted coat color in swamp buffalo

A candidate gene analysis of the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) gene was used in an attempt to identify the genetic basis for a white-spotted coat color phenotype in the Asian swamp buffalo (Bubalus bubalis carabanensis). Ninety-three buffaloes-32 solid, 38 spotted and 23 white individuals-were Sanger-sequenced for all MITF exons as well as highly conserved intronic and f...