Be sure to factor in traffic lines and walking time in your morning commute so that you arrive safely and on time. Please use caution when crossing the roads, as this will take place during morning rush hour and lunch time. HSC Police Officers will be assisting with traffic control to get students, faculty, staff and guests across Camp Bowie and Lancaster safely. Parking on campus is free (it will be open parking, with the exception of Lots 1 and 6 – HSC Campus Map). Will Rogers Parking and Entry Information The 2022 White Coat Ceremony will be livestreamed! Please share the following URL with your friends and family who are unable to attend: HSC 2022 White Coat Ceremony It must convey to even the most anxious a sense of seriousness and purpose that helps provide reassurance and confidence that his/her complaints will be dealt with competently and seriously.

The uniform should imply a purely professional interest. The dress of healers of primitive societies was an important part of the paraphernalia of healing. The authority of dress is serious and purposeful, not social, casual or random. The white coat is a symbolic, non-verbal communication used to express and reaffirm a fundamental belief in a system that society observes. Students swear a professional oath before the assembled group, publicly acknowledging their new responsibilities and their willingness to assume the obligations of their new profession. The students are then presented, “cloaked,” with their first white coats symbolizing the mantle of their chosen profession. The incoming students are welcomed by the President, Provost and Deans and will be addressed by an eminent professional role model.

The HSC ceremony takes place at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium in front of family, friends and selected faculty. The event emphasizes the importance of the foundational mission of the institution: education, research, patient care and service.

The White Coat Ceremony is a “rite of passage” for health science center students that encourages a psychological contract for professionalism and empathy. Gold Foundation of New York, the University of North Texas Health Science Center began the celebration of a White Coat Ceremony in August of 1996.

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