{"id":62432,"date":"2023-04-10T14:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T18:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=62432"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:36:51","slug":"smd-white-coat-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/alumni\/forms\/smd-white-coat-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Form &#8211; SMD White Coat Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section_slide=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffc70a&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Robert L. and Lillian H. Brent White Coat Ceremony<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; box_shadow_on_row=&#8221;no&#8221;][vc_column][vc_empty_space image_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221;][vc_column_text]Incoming medical students are formally inducted into the school during the ceremony in which they receive their white coats\u2014the traditional lab jackets worn by physicians and medical scientists\u2014as a way to symbolize that the new students are joining their peers and predecessors in the profession. The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry has held the ceremony each year since 1994. 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