The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine held its 14th annual White Coat Ceremony Thursday at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland. Physicians presented white coats — the symbolic mantle of the medical profession — to the college’s first-year students.
The first White Coat Ceremony was held at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1993. The rite of passage has quickly become a tradition at most schools of medicine in the United States, according to UNE.
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Dr. Ken Johnson, a dean, helps Sarah Belden of Presque Isle into her white coat. Sarah Smithson, right, brought the coat on stage. Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer
Dr. Marc Hahn, dean and senior vice president for health affairs, holds a blue glass lobster he is presenting to Dr. Joe Kase, president of Maine Osteopathic Association because “he is one in two million,” said Kase. Gordon Chibroski
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