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Graduate Coating Ceremony

The Graduate Student Association proposes that Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Graduate Programs hold an annual coating ceremony to honor and welcome graduate students into the professional world of scientific research. History:
Before the middle of the 19th century, long laboratory coats were the distinct dress of laboratory scientists. To gain public trust and mark the new focus of science in medicine, physicians adopted the long lab coat. The physicians White Coat Ceremony is a recent development originating in 1993 at Columbia Universitys college of Physicians and Surgeons. In recent years, Doctor of Philosophy programs across the United States have held coating ceremonies where graduate students pledge to uphold the values of integrity, professionalism, and scholarship in their careers as biomedical scientists.

Example Program:
Welcome & Introduction Deans Welcome Student Welcome Keynote Speaker Lab Coat Cloaking Recitation of Graduate Student Oath Closing Message Associate Dean for Graduate Student Affairse Dean of Medical Faculty Graduate Student Affairs Notable Internal Faculty Program Directors Associate Dean for Graduate Student Affairs

Participants:
As passing the Graduate Board Oral Examination marks the entrance of entering into full-time research, we propose that all graduate students that pass the examination without conditions during the academic year be encouraged to participate. An estimated 100-140 students fall in this category each year.

Time and Location:


We propose that this ceremony occurs in early May of each academic year. This ceremony should be separate from graduation for several reasons. First, graduation is to honor the accomplishments of students who have completed their training; adding a coating ceremony would distract from this focus and extend the graduation program. Second, recitation of the Graduate Student Oath is applicable to the research students accomplish during their graduate school career and thus commitment to these ideals should not be delayed until graduation. Wood Basic Science or Turner Auditorium would be appropriate venues.

Purpose of Ceremony:
To honor and celebrate with family and friends the accomplishment of entering the research community at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine To celebrate the passing of the Graduate Board Oral examination which marks the transition from the classroom to full-time research To foster community between the 14 Doctor of Philosophy programs on the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus To uphold the values of integrity, professionalism, and scholarship in biomedical research through the recitation of the Graduate Student Oath.

Cost:
The main cost would be the embroidered laboratory coat which is available for $30-$40/coat in the bookstore. However, several programs already provide students with embroidered coats.

Graduate Student Oath Johns Hopkins 2009, modified 2011 As a scientist, I shall strive to uphold the following principles: To strive for the best possible answers to my questions, even if they are difficult, and always question my results and conclusions. To be honest about my research results, regardless of whether they are positive or negative. To approach a challenge from multiple points of view. To value my own work and ideas, learn but not take from others, and value my discipline by crediting the discoveries that have supported my own. To acknowledge that my work has been guided and influenced by the previous contributions of other members of the scientific community, and to embrace that my work will be built upon in future studies by my peers. To always do my best to be supportive of others, to promote a collaborative, supportive, positive environment for creative research. To exchange knowledge with others, understanding that a discovery that is never shared benefits no one. To take pride in my work outside the laboratory, as an ambassador of knowledge to a public that will trust science by trusting its practitioners. To remember that my work can benefit others.

Current PhD Coating Ceremonies: Stanford School of Medicine (2010) Vanderbilt School of Medicine (2010) Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (2012) Case Western Reserve University (2013)

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