UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine celebrates wellness, family medicine at annual White Coat Ceremony

On October 6, 2016, students from The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine Class of 2020 took the Oath of Honor and received their white coats, symbolizing their entry into the medical profession.

The White Coat Ceremony was an idea conceived by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation to create a psychological contract for professionalism and empathy in medicine. The first White Coat Ceremony took place in 1993 at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. Since then, 97% of medical schools in the U.S. and abroad have initiated a similar ceremony.

Students heard from speaker Robert Danoff, D.O. ’86, FACOFP, FAAFP. He is board certified in family medicine and has earned a fellow degree distinction by both the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the only physician to have been nominated and been awarded both the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians National Educator of the Year Award and the American Osteopathic Association's National Educator of the Year Award.

Danoff serves on national committees, including as past chair of the ACOFP Committee on Education and Evaluation, current chair of the National Family Medicine Board Review sponsored by the ACOFP, and is one of the select group of osteopathic physicians named as members of the ACGME Review Committee for Family Medicine. This is one of the major committees involved in the review of family medicine residency programs as we move on the path toward single accreditation.

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