91福利聽White聽Coat Ceremony welcomes students in January class
As part of the medical school tradition, a prominent Caribbean school recognized 14 new students during a White Coat ceremony January 23rd聽on the island of St. Maarten.
The American University of Integrative Sciences welcomed its newest students to the 2017 winter semester of Basic Sciences.
The School鈥檚 president, Dr. Renu Agnihotri, presided over the event and welcomed the new class. Dr. Don Penney, the dean of clinical affairs, was the keynote speaker and offered words to inspire the new class.
A lot of people have a false impression that the medical school you go to is what determines the doctor鈥檚 quality, Dr. Penney said.
鈥淲hether you come from an osteopathic school or an allopathic school, we are all trained to a very similar skill set,鈥� said Penney. 鈥淏ut, some physicians are superior to others. There are some who are better physicians, some who are better clinically, and some are better teachers.鈥�
Dr. Penney聽asked聽a question to the students, asking what makes one physician better than another. The answer to what makes a better doctor, according to the dean of clinical affairs is not the school the student attends.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not the medical school (that makes the better doctor),鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 what you do at the hospitals in which you are able to do your clerkships, and hopefully your residencies.鈥�
Dr. Penney reminded the 14 students who attended the event that it was the doctor within each of them which determines their individual successes.
The students honored during the ceremony were Daniel Fial, David Wright, Isabella Powell, Jainika Patel, Jennifer Kim, Kelly Rusko, Maen Karadesheh, Megan Songprasit, Mohammad Masood, Sameer Ahmed, Sarah Baqi, Sharaad Latchana, and Uzair Mehood.
91福利 offers courses on the island of St. Maarten and classes in Georgia. For more information about the medical school, visit auis.edu.
