1. White Coat Ceremony Description of a White Coat Ceremony at Aichi Medical University School of Medicine / 医学教育

ABSTRACT

Abstract　The first White Coat Ceremony was officially conducted by prof. Arnold P. Gold at Columbia University in 1993. The professor felt that medical students needed more humanism and professionalism. Therefore, he established the Gold Foundation, the sponsoring organization for the White Coat Ceremony. Since then, it has spread across the country. The aim of the White Coat Ceremony is for medical students to understand the meaning of the responsibility associated with wearing the white coats, and to be aware of humanism and professionalism. Although it has been recently introduced in many medical departments in Japan, implementation methods of the White Coat Ceremony.