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White
Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony at
McGill was inaugurated 2001. It is entitled, “Donning the
Healer’s Habit Ceremony” and is named in honor of the late Dr.
Joseph Wener. Dr. Wener, a teacher of the Introduction to
Clinical Skills course, was a role model of the physician, as
healer and professional, for a generation of medical students.
The ceremony is held annually in the second year of the program.
An invited speaker addresses issues related to the transition
from laymanship to physicianship.
The students receive their white
coat, a symbol of the professional responsibilities that they
will assume in their clinical life. This is followed by a
recital of a class oath in which they pledge allegiance to core
values of the profession.
Dr. Joseph Wener, MDCM '41
Guest Speakers:
Class Pledges:
White Coat Ceremonies:
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