(PHILADELPHIA) – The 153 members of the University
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine’s
entering class of 2007, hailing from 31 states and 54 colleges
from around the county, will be presented with the traditional “white
coat” and recite the Hippocratic
Oath to mark the official
beginning of their medical careers.
| WHERE: |
Zellerbach Theatre [directions
and map]
Annenberg Center
University of Pennsylvania
3680 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
19104
|
| WHEN: |
August 10, 2007
3 – 5 p.m. |
| WHO: |
- Keynote Address, A
Journey of Professionalism, presented by Richard
A. Cooper, MD, Professor of
Medicine and Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of
Health Economics
- On
Being a Doctor, presented
by Arthur H. Rubenstein, MBBCh, Executive
Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for
the Health System and Dean of the School of Medicine
- White
coats presented by Gail Morrison, MD, Vice
Dean for Education and Director of the Office of Academic
Programs
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