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BVetMed White Coat Ceremony 2021

In March this year, our The pledge they recite details their • And finally, we pledge to constantly
veterinary medicine journey to becoming professionals and strive for improvement in our personal
students held their White the ideals they will uphold. and professional growth through a
Coat Ceremony online. "In honour of the years of hard work, commitment to lifelong learning."

This ceremony, which derives its sacrifice and dedication that has We look forward to welcoming the
name from the days when vets and brought us this far, as we embark into Class of 2022 to the RVC alumni
doctors wore white coats in clinics, our clinical rotations, we pledge to: community soon and wish them all the
is a celebration of a major milestone • Uphold the ideals of honesty, integrity, luck in their final year.
whereby veterinary students enter the scientific inquiry and compassion Did you have a White Coat Ceremony?
final phase of their training to become imparted to us by our mentors Please share your photos and memories
vets. It is a fairly new ‘tradition’ that only with us! alumni@rvc.ac.uk
started at the RVC a few years ago. • Behave in a professional manner,
showing respect to our colleagues,
After the ceremony, the students patients, clients, and ourselves
entered clinics in various RVC hospitals,
proudly wearing their clinical uniform, • Diligently assist the profession’s
which identified them as final year endeavour to improve animal health
veterinary students. and welfare

White Coat Ceremony in the Alumni Lecture Theatre, 2020

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