UTHSC Class of 2025 White Coat Ceremony

The White Coat Ceremony calls on students to incorporate the humanistic ideals of medicine in their future care of patients. Each year, approximately 170 students are formally welcomed as UTHSC’s newest class of medical students at the annual White Coat Ceremony. Our new medical students gather in the presence of their families, guests, faculty members and college leaders to formally receive the cloak of their future profession: the white coat. This event marks each student's entry into clinical medicine - a milestone in the education of a medical student