Des Moines University holds white coat ceremony for 456 students<\/p>\n
DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Des Moines University held its White Coat Ceremony today, celebrating 456 students as they begin their careers in health care. The event recognized 232 future doctors of osteopathic medicine, 62 future doctors of podiatric medicine, 61 future physician assistants, 66 future physical therapists, and 35 future occupational therapists. <\/p>\n Des Moines University President Angela L. Walker Franklin addressed the students during the ceremony. <\/p>\n “Students, when you don the white coat today, you assume not only the responsibilities but also the obligation that attend to those who choose to provide care to other human beings,” Franklin said. <\/p>\n All 456 students recited the White Coat Oath together, symbolizing their commitment to the responsibilities of their chosen professions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Des Moines University holds white coat ceremony for 456 students DES MOINES, Iowa \u2014 Des Moines University held…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1046006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[35],"tags":[2563,5987,418585,2576,418586,418587,418590,210,1141,1142,41145,418588,418591,418589,19029,15689,67,132,68,407381,418592],"class_list":["post-1046005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-career","tag-des-moines","tag-des-moines-university","tag-event","tag-future-doctor","tag-future-physical-therapist","tag-future-physician-assistant","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-kcci","tag-osteopathic-medicine","tag-other-human-being","tag-podiatric-medicine","tag-responsibility","tag-student","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-white-coat-ceremony","tag-white-coat-oath"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117221519679185107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}