Medical Students to Mark Transition to Patient-Care Years

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Third-year medical students in the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences will mark the transition from the classroom to the real world of medical treatment at the first annual Student Clinician Ceremony, to be held at 1 p.m. Aug. 18 in the Center for the Arts on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.

Third-year students will be honored for their achievements in the clinical science years (the first two years of medical school spent on campus), and will receive a charge to practice and maintain high ethical standards as they enter two years of clinical training in which they will work with patients in hospitals and clinics.

Six resident physicians with whom the medical students have worked will receive the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award at the ceremony. The medical students selected the recipients for serving as role models through their commitment to teaching, compassion and empathy toward patients.

Jack Coyne, M.D., UB clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, will deliver the keynote address. Coyne received the Humanism in Medicine award at last year's White Coat Ceremony for entering medical students.

The student clinician ceremony is funded by a grant from the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.