Prospective doctors at the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty took their first steps towards their careers by wearing their white coats at a 14th of March Medicine Day event. A wreath was placed on to the Atatürk bust located in the EMU Atatürk Square by EMU Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Nahide Gökçora, academic personnel and students on Wednesday the 14th of March 2018 at 09:30. A White Coat Wearing Ceremony / Honor and High-Honor Certificate Ceremony took place at the Rauf Raif Denktaş Culture and Congress Center at 14:00. The ceremony commenced with a moment of silence and the national anthem. This was followed by the screening of a Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty promotional film and a musical recital by EMU Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education, Music Teaching Academic Staff Members Makka Rothery and Dilşad Asadova.
“You Will Be Students for Life”
Salih Çanlar and Fadilah Ahmed delivered speeches on behalf of EMU Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty first year students. EMU Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Nahide Gökçora addressed the students stating that they started their profession the day that they stepped into the faculty. Noting that wearing a white coat means signing an invisible agreement, Prof Dr. Gökçora described those who sign this agreement as agreeing to do all they can to ease the pain of other individuals, to be a student throughout their lives in order to follow rapid scientific developments in the field and to promise to work in order to remove factors that lead to bad health with the realization that preventing illnesses is more important than treating them. Prof Dr. Gökçora went on to state: “This white coat will provide you the opportunity to earn the respect, gratitude and blessing of others. Saving lives and helping people who require it will make you happy. Sensing the gratitude in the eyes of a masked child, the tongue of an old woman or the screams of a new baby will be an indescribably positive feeling.
“We Will Reach a High Place in the Field”
EMU’s Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Özkaramanlı started his speech by wishing all medical staff a happy 14th of March Medicine Day. Prof. Dr. Özkaramanlı proceeded to state that despite being founded only six years ago the EMU Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty has achieved great success. Prof. Dr. Özkaramanlı underlined that the university’s medicine program was featured on the World Directory of Medical Schools and that EMU students can apply for the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) with Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) certificates, therefore they can specialize in the USA. Stating that they are proud to be graduating their first students this year, Prof. Dr. Özkaramanlı emphasized that they will bring the EMU Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty to a high place in a field which is globally very competitive.
First Step towards Becoming a Doctor
At the White Coat Ceremony that took place after the opening speeches, the medicine students took their first steps towards their professions. A presentation titled “Innovations in Cardiac Surgery” was delivered by world-famous heart surgeon Ordinarius Professor Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos, founder of the Kalangos Foundation and the humanitarian association “Hearts for all”. Following the presentation students were awarded their honor and high honor certificates for the 2017-2018 Academic Year. After messages were delivered by faculty graduates, the event ended with a guitar perfomance by EMU Dr. Fazıl Küçük Medicine Faculty student Seba Beter and a cocktail.
