2024 White Coat Ceremony Program

Printable White Coat Ceremony 2024 Program

UNT System College of Pharmacy

College of Health Professions

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Aug. 23, 2024 – 9 a.m.
Will Rogers Memorial Center Auditorium
Fort Worth, Texas

PROCESSIONAL

NATIONAL ANTHEM*

WELCOME
RADM (Ret) Sylvia Trent-Adams, Ph.D., R.N.
HSC President

REMARKS
Charles Taylor, Pharm.D.
Provost & Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs

INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT SPEAKERS
Annesha White, Pharm.D., M.S, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, UNT System College of Pharmacy

J. Glenn Forister, Ph.D., PA-C
Dean, College of Health Professions

Frank A. Filipetto, D.O., C.P.P.S., F.A.C.O.F.P.
Dean & Everett Endowed Professor, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

STUDENT SPEAKERS

Hillary Matthews, Class of 2025
UNT System College of Pharmacy

Kate Walker, Class of 2026
Physician Assistant Studies

Crystal Gatling, Class of 2026
Department of Physical Therapy

Samin Zahra Arianpour, Class of 2026
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

PRESENTATION OF WHITE COATS

UNT SYSTEM COLLEGE OF PHARMACY OATH

Vinodha Sadasivam, Pharm.D., M.B.A.
Pharmacy Manager

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OATH

Lauren Dobbs, M.M.S., PA-C
Program Chair and Director & Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Program

PHYSICAL THERAPY OATH

Michael Furtado, P.T., D.P.T., Ed.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

OSTEOPATHIC OATH

Priya Bui, D.O.
Chair and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Women’s Health

*Audience, please stand and silence all electronic devices.

CLOSING REMARKS

RECESSIONAL

GRAND MARSHAL

Veda Womack, M.B.A., PA-C
President of the Faculty Senate

SOLOIST

Erica V. Simmons, D.M.A.
UNT Alumna

FACULTY COATERS

UNT System College of Pharmacy

Lisa Killam-Worrall, Pharm.D.
Rolake Neba, Pharm.D.
Denise Inman, Ph.D.

Physician Assistant Studies

Amanda Brosnan, M.P.A.S., M.P.H., PA-C
Lauren Dobbs, M.M.S., PA-C
Vic Holmes, Ed.D., M.P.A.S., PA-C

Department of Physical Therapy

Jehad Alzyoud, P.T., Ph.D.
Jeegisha Kapila, P.T., Ph.D.

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Advisory Colleges

THE
PHARMACIST OATH

I PROMISE to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy. In fulfilling this vow:

I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns.

I will promote inclusion, embrace diversity and advocate for justice to advance health equity.

I will apply my knowledge, experience and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for all patients.

I will respect and protect all personal and health information entrusted to me.

I will accept the responsibility to improve my professional knowledge, expertise and self-awareness.

I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s moral, ethical and legal conduct.

I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care.

I will utilize my knowledge, skills, experiences and values to prepare the next generation of pharmacists.

I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the
responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public.

THE
OSTEOPATHIC OATH

I DO HEREBY AFFIRM my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter.

I will be mindful of my great responsibility to preserve the health and the life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity,
to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized
methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill
and ability, keeping in mind always nature’s law and the body’s inherent
capacity for recovery.

I will be ever vigilant in aiding the general welfare of the community,
sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession.

I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.

I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit
of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or on their rightful practices.

I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art.
To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and
for the interests of the students who will come after me.

I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truth
to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathic medicine as taught by my profession.

In the presence of this gathering, I bind myself to this oath.

THE
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OATH

I PLEDGE to perform the following duties with honesty, integrity and dedication, remembering always that my primary responsibility is to the health, safety, welfare and dignity of all human beings:

I recognize and promote the value of diversity, and I will treat equally
all persons who seek my care.

I will uphold the tenets of patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence,
justice and the principle of informed consent.

I will hold in confidence the information shared with me in the course of
practicing medicine, except where I am authorized to impart such knowledge.

I will be diligent in understanding both my personal capabilities and my
limitations, striving always to improve my practice of medicine.

I will actively seek to expand my intellectual knowledge and skills, keeping abreast of advances in medical art and science.

I will work with other members of the health care team to assure compassionate
and effective care of patients.

I will uphold and enhance community values and use the knowledge and
experience acquired as a PA to contribute to an improved community.

I will respect my professional relationship with physicians and other
members of the health care team.

I recognize my duty to perpetuate knowledge within the profession.
These duties are pledged with sincerity and on my honor.

THE
PHYSICAL THERAPIST OATH

AS I ENTER THE PROFESSION
to practice as a physical therapist, I solemnly and willingly
pledge the following upon my honor:

I will accept full responsibility for the roles, obligations
and actions of the physical therapist.

I will place the interests and needs of the patients above my own.

I will demonstrate respect, compassion and empathy for
all individuals by advocating on their behalf.

I will consistently use current knowledge by embracing
advancement, by challenging mediocrity and by promoting
high standards for practice, education and research.

I will engage in excellence of care by collaborating
and communicating effectively with colleagues, with other
professionals and, most importantly, with the patient.

I will steadfastly adhere to high ethical principles, professional
standards and all rules and regulations that govern
the physical therapy profession.

I will provide physical therapy services with humility to benefit
patients, serve the profession and positively influence society.

Thus, I accept the responsibilities that accompany the practice of
physical therapy by freely binding myself to this oath.