Fake it till you make it

On Monday, the program had the official group picture day. So we were all required to wear our white coats. I am going to explain a little bit about the importance of the white coat in the doctor's profession. When you enter medical school, there is an official "white coat" ceremony, where you are officially inducted as a medical student. The coat is short, like a regular jacket, distinguishing you from the "real doctors." Once you graduate from medical school, you get an upgrade to the long, white coat that we often associate with doctors and researchers. The funny thing is that for the program, we were given long white coats. Our picture session was only 15 minutes after our last class for the day, so many of us walked over wearing our white coats. It was really interesting to see the reactions of the doctors and regular people walking through the hospital. You could tell from the puzzled/amazed look on their faces that they were thinking "how is she so young?" Well even though I am not an official doctor, yet, it was really cool to wear the white coat and pretend for a day. It is crazy to think that someday soon, it will be for real.