The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix virtually welcomed its largest class of students this July to campus.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted the ability for these 100 students to start their medical school journey in-person. Students are starting the year with online classes and celebrating traditions like the writing of the class oath virtually. Each class of first-year students creates its own class oath, reflecting the values they commit to demonstrate and maintain in service to their patients and communities. The White Coat Ceremony that heralds the students’ entry into clinical medicine and welcomes them into the medical profession will be held in the fall.
“The Admissions Committee often referenced how the students of this class knew how to balance it all,” Glen Fogerty, PhD, MBA, associate dean of Admissions and Recruitmentsaid. “I believe this skill will serve the class well — whether it being all that medical school has to …