Mercer to welcome new medical students

More than 60 first-year students in Mercer University’s School of Medicine will be cloaked in white coats and welcomed into the medical profession on Saturday.

The white coat ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. in Willingham Auditorium off Coleman Avenue, and another ceremony will take place next month in Savannah, according to a news release from the university. The ceremony was created by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation in 1993 as a way to welcome new medical students and set clear expectations regarding their primary roles as physicians by professing an oath.

This story was originally published August 28, 2015 at 11:47 AM with the headline "Mercer to welcome new medical students ."