The All Saints University hosted its 37th White Coat Ceremony on Friday June 1st with over 60 students receiving their white coats.The White Coat Ceremony formally marks an educational milestone for the students who have completed basic sciences and now continue to pre-clinical studies.
This year was also the first year that MD1-MD5 students all received their coats at the same ceremony and in her comments Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr.Anzhelika Ivasenko encouraged students stating, “Today you will put on your white coats but we hope that you recognize that although this is a celebration this is also about accepting and acknowledging your responsibility.”
Minister For Education, Peter St.Jean who also attended the event noted, “Carry yourselves honorably…in a manner befitting of this honorable and noble profession that you have chosen.”
He also commended the faculty and staff of All Saints University.
“I wish to congratulate you for this activity, an important date on your yearly academic calendar,” St. Jean stated. “As pointed out earlier, today’s ceremony signifies the 37th ceremony. That, to my mind, is a great achievement and you should be congratulated for this.
This is also the first time students from MD1-MD5 are all receiving their white coats together which means therefore, that all saints is actually growing..today marks an achievement not only for you at All Saints but also to us as Government and the Ministries of Education and Health .”
Dr Basil Fadipe, who gave the faculty speech, urged students to strive to keep their white coats pristine by fulfilling their medical responsibility.
“ I hope to meet you all in 10 or 20 years time if all of us are still alive and see sparkling white coats, not a coat that is shorter not a coat that is less white,” Dr. Fadipe told the graduates.
Dean’s list awardee, Emmanuel Onyekachi had some encouraging works for his fellow students.
“ You’ve made it this far and are still standing, never give up or let the stories of others define you..the words may seem bulky the information easy to forget but remember that there is a greater goal ahead and this is just a stepping stone to meet it…..you are better than your yesterday and you can’t give up now…” Onyekachi remarked.
All Saints University School of Medicine, Dominica is accredited. It received its accreditation from Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM), Ireland.
a big specialist, ASU has international accreditation and brings money to the island
What is the minister for education doing at an activity organized by an institution that is NOT accredited/ where are these individuals going to practice? Who will be willing guinea pigs? Surely not me!! Oh! what a tangled wed they weave!! Let’s continue to play smart with “chupidness’.
HOTEP!
Back up your statement with facts please, I am sure we would like to know what you mean, because from my research the university is accredited and the degree is recognized across many countries.
Tell us what we may not know!!!!
hey a big specialist, ASU has international accreditation and brings money to this island.
hey a big specialist, ASU has international accreditation and brings money to the island.
hey, a big specialist, ASU has international accreditation and every year brings money to the island.
Nkrumah Kwame, for the records, All Saints University School of Medicine has been accredited. It is so appalling that with all the unlimited access to the internet we have in this age, you still couldn’t at least try to get updated with the right piece of information.
By the way, who told you that graduates of the school have not been practicing their field for which they were trained for over the years? Have you been to the school or have you interacted with the graduates?
Please desist from being an agent of disemminating false claims.
If All Saints has a current enrollment of 660 students why don’t they occupy the former Ross campus in Portsmouth? It would be a win win situation for all concerned.
due to government, they are still waiting that Ross returns, lol.
better to start thinking about normal airport. It is only island without international airport.
local government is still waiting that Ross returns, lol.
better to start to think about a normal airport. It is the only island without an international airport.
local government is still waiting that Ross returns, lol.
better to start thinking about the normal airport. It is only one island which is without an international airport.
Moun pa ka di tousen ankò. Yo chanjé tout bagay kwéyòl an anglé. This how the culture disappears.
Did any locals receive white coats??
Usually, there are some Dominican and other Caribbean students