Arizona State University Notes about the White Coat Ceremony Essay

For this assignment you are tasked to observe, take notes, and analyze the White Coat Ceremony. This will be similar to your field notes assignments however we are choosing the location and participants to study. The Ceremony will be available to stream or re-watch on YouTube. Before watching or attending you should do research and become familiar with the ceremony, discover the symbolism behind it.

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• What is a White Coat Ceremony?
• What does it mean for the participants?
• What does it mean for the viewers?
• Why a white coat?

Once familiar with the ceremony you will be able to evaluate the event more efficiently. Take note of what went as expected and what didn’t, what was surprising, how is the ceremony connected to the Community/University. The goal is to analyze the relationship of this event and our society and look for structures and symbols that allows them to create their own small society.

This assignment has two parts but one submission. Part one is all that you did to prepare for your observation. (Please have this done before the observation as this will affect your ability to do part two.) Part 2 is all that you observed during the observation, your evaluation, and reflection of your expectations from part 1.