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COMP-Northwest
reaches full enrollment
T why you wanted to be a physician. Know what role
Tomorrow’s osteopathic physicians will encounter a
host of distractions on their journey to improving
you want to play in your community.
health care, but must stay focused so that they
“Those of us in the community look up to you. We
become the health care leaders their communities
expect and need.
The Class of 2018 also heard from Al Turner, DO,
That was the message on Saturday, August 2, 2014, need you to lead us.”
from Oregon State Rep. Sherrie Sprenger as she gave who gave the white coat address, which followed
the keynote address at the fourth Convocation and the Convocation proceedings. During the white coat
White Coat Ceremony for the College of ceremony, and with the help of a faculty member,
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Northwest. each incoming student dons a white coat
COMP-Northwest is the Oregon campus of the representing their entry into the health professions.
Pomona, Calif.-based College of Osteopathic
Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), one of nine colleges Turner said that, on its face, a white coat doesn’t
comprising Western University of Health Sciences. mean much. “The meat cutters at Costco wear white
coats. So does Chef Boyardee. So does the pope,” he
The fourth class of entering students – 105 in all -- said. “But a white coat doesn’t make you a meat
means COMP-Northwest has reached full cutter or a chef. And it sure doesn’t make you the
enrollment, at just over 400 students. The campus’ pope.”
inaugural class, which entered in 2011, will graduate
in June 2015. How the person who wears the coat treats other
people and the osteopathic profession is what
“You will face distractions. The only way I know matters, Turner said. “Osteopathic medicine is an
how to overcome distractions is with laser-like entirely different way of looking at health and
focus,” Sprenger said. “Know without hesitation disease. Finding health is exciting, challenging,
6 Western University of Health Sciences
reaches full enrollment
T why you wanted to be a physician. Know what role
Tomorrow’s osteopathic physicians will encounter a
host of distractions on their journey to improving
you want to play in your community.
health care, but must stay focused so that they
“Those of us in the community look up to you. We
become the health care leaders their communities
expect and need.
The Class of 2018 also heard from Al Turner, DO,
That was the message on Saturday, August 2, 2014, need you to lead us.”
from Oregon State Rep. Sherrie Sprenger as she gave who gave the white coat address, which followed
the keynote address at the fourth Convocation and the Convocation proceedings. During the white coat
White Coat Ceremony for the College of ceremony, and with the help of a faculty member,
Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific – Northwest. each incoming student dons a white coat
COMP-Northwest is the Oregon campus of the representing their entry into the health professions.
Pomona, Calif.-based College of Osteopathic
Medicine of the Pacific (COMP), one of nine colleges Turner said that, on its face, a white coat doesn’t
comprising Western University of Health Sciences. mean much. “The meat cutters at Costco wear white
coats. So does Chef Boyardee. So does the pope,” he
The fourth class of entering students – 105 in all -- said. “But a white coat doesn’t make you a meat
means COMP-Northwest has reached full cutter or a chef. And it sure doesn’t make you the
enrollment, at just over 400 students. The campus’ pope.”
inaugural class, which entered in 2011, will graduate
in June 2015. How the person who wears the coat treats other
people and the osteopathic profession is what
“You will face distractions. The only way I know matters, Turner said. “Osteopathic medicine is an
how to overcome distractions is with laser-like entirely different way of looking at health and
focus,” Sprenger said. “Know without hesitation disease. Finding health is exciting, challenging,
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