I do hereby affirm my loyalty to the profession I am about to enter. I will be mindful always of my great responsibility to preserve the health and life of my patients, to retain their confidence and respect both as a physician and a friend who will guard their secrets with scrupulous honor and fidelity, to perform faithfully my professional duties, to employ only those recognized methods of treatment consistent with good judgment and with my skill and ability, keeping in mind always nature's laws and the body's inherent capacity for recovery.
I will be ever vigilant in aiding in the general welfare of the community, sustaining its laws and institutions, not engaging in those practices which will in any way bring shame or discredit upon myself or my profession. I will give no drugs for deadly purposes to any person, though it be asked of me.
I will endeavor to work in accord with my colleagues in a spirit of progressive cooperation and never by word or by act cast imputations upon them or their rightful practices.
I will look with respect and esteem upon all those who have taught me my art. To my college I will be loyal and strive always for its best interests and for the interests of the students who will come after me. I will be ever alert to further the application of basic biologic truths to the healing arts and to develop the principles of osteopathy which were first enunciated by Andrew Taylor Still.
On Saturday West Virginia's College of Osteopathic Medicine held their White Coat Ceremony for the class of 2013.Derek and his classmates recited the Osteopathic Oath together as part of the ceremony. My father-in-law David flew out from Utah for the occasion and stayed for a few days to visit.
Mom sent us these beautiful leis from Hawaii,she was so worried that we wouldn't get them on time. Thanks mom we loved them!
Derek and his father, they are so much a like it's fun to watch them. We'll miss him, this weekend has gone by way too fast.
Mormon Mafia crew, we couldn't find Jonathan Lewis and his family anywhere.
I'm so proud of my husband, he is doing well and he is enjoying himself while learning so much material.
Touring the school with David, this is the Osteopathic Manipulation Clinical room (Derek has since become great at giving his wife massages!) He also got a chance to tour the Anatomy lab,it's a high quality lab so we like to show it off.
...More about our tour of West Virginia, To Be Continued...
