Like an infatuated old lover, she has returned to me. There was no mention of how I left her;
no talk of how we hadn't seen each other for several years. She came back to me and now …

Doctors and medical students now often wear whatever they want. I feel I am becoming a
grumpy old man when I say this, but some are dressed for going out clubbing rather than …

When I was looking recently at a picture of the faculty of Department of Medicine at the
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in the days shortly after the …

Despite it all, it was exciting and enjoyable and we loved it. Fifty years after graduation, we
met at our reunion and all agreed we made a great choice of a profession. We commented …

16 JAAPA VOL. 19, NO. 7 JULY 2006 www. jaapa. com ately. I tried to add value where I
could, but I postponed answering their questions when I wasn't sure what to say—which was …

The white coat ceremony is a recent ritual that dates back to 1993, when it was first held at
Columbia University. More recently, it has been adopted by over 100 North American …

Most people will, at some point or another, either find themselves dressed in a tiny hospital
gown or staring at someone else dressed in a tiny hospital gown. Whether from the …

I am very honored to give the annual Wallace B. Tomlinson lecture, particularly since Dr.
Tomlinson and I are both graduates of University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and …

After years of anticipation, the golden day had arrived: the first day of my clinical clerkship. I
reported to the obstetrics ward 15 minutes early, wearing my favourite shirt-and-tie …

OU LOOK GREAT in your white coats! I'm reminded of the words my father would say to me
when, as a teenager, I had put on my best clothes for an evening out:“If you act as good as …