The Magic White Coat

On Being a Doctor1 November 1998The Magic White CoatRichard G. Druss, MDRichard G. Druss, MDColumbia P&S; New York, NY 10128Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-129-9-199811010-00014 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail The wintry wind blows cold off the Hudson River at 168th and Broadway. Yet the medical students I see each morning at 8:00, scurrying from one building to the next at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, are without benefit of coat, hat, and gloves; they wear just their white coats. They are young and perhaps don't feel the weather so sharply. They might say that they can't be bothered by bulky clothes as they attend to their many patients. They might also say the tunnels that connect the disparate hospitals of the medical center add unrecoverable minutes to their already hectic schedules. ... Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Columbia P&S; New York, NY 10128Corresponding Author: Richard G. Druss, MD, Columbia P&S, 180 East End Avenue, New York, NY 10128. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoOn White Coats and Professional Development: The Formal and the Hidden Curricula Delese Wear Deconstructing the White Coat William T. Branch Jr. Metrics Cited ByDressed to Heal: The Changing Semiotics of Surgical DressImportance of physicians’ attire: factors influencing the impression it makes on patients, a cross-sectional studyDiscourses of student orientation to medical education programsStunting professionalism: The potency and durability of the hidden curriculum within medical educationMentoring Profession Part II: Mentoring as a Paradigm for Teaching MedicineEvidence‐based physicians' dressing: a crossover trialThe White Coat Ceremony: Turning Trust Into Entitlement 1 November 1998Volume 129, Issue 9Page: 743KeywordsAIDSBloodFatigueRiversStroke Issue Published: 1 November 1998 CopyrightCopyright © 1998 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...