CDE: [The Dean's Speaker Series] The History of the White Coat

Time: 12:00-1:00 pm

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CE Credits: 1.0 lecture credits

Description

Have you ever asked why doctors wear white coats? Why not red or brown? The story of why doctors wear a white coat is steeped in recent history (150 years) but its origin is at least 2000 years old. The current presentation will explore the origin of the ceremony of inducting young doctors into their chosen profession while wearing a white coat and taking an oath. Further will look at the time when doctors wore black street cloth and the reason why they have chosen white as the basic color of their garment.

Objectives

• To demonstrate that historical perspective of general and oral health is key in becoming a good healthcare provider
• Understand that we all “stand on the shoulders of giants” when it comes to making progress
• Have an appreciation of historical discoveries and the sacrifices many scientists and healthcare providers have made, including the current coronavirus pandemic.

Speaker

Dr. Andrew I. Spielman is Professor at the Department of Molecular Pathobiology and Former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at New York University College of Dentistry. He received his DMD degree from Romania (1974), Master’s (1985) and Ph. D. in Biochemistry (1988) from University of Toronto, Canada, his certificate in Maxillofacial Surgery from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), School of Medicine, Israel (1981), a postdoctoral education at Monell Center, Philadelphia (neuroscience of taste, 1989), and a Certificate in History of Medicine (online, non-credit) from Oxford University, UK (2018). He has been a faculty at New York University College of Dentistry since 1989 teaching cell biology and biochemistry as well as integration of clinical with basic sciences. Author of over 130 publications, coeditor of book on chemosensory cell biology and the author of a recently published two-volume commemorative 150-Year History of NYU College of Dentistry. He is recipient of 3 teaching awards, one from NYU and two from ADEA. He is member of national/ international editorial/advisory boards, founding member of the Committee on Integrated National Board Examination in the US and former Chair of the Joint Commission on the National Dental Board Examinations. Has served as CODA curriculum consultant for the past 18 years and worked as a consultant with numerous US dental schools on curricular integration efforts in anticipation of the INBDE. He has a keen interest in History of Medicine and Dentistry, runs a full-semester elective course on the subject at NYU and was recently named Director of the Bernard Weinberger Rare Book Library at NYU College of Dentistry. He is currently working on an Illustrated Encyclopædia of History of Dentistry with an anticipated publication date of 2022.

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University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credits.