A total of 109 new students from the School of Medicine (EM) of the University of Puerto Rico (RCM) of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) received their white bat, as a symbol of the beginning of life as professionals medicine.
During the activity, the 2024 class of the EM hizo the compromise of owning the medicine with composition and professionalism to realize the Declaration of Ideals.
“We extend sincere congratulations to the 109 futures doctors who received their white bat. This ceremony represents the official investment of students, our medical students in their medical careers. The white bat ceremony symbolizes the start of a project “It’s a vocation that requires compromise, love and passion,” said Segundo Rodriguez, interim rector of the Medical Council.
For his part, the president of the UPR, Jorge Haddock, congratulated the medical students and the institute on acquiring the profession with passion and compromise.
“Congratulations to these medical students who have been judged to be one of the noblest professionals and have the greatest impact on the lives of the people, as well as on the collective well-being. From medicine, it is the responsibility to pay full attention to them Citizens, Brindar access, services and security in a vital area for human life “, said Haddock.
“Our line of organization and experience is that which forms part of the institution and that initiates an education of primary quality, as offered by the University of Puerto Rico, thanks to which the best faculty and professionals of first order to serve them In the global context of the pandemic cobra mayor important the formation of new professionals in the camp of medicine. ‘Enhorabuena!
“The white bat ceremony symbolizes the entry into the service profession in favor of the needs of a country. The emblematic bat is a symbol of transparency and clarity. Today there are more than 130 medical schools celebrating the activity in the United States At the UPR School of Medicine, our honor will continue with our legacy of academic excellence, service and research for the benefit of citizenship, patients, medicine and science “, apology, for his part, Agustín Rodríguez, dean of the School of Medicine.