Taking it to the next level
The School of Pharmacy bestows the white coat on its first-professional-year students during the traditional white coat ceremony.
The School of Pharmacy has recently celebrated its new promotion of first-professional-year students by bestowing the white coat on each of the 73 students. The school’s sixth annual white coat ceremony took place in the presence of LAU President Dr. Joseph G. Jabbra at LAU Byblos.
The ceremony marks the students’ transition from preclinical studies to clinical health sciences.
SOP Dean Dr. Pierre Zalloua congratulated the “future pharmacists” praising the patience, perseverance and hard work they have demonstrated over the two previous years.
“This is a celebration of your acceptance into the professional pharmacy program but this is also the beginning of your career path,” he told the students. “You will be shortly adorned with a white coat, which represents not only a noble profession, but a profession of humbleness to be conducted with utmost ethical behavior,” he added.
LAU’s School of Pharmacy was accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) in 2002. It is the only ACPE-accredited school of its kind outside of the United States.
Addressing the parents, Dr. Zalloua said, “Your children are now diligently moving into the professional path that you have set with them. This path should lead them to their ultimate goal, to be pharmacists, but they will learn, gain and mature along the way.”
