The young dental candidates of ESOGÜ wore their white coats İhlas News Agency
The ‘2023-2024 Academic Year White Coat Wearing Ceremony’ was held for the first year students of the Faculty of Dentistry of Eskişehir Osmangazi University (ESOGÜ).
The first year students of the Faculty of Dentistry of ESOGÜ took their first steps in the profession of dentistry with the ‘White Coat Covering Ceremony of the Course 2023-2024’ organized by the dean’s office of the Faculty of the Center of Congresses and Culture of ESOGÜ.
Speaking at the event, the dean of the Faculty of Dentistry of the ESOGÜ Prof. Dr. Batu Can Yaman stated that 115 years ago, on November 22, 1908, in the Assembly of Professors of Medicine, it was decided to establish the Aliyesi School of Dentistry, and since 1996, this special week and the date it contains is celebrated as Dentists. ‘ Day and Society to commemorate the establishment of scientific dentistry in our country, he pointed out that it was celebrated as Oral Health Week and that on this important date a white coat ceremony was organized for the first year 11th term students. Prof. Dr. Yaman stated that they are excited and proud that the new students will join the family of ESOGÜ Faculty of Dentistry, which is among the top 10 state universities in preferences. Addressing the young dentist candidates, Prof. Dr. During their five years of education, Yaman guides them; We aim to train dentists as competent and appropriate to the conditions of the age, with the academic staff of the faculty who have experience in their fields, contribute to science and society by closely following science and technology, they are constantly renewed , achieve significant national and international success with their studies, and each of which is a separate value. Prof. Dr. To the brave young men; Remembering that the training and profession of dentistry requires renewal according to the demands of age and technological evolution and to have an updated and dynamic knowledge base, he advised them to continue learning their profession until on the last day and to continue with their professional life. by always being open to innovations. Emphasizing that the duty of dentists is to transform society into individuals who know the importance of oral health, and who also make a real effort to protect oral health and to guide them. Dr. Yaman pointed out that the traditional role of the profession is also changing with the development and increasing needs of society, technological advances and the expansion of the goals and responsibilities of the dentist in the framework of oral health relationships – general Prof. Dr. Yaman stated that the pandemic process we have experienced has shown us that our world will need brave, self-confident, contemporary and renewing dentists more than ever in the coming period, adding that the development process and the speed competitive health care The world will bring self-trained dentists seeing the future to the fore, he claimed that would make it come out.
Rector Çolak addressed the students and their families
ESOGÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Kamil Çolak began his speech by reminding the young dentist candidates that after long and hard work, they have become university students and students of ESOGÜ and that they will now walk towards a new goal. Prof. Dr. Çolak said this goal is to become respected dentists, equipped with scientific knowledge and professional ethics. Prof. Dr. Çolak has stated that the new students of the Faculty of Dentistry will wear the white coat, which is the symbol of one of the most respected professions in the world, and that the white coat, which they will wear with honor throughout their professional life and which is the symbol of hope and healing, will show them from now on the responsibilities of this profession and their obligations to the patients who trust them. Prof. advised young dental candidates to equip themselves with the best and most up-to-date information by constantly pursuing knowledge throughout their five-year training challenges. Dr. Çolak asked the young people to strive to internalize human and professional values throughout their training, while working to learn their profession in the best possible way, and not to forget that their profession is a valuable title and respect offered by their families and countries. Addressing the students’ families, Prof. Dr. Çolak said that his children, who have led to this point with great sacrifices, are today a pride both for themselves and for their country, and that his children, who are now part of the ESOGÜ family, they are confident Prof. Dr. Çolak stated that his biggest wish is to make each of them a brilliant dentist and to meet the graduates’ families at the graduation ceremony five years later. Reminding young dental candidates that at ESOGÜ they will be trained by professors who are all experts in their fields and who have achieved many successes with their studies and research, and that they will receive professional training at an international level taking advantage of all opportunities. of technology Dr. Çolak stated that as long as teachers share all their knowledge and experience within the master-apprentice relationship, they will work hard and become innovative and competent dentists committed to professional values and professional ethics. The professor asked the young dental candidates to live a life worthy of the pure and clean aprons they wear, the honorable profession of which they hold the title, and to never leave a stain on the white coat. Dr. To the youth of Çolak; They should always remember that the profession they will practice is a profession eager for knowledge and innovation, equip themselves with the most up-to-date information and technologies with the understanding of “lifelong education”, keep walking on the path of reason, and guide always by the saying ‘He who loves his country the most is the one who does his duty best’, he advised them to strive to be the best. Prof. Dr. Çolak congratulated all the new students of the Faculty of Dentistry of ESOGÜ and wished them success in their new life, who today started wearing the white coat. After the interventions, the young dental candidates were given the white coat by the protocol and the teaching staff.
In addition to the management of ESOGÜ, the ceremony was attended by the Deputy Governor of Eskişehir, Kürşat Güleryüz, the faculty of the Faculty of Dentistry and the families.
