{"id":83018,"date":"2020-04-17T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?p=83018"},"modified":"2020-04-17T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:02:30","slug":"class-of-2020-to-make-history-today-with-early-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/2020\/04\/17\/class-of-2020-to-make-history-today-with-early-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2020 to Make History Today with Early Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83030\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-big-Resize2-image002-636x363.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83030\" width=\"636\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-big-Resize2-image002-636x363.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-big-Resize2-image002-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-big-Resize2-image002-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-big-Resize2-image002.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the BU School of Medicine Class of 2020 were invited to recite the Hippocratic Oath via Zoom in advance of their virtual graduation ceremony, which will be held via Facebook Live on Friday, April 17, at 1 pm. Photos courtesy of School of Medicine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, Friday, April 17, the Boston University School of Medicine Class of 2020 will make a bit of history when they graduate. Not only will the fourth-year students graduate a month earlier than scheduled so they can jump immediately into the front lines of medicine during the global coronavirus pandemic, but they will also do so without all the glory of an in-person convocation, and instead will graduate remotely, with a virtual\u2014and memorable\u2014ceremony conducted via Facebook Live.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some other notable points, quotes, and tidbits from what will be an unprecedented moment in MED\u2019s 172-year history.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Class of 2020 has 190 members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Of MED\u2019s fourth-year students, 55 plan to do their residency in Massachusetts, 30 in California, and 21 in New York\u2014the three most popular states. Internal medicine, with 41 students, is the most popular specialty, 24 students are specializing in general surgery, 15 in pediatrics, 15 in emergency medicine, 13 in obstetrics and gynecology, and 12 in family medicine.<\/li>\n<li>The tagline for MED has never been more apropos than it is today: \u201cA long tradition of research and innovation. We are frontline medicine.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote butoday-block-bu-pullquote is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n<div class=\"container-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote butoday-block-bu-pullquote is-style-modern has-image-focus-center-middle has-primary-theme\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-bu-pullquote-inner\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n<div class=\"container-icon-outer\">\n<div class=\"container-icon-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container-text\">\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"quote-sizing\">You are becoming physicians at perhaps the most medically challenging time in the last century.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"caption\">\u2014Karen Antman, dean of MED and provost of the Medical Campus<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To the graduates, Karen H. Antman, dean of MED and provost of the Medical Campus, will address the public health crisis that the graduates will soon confront: \u201cYou are becoming physicians at perhaps the most medically challenging time in the last century.\u2026Now, as a newly minted physician, you will be literally on the front lines of a global pandemic,\u201d she is expected to say. \u201cThis will change your residencies that you had planned and this will change you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So that they are able to immediately begin practicing medicine without going through the standard paperwork process, the commonwealth has said it will provide \u201calmost automatic 90-day provisional licenses\u201d to graduates from all four Massachusetts medical schools (BU, Harvard, Tufts, and UMass) who will do their residencies in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, the school will confer 190 medical degrees; 27 students earned Latin honors\u201419 cum laude, 6 magna cum laude, and 2 summa cum laude; 56 students will receive awards.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83019\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-FPB-MD-pic-1498x1000-636x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83019\" width=\"636\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-FPB-MD-pic-1498x1000-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-FPB-MD-pic-1498x1000-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-FPB-MD-pic-1498x1000-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-FPB-MD-pic-1498x1000.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forrest Beaulieu (MED\u201920), this year\u2019s class speaker, will join Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia as a pediatric neurology resident. Photo courtesy of Forrest Beaulieu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forrest Beaulieu (MED\u201920), who will join Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia in June as a pediatric neurology resident, is the class speaker. While at MED, Beaulieu studied the effects of extreme preterm birth through MRIs, and how parents understand cerebral palsy and some of their misconceptions about the condition. He volunteered with the Telehealth Epilepsy Care Collaborative, working with adolescents and young adults to transition their epilepsy care from pediatric to adult providers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI certainly did not expect to be spending the final months of medical school sitting at home, anxiously waiting with my classmates to become a part of our nation\u2019s healthcare force,\u201d Beaulieu says, adding that in his address he \u201cwill talk about the implications of starting our medical training in a period where our healthcare system is being so uniquely tested, and how we must persist through everything to deliver humanistic care to our patients while providing hope and support to our colleagues. Beginning our residency in the throes of one of the worst crises in modern medical history will be a unique challenge, and we are eager to help. I know that we as a class are ready for anything that comes our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of local and statewide dignitaries are sending congratulatory videos to the graduates (sorry, their names are a surprise!).<\/p>\n<p>Priya Garg, MED associate dean for medical education and an assistant professor of pediatrics, will present the graduates. The students will then join with Antman to recite the Hippocratic Oath. \u201cYou first took this oath at your White Coat Ceremony, when the faculty welcomed you to the study of medicine,\u201d Antman will say. \u201cToday, the faculty welcomes you to the practice of medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_83027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83027\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-WhiteCoats-2016-202-2-1498x1000-636x425.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83027\" width=\"636\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-WhiteCoats-2016-202-2-1498x1000-636x425.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-WhiteCoats-2016-202-2-1498x1000-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-WhiteCoats-2016-202-2-1498x1000-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2020\/04\/BU-Today-Resize-WhiteCoats-2016-202-2-1498x1000.jpg 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MED Class of 2020 members reading the Hippocratic Oath at their White Coat Ceremony in 2016, the event that marked the beginning of their medical school journey. Photo courtesy of David Keough\/BUSM Office of Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>What is the Hippocratic Oath? There are multiple versions. This is considered a classic one.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-drop-cap has-very-dark-gray-color is-style-default\">I do solemnly swear by whatever I hold most sacred:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">That I will be loyal to the profession of medicine and just and generous to its members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">I will lead my life and practice my art in uprightness and honor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">I will do no harm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Into whatever home I enter, it shall be for the good of the sick and the well, to the utmost of my powers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">I will hold myself aloof from wrong, from corruption, and from the tempting of others to vice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">I will exercise my Art solely for the cure of my patients and the prevention of disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">And will give no drugs and perform no operation for a criminal purpose, and far less suggest such a thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">What so ever I shall see or hear of the lives of men and women, which is not fitting to be spoken, I will keep inviolably\u00a0secret.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">These things I do promise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">In proportion as I am faithful to this oath, may happiness and good repute be ever mine; the opposite if I shall be forsworn.<\/p>\n<p>This story was written by <em>BU Today<\/em> staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change was made so they could go straight to hospitals&#8217; coronavirus front lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,91,123,156],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83018"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83034,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83018\/revisions\/83034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}