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White Coat Ceremony 2020 With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, this year’s White Coat Ceremony was held as a virtual live event. The Fauclty’s latest incoming class of MBBS student joined directly from their homes as they embarked upon their initial steps as budding medical practitioners. They donned their white coats for the first time and recited the Declaration of Geneva, pledging themselves to the care of humanity. With the Teaching and Learning Deanery also in virtual attendance to celebrate this momentous occasion, over 300 students attended the ceremony, formally commencing their first day of school on September 1, 2020. In recognition of the School of Public Health's strategic contribution to capacity building in Hong Kong, its flagship programme, the Master of Public Health (MPH), has been selected by the University Grants Council (UGC) for the inaugural cohort of "Targeted Taught Postgraduate Programmes Fellowships Scheme". For 2020/21, MPH has been awarded 20 Fellowships of HK$120,000 for 20 local students. The fellows of the School span a broad spectrum of professions, including physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, medical researchers, town planners and entrepreneurs. Upon graduation from MPH, fellows will be well-placed to take leadership roles in improving health care provision locally and abroad. UGC Fellowships for Local Students of Master of Public Health 23 Medical Faculty News