Medical students in the Class of 2020 at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine began their medical training this week at SIU in Carbondale. The students will participate in a “White Coat Ceremony” at 3 p.m. Friday, August 12, in Shryock Auditorium. During the ceremony, Debra Klamen, MD, MHPE, associate dean for education and curriculum and chair of the Department of Medical Education, will welcome the students and read the Hippocratic Oath. Wesley McNeese, MD, associate dean for diversity and inclusion, will present the medical students. Elizabeth Cavanaugh, MD, an anesthesiologist