OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. – At an annual white coat ceremony Friday, May 13, New York Institute of Technology’s Physician Assistant Studies program celebrated its members of the class of 2022, including Rachel Detienne from Murrieta.White coat ceremonies are a rite of passage celebrating the completion of students’ training as they graduate and pursue careers as physician assistants. In marking the transition into professional life, the event centers around the symbolic awarding of a new long white coat, which replaces the short student white coat worn daily to class and clerkships.Physician assistants are health care professionals who diagnose illness, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications and often serve as a patient’s principal health care provider. New Yo
