The 2022-2023 Academic Year White Coat Ceremony of the KAEU Faculty of Medicine, which trains the physicians of the future with the understanding of Ahi-order, was held. Dean of Faculty of Medicine and Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, Kırşehir Training and Research Hospital Chief Physician Prof. Dr. Ali Güneş, academic and administrative staff, students, and parents attended the White Coat Ceremony that took place on October 19, 2022, at the Ahi Evran Congress and Culture Center, on July 15, at the Hall of Milli İrade.

The opening speech of the program was made by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, and he thanked all the administrators and faculty members, especially the Rector of KAEU Prof. Dr. Vatan Karakaya, who contributed to the organization of the ceremony. Drawing attention to the fact that there were over a hundred medical faculties in our country, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil explained that Kırşehir Ahi Evran University applied modern education and training methods in accordance with the slogan of "The Innovative University of Modern Turkiye" and took firm steps towards becoming an institution that achieved national and international quality standards. Karahocagil, who gave information to the attendees about the physical condition of the KAEU Faculty of Medicine, said, “Our Faculty of Medicine is modern with its 17 thousand square meters Basic Medical Sciences Building, Theoretical Electronic exam halls, 9-room Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) station, student and R&D laboratories and a thousand square meters experimental animals unit. It is a faculty that has completely solved the problem of space for its education and research infrastructure.”

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, who also mentioned the quality studies of KAEU in his speech, noted that Kırşehir Ahi Evran University had been conducting quality studies since 2015 and had achieved significant success in this field. Karahocagil stated that thanks to its quality studies, the university was one of the 12 universities accepted for external evaluation within the framework of the Institutional Accreditation Program by the Higher Education Quality Board (THEQC) and was entitled to receive a 5-year full Institutional Accreditation certificate from THEQC, and continued his speech as follows "I am very pleased to express that we have not come to a conclusion in our studies, that our current route has been determined to be the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model by the Rector of KAEU, and that the EFQM Model will begin to be implemented in all units of our university within the new academic year.”

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, who made explanations about the curriculum and proficiency areas of the KAEU Faculty of Medicine, stated that the most important competence that students would acquire was "learning to learn competence" in the KAEU Faculty of Medicine. Karahocagil emphasized that he believed that students would gain this competence thanks to research groups, case-based assessments, standard patient training, and evidence-based medicine practices in each period of the education curriculum. Karahocagil continued his speech as follows: Dear students, You should never forget even for a moment that "human life", which is the most precious thing in the world, will be handed over to you after a six-year intensive education. You should strive to train and develop yourself in the best way possible. I want you to know that medical education is one of the most difficult educational processes in the whole world. With the understanding of "No gain without pain", our young people are required to work much harder than they have worked so far for lasting success.”

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil said that the profession of being a physician was valuable and important today as it had been in the past. He advised the students to protect their white coats and wear their coats today without staining them throughout their student and professional lives. He added that he believed that they would be great physicians without forgetting the efforts their families and teachers put into them.

At the end of his speech, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil addressed the faculty members by stating that it was their duty to train the physicians of the future in the best way, and said, “What a better legacy than a well-trained physician is having an institution that would train good physicians.” Noting that he fully believed that Ahi Physicians would be trained in the KAEU Faculty of Medicine, Karahocagil thanked the parents, faculty members, and academic and administrative staff who participated in the White Coat Ceremony and wished the students to have an education and professional life in which they would always wear stainless white coats.

After the opening speech made by Vice-Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kasım Karahocagil, he donned white coats to Oğuz Kaan Şimşek, Abdullah Oklaz, and Korcan Taşdemir, who were placed in the Faculty of Medicine with the highest scores this year. The ceremony continued with the faculty members donning the white coats to the students of the KAEU Faculty of Medicine.