White Coat Ceremony as a Professional Identity Formation Activity in a United States Family Medicine Residency Program.

Introduction: White coat ceremonies (WCCs) in medical school mark the transition of students to medicine, beginning their professional identity formation as a physician. However, a literature/web search revealed a paucity of residency-focused WCCs.

Methods: A 90-minute Family Medicine Residency (FM) WCC was designed to support residents' professional identity formation as a specialty physician.