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FSUMED FEATURES
The M . D . Class of 2020 takes the Hippocratic Oath during a Zoom call .
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This oath
I make solemnly , freely , and upon my honor .
VOICES
By DOUG CARLSON and MELISSA POWELL
The Florida State University College of Medicine was founded 20 years ago on a commitment to produce physicians whose personal stories reflect the communities they will one day serve . The college has been celebrated all along for being true to that mission . All it takes is a relentless effort to recruit students with a voice .
Test scores and grade-point averages have been set aside by the time aspiring students arrive for personal interviews . The scrutiny shifts instead to the lives they have led , and an examination of the lives they will lead beyond medical school . Where did they come from ? Why do they feel called to medicine ? How will they serve ? When 2020 happened – first , with a pandemic ; then with a nationwide and international reckoning , sometimes fiery in its nature , for the personal and societal damages caused by racial