By Gabriel Lapid
Special UH Med Now Correspondent
(Kaka‘ako) The John A. Burns School (JABSOM) of Medicine Class of 2018 proved their athletic prowess on Friday and Saturday (September 19 & 20) at the school’s annual first and second-year MD Student Olympics.
The MS-2’s (Medical Student-two, the MD Class of 2018) earned 36 points, securing a win over the MS-1’s (MD Class of 2019) who scored a formidable 34 points. The second-year win comes in the midst of the class’ MD6 Neurology/Psychiatric/Musculoskeletal subunit, which has the reputation for being a major educational feat for JABSOM’s medical students.
The volleyball competition
Are you ready for some football?
The freshmen showed strength during some of the Olympics events, taking the win in soccer, mens’ singles tennis, and both men’s and women’s tug-o-war contests. Those losses were shocking for the MS-2s, because their class was triumphant in the tug-o-war in last year’s Student Olympics. The MS-2’s did rally back to win the “Super Smash Bros” and mens’ Twister events.
The MS-2’s recovered from their losses on the second day of the MD Student Olympics by winning doubles’ tennis and basketball. The classes called a draw on football. After calculating the wins using an unbiased traditional scoring system, “the JABSOM Athletic Association” declared the victory for the MD Class of 2018.
This year’s Olympics also included games with mixed teams to help foster inter-class bonding. These games included Pictionary and “slip-and-slide kickball”. The new move was successful and allowed members of both classes to share the competitive spirit with each other.
Editor’s Note:
In a what appeared to be a previously published article, an erroneous source had stated that the Office of Medical Education faculty “blew the MS-1’s and MS-2’s out of the water.” That un-named source (okay, we will name him: Damon Sakai, MD, the Director of the Office of Medical Education). Sakai produced a “fake news post” as a practical joke, which the students actually found to be hilarious.
The fake post wasn’t ever really “published”, and officially, tongue in cheek, Sakai admitted, “We don’t want to distribute the wrong information.” But the MD students do confirm the faculty showed their high spirits and offered their full support during the 2015 Student Olympics.
“Their constant support and dedication was truly appreciated by their endearing students,” said the student spokesman, with his own tongue firmly planted in cheek.
The purported “news” post is below
