September 7, 2016

Some 300 medical students hit Mackenzie Hall lawn August 24, 2016, to compete in the fourth annual College Cup, a friendly competition of medical-themed games and activities for the chance to win the College Cup trophy. 

The competition is part of the Colleges program and is designed to foster a sense of community among medical students from all four years and faculty, building bonds and encouraging participants to support one another, despite their differences – necessary attributes to learn, grow and develop compassion as physicians. Learn about the Colleges program. Each College creates and runs one event. 

Events include: 

• Operation (the children's game with which students practice their dexterity)
• Name that 'Stache (Students guess whose mustache belongs to whom.)
• Medical Pictionary 
• Needle Biopsy (Students throw darts at a wooden cutout of the human form, trying to avoid key internal organs, but hitting designated marks.)
• Stick the Stethoscope on Dr. Sullivan (reminiscent of Pin the Tail on the Donkey)
• Fellowship Toss (Students play cornhole, but score extra points the further away they stand – these markers are based on how long residency takes.)

Points from these events determine standings for the three-round Tug of War competition, always a highlight of the cup. 

This year, students added a new event just for faculty in the Colleges: Giant Jenga. Points from the entire competition are counted to award the winning College with medals. The winning College also gets its name engraved on a trophy, which lives in the school's Undergraduate Medical Education offices at the Collaborative Life Sciences Building.

And this year's winner? The College for Hospital-Based Diagnostics and Therapeutics.