Plane Brilliance @CAEP2018 SONOGAMES – Strengthening Connections

We called ourselves #PlaneBrilliance – a triple pun! To say that the 2018 U of S Teamwas competitive – well that would be the obvious understatement of the year. First off, we have to thank the organizers of this year’s epic Sonogames battle-off. We definitely did not anticipate the creativity, the indirect knowledge acquisition, and the challenge of balancing that desperate need to laugh while trying to scan your way to victory.

 Day 1: The multi-team face off.

We recall people in ridiculously high wasted scrubs (we loved the look regardless), men in basketball jerseys from the 90s, teams with some serious poker faces, and of course the crowds that came to cheer on their home team. A special shout out goes to Dr. Roberts for being our lone supporter that first day (yes, everyone was there in spirit of course).

Day 2: The final three: U of T, U of S, & McGill.

Suddenly, the crowds were much larger. Apparently people heard of teams having to use strange tools to scan their way through various skill and knowledge testing stations. The curiosity of what went down that first day was just too much to hold people back. Also when your teammate’s head is practically in the laptop screen having the most epic verbal diarrhea moment naming scans at lightening speeds, it makes for a great show, and also near impossible to write down all thn answers. Yes, we had an injury: writer’s cramp. Don’t worry though, Owen recovered beautifully.

Nonetheless, we were up against solid teams, had epic life line moments (cough cough: Dr. Olszynski – we are getting over it), and of course that final battle between us and the U of T trio. Did we mention we don’t lose well? However, it is easier when the winning team is pretty darn strong (we now send our official congrats to the U of T Yoko Sono Team).

We returned home, with our second place medals, hilarious memories, and are hungry for that first place finish next year!

Thank-you to Dr. Olszynski for being the ultimate ultrasound guru, to Dr. Taylor for being our ultrasound sponsor, and to the U of S EM Residents for turning that conference room into a stadium-like cheering section. You never disappoint.

Until Next Year,

Drs. Bindi Brar @bindibrar, Quinten Paterson @qpaterson, and Owen Scheirer @O_Scheirer

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