{"id":114067,"date":"2020-03-19T15:27:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=114067"},"modified":"2020-04-02T14:06:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:06:11","slug":"jabsom-match-day-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/03\/19\/jabsom-match-day-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day curtailed, JABSOM<\/abbr> students celebrate at home"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Students celebrating Match Day at home instead of the usual JABSOM<\/abbr> ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Match Day morning each year, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) can be found packed with hundreds of people and screams of joy that echo throughout the hallways. This year, there was a major change. <\/p>\n

Due to the ongoing COVID-19<\/abbr> pandemic and quickly-evolving social guidelines, Match Day festivities were canceled on March 20. Instead, students celebrated with their families at home, simultaneously with other medical students in different time zones across the nation, as they discovered where they will spend the next few years training as new doctors. <\/p>\n

“Really excited, really nervous too,” said JABSOM<\/abbr> student Kara Paul<\/strong>. “It’s a really bittersweet time because it’s really exciting and these are all that we’ve looked forward to and wanted to experience, but it’s also getting real that the next chapter is coming and that’s scary too.” <\/p>\n