The Cairns Clinical Cocktail night was a successful event held at Pacific Hotel Cairns and organised by JCUDSA, and our sister medical society, JCUMSA. The combined dental and medical event saw great networking across disciplines to foster stronger interfaculty ties. The sponsors were delighted by the outcome of the night.
The Biannual Trivia night was recently held at Bluewater Bar and Grill. Proceeds went to funding the JCUDSA award , which aims to recogni se students who actively participate in university and community events. The night was a great success with the largest attendance to date! Many prizes were kindly donated by our local sponsors. And if anyone was wondering, a bag of air from Kobe Bryant’s last game costs around $16,000!
JCUDSA’s First Mental Health Week was also a success! A visit from the local Headspace volunteers informed students of the services available in Cairns. The highlight for many in the week were the rescue puppies from YAPS (Young Animal Protection Society). Everyone was lining up to cuddle the little balls of fur and they weren’t disappointed as their adorable faces, tiny paws and playful personalities warmed our hearts. A f ree pizza lunch marked the end of the week, which was demolished in lightning speed! All in all the week gave the hard-working dental students a well-earned break.
Assassins was introduced this year as the game to win! The purpose is to foster student engagement and interaction across the years. Starting with 190 assassins, it came down to a show stopping end with Jeremy Yang taking down Tim Collins. Congratulations on winning a ticket for JCUDSAs Annual Dentistry Ball held later this year on August 12th. For anyone who’d like to watch the finale head to the JCUDSA’s Facebook page!
May saw our amazing JCUDSA members give out over 300 donated toothbrushes and toothpaste to the Cairns homeless population as part of our continued contributions to Rosie’s Friends on the Streets program! Rosie’s reaches out to those most in need, those people who are abandoned, marginalised, socially isolated within our communities. This is what oral health promotion in the local community is all about!
Kashfia Jamali,
James Cook University ADSA
Representative