A few weeks ago I attended the annual “Second Year Show” put on by the second year Medical School and Dental School students at Harvard.

It was a great show, and I really have to give it up for the second year HMS and HSDM students. They really put in a lot of effort and did a great job.

This year’s show titled “Joseph Martin and the Amazing Technicolor White Coat”, featured a cast of students parodying select HMS professors (all in fun), who by day seemed to be mild-mannered professors, but when a dire situation arose on stage, they donned their spandex-superhero costumes to battle the diseases that be. The characters ranged from Captain Tight Junctions to Joseph “Dean” Martin.

Some of the notable performances included the over-eager surgeons-to-be, the cast of students playing diseases (ranging from TB to Staph), M&M (the rapping Morbidity and Mortality antagonist), and of course the HMS superheroes.

The show also featured musical and dance numbers throughout, many of which centered on science, medicine, or curriculum reform. With lyrics like the following how could you not love the show:

“Look at this bench,
Isn’t it grand?
Wouldn’t you want a pipette in your hand?”

The show was fun, and I would recommend next years show to anyone living in the Boston area, particularly if you work in science or medicine.