{"id":182680,"date":"2023-09-01T09:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=182680"},"modified":"2023-09-01T19:39:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T05:39:28","slug":"second-kauai-physician-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/09\/01\/second-kauai-physician-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaua\u02bbi physician training expands with 2nd cohort"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The second cohort of the John A. Burns School of Medicine\u2019s Kauaʻi<\/span> Medical Training Track.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an effort to address the physician shortage on the neighbor islands, the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a>‘s (JABSOM<\/abbr>) Kauaʻi<\/span> Medical Training Track was launched in 2022<\/a> thanks to private funding. This month, the second cohort of the program started their training on Kauaʻi<\/span>. The students kicked off their program with meeting leaders of the Kauaʻi<\/span> healthcare community at an event held at The Plantation House by Gaylords on August 18.<\/p>\n

The program is funded by a $10 million commitment from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to help directly improve the health and wellness of Kauaʻi<\/span>\u2019s families, today and in the future.<\/p>\n

This second annual event was an opportunity for the six first-year medical students to meet the island\u2019s healthcare partners and to hear from a member of the inaugural cohort<\/a>, which is starting its second year in the innovative program.<\/p>\n

The second cohort\u2019s first-year medical students are: Nicole Hada, Zackary Kon, Nikki Ooka, Kennedy-Kain Tamashiro, Darcy Tokunaga and Heather Zimmerman.<\/p>\n

Through the Kauaʻi<\/span> Medical Training Track, six JABSOM<\/abbr> students, with ties to Kauaʻi<\/span> or another neighbor island and\/or a strong interest in rural health, are accepted into the program each year. The program funds tuition and fees for all four years, as well as transportation and lodging.<\/p>\n

First year success<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Dylan Lawton of the inaugural cohort, a second-year medical student who has family on Kauaʻi<\/span>, told them that he was able to shadow two physicians, Dr. John Funai, a cardiologist, and Dr. Eugene Lao, a family medicine practitioner, during his three months on Kauaʻi<\/span> last spring.<\/p>\n

“Through my observations of these great physicians, I not only observed their compassion, and their care for residents, I was also able to ‘talk story’ with a lot of residents and really enjoyed learning about their livelihoods, their families and their hobbies.” <\/p>\n

Related 糖心视频<\/abbr> News<\/em> story: Medical training track to have prolonged, impactful presence on Garden Isle<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lawton told the audience, “I was also able to connect with them through my own Kauaʻi<\/span> ʻohana<\/span> and found that it\u2019s such a small island that everyone knows everyone.”<\/p>\n

In addition to Lawton, the members of the first cohort of returning second-year students are Brent Fujimoto, Jaime Emoto, Erin Evangelista, Ivana Yoon and Kirra Borrello. <\/p>\n

“We\u2019re really grateful to Priscilla and Mark, JABSOM<\/abbr>, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Pacific Health and all others who made this amazing opportunity possible,” Lawton said. “We\u2019re especially grateful to the Kauaʻi<\/span> community for welcoming us with open arms into their homes and being able to serve.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The medical students met with leaders of the Kauaʻi<\/span> healthcare community at an event on August 18. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[165,31,1466,9],"class_list":["post-182680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-health","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t