{"id":62184,"date":"2017-07-06T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T20:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=62184"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:26:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T01:26:44","slug":"medical-students-training-statewide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/06\/medical-students-training-statewide\/","title":{"rendered":"Record number of medical students in five-month training statewide"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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JABSOM<\/abbr> medical students signed up for longitudinal training.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A record number of students from the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM) have signed up to spend a five-month stretch in a single place, learning from six faculty physicians\u00a0called “preceptors.” The 39 students will work with their with preceptors at medical offices, clinics or hospitals on Oʻahu<\/span>, Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island, Maui and Kauaʻi<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The course is the longitudinal clerkship program, an alternative track for third-year medical students at JABSOM<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

Twenty-four of the 39 students are stationed on Oʻahu<\/span> this year in communities including Waim\u0101nalo, Kailua, ʻAiea<\/span>, Mililani, Waipio, Wahiaw\u0101,\u00a0Haleʻiwa<\/span>, Kalihi and downtown Honolulu. Fifteen\u00a0students are residing and training on the neighbor islands during their five-month assignments.<\/p>\n

“The longer-term training in those communities allows the medical students to get intensive one-on-one mentoring from the physician they are paired with,” said Jill Omori<\/strong>, JABSOM<\/abbr>’s director of medical education. “The students also get to witness the continuity of care (the care of a patient over a period of time, often including ongoing health management), which is an important concept in health care today.”<\/p>\n

Nash Witten<\/strong>, a JABSOM<\/abbr> ’17 graduate, enjoyed his longitudinal training so much that he wrote about it during his stint on Hawaiʻi<\/span> Island. “This rural clinical experience would not be possible without the tremendous support of community physicians, community donors and logistical support from the JABSOM<\/abbr> Office of Medical Education,” Witten wrote. “We need a car to get to clinics, so JABSOM<\/abbr> ships our cars over. We need a place to stay, and neither would be possible without support from local donors who help to offset these costs.”<\/p>\n

Most importantly, the future doctors need physicians in all of the required fields to spend endless hours with the learners over those five months. Medical student learning in Hawaiʻi<\/span> also isn\u2019t possible without the hundreds of patients each year who agree to let a medical student observe their care.<\/p>\n

Clinical training for all JABSOM<\/abbr> medical students is a partnership with the community. While many medical schools have university hospitals, JABSOM<\/abbr> faculty are based (and provide physician services) at a variety of community healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n

For full story please visit 糖心视频<\/abbr> Med Now<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

—By Tina Shelton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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