{"id":100460,"date":"2019-07-26T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T23:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=100460"},"modified":"2020-03-05T14:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:58:39","slug":"record-jabsom-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/26\/record-jabsom-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Record size medical class receives white coats"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_22437\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EEfzGyeNs1g?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"JABSOM White Coat 2019 (Cloaks of Compassion for MD 2023 Class)\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\u201d>Hawai&#699;i\u2019s<\/span> doctor shortage demands more physicians, so the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/jabsom.hawaii.edu\/\">John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (<abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr>) is doing its part to assist. Earlier in July, 77 members of the Class of 2023 marched into their White Coat Ceremony at the McKinley High School auditorium. That\u2019s an all-time record and up from 72 students last year.<\/p>\n<p>The enrollment boost was facilitated by Kaiser Permanente <span aria-label=\"Hawaii,\">Hawai&#699;i,<\/span> which announced in June a commitment to expand its role as a medical student teaching hospital, making space and faculty available for third- and fourth-year medical student clinical rotations. Kaiser also donated $800,000 for five, four-year scholarships for members of the new class.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/01\/kaiser-expands-jabsom-partnership\/\">Kaiser Permanente expands JABSOM partnership, offers 5 scholarships<\/a>, July 1, 2019 <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nearly 90 percent of the incoming students are local: 54 from <span aria-label=\"Oahu,\">O&#699;ahu,<\/span> five from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island, four from Maui and three from <span aria-label=\"Kauai.\">Kaua&#699;i.<\/span> Out-of-state students come from California, Oregon, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington State and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>There were 1,980 applicants for the 77 student slots, or more than 25 applicants for each spot.<\/p>\n<p>Doctors from the <abbr>JABSOM<\/abbr> Class of 1969 \u201ccloaked\u201d the new students with the short white coats to be worn in clinical settings on campus and at community hospitals throughout the state.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Deborah Manog Dimaya<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100471\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-jabsom-white-coat.jpg\" alt=\"medical students wearing white coats\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-jabsom-white-coat.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-jabsom-white-coat-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/manoa-jabsom-white-coat-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The John A. Burns School of Medicine Class of 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John A. 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