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Our doctors and staff are on the front line every day, serving Hawaiʻi’s people.
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University Health Partners of Hawai‘i provides high-quality healthcare through hospitals and outpatient clinics. Our doctors are faculty at the University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine. We are dedicated to supporting the clinical, educational, research and community service activities of the University of Hawai‘i health sciences.
Our doctors and staff are on the front line every day, serving Hawaiʻi’s people.
Central Business Office – (808) 469-4900
March 13, 2017 — The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is among the top medical schools in the country in several key areas, according to newly released data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
The University of Hawaiʻi medical school excels in the number of its graduates who enter training in primary care medicine. JABSOM placed better than 90% of all other accredited medical schools in the percentage of students choosing primary care.
JABSOM also is very strong in retaining its graduates after training to practice in Hawaiʻi, performing better than 75% of other medical schools in North America at generating its state’s own MD workforce.
Both the number of students who choose primary care specialties and the number who remain or return to treat patients in Hawaiʻi after their training are critical to stemming the growing shortage of physicians in the state.
“With Hawaiʻi some 500 physicians short of the number it should have for its population, we are exceedingly pleased that JABSOM continues to show sustained growth in producing the kinds of doctors we need the most – those in primary care – and that a significant percentage of the doctors we train stay here in Hawaiʻi to practice,” said Jerris R. Hedges, MD, Professor and Dean.
Additionally, JABSOM is in the top 15% of medical schools whose graduates intend to care for underserved (poor or disadvantaged) patients. JABSOM also ranked near the top for its diversity among MD students and faculty and in providing learning experiences that include emphasis on cultural competency and health inequities.
The AAMC data also shows value for Hawaiʻi families. Almost nine out of ten JABSOM students are kamaʻaina, and they graduate with less medical student debt than that carried by students at 90% of U.S. medical schools.
The specific figures show:
Diversity:
Quality of medical education:
Primary care:
Producing doctors for Hawaiʻi:
Treating underserved patients:
Value:
About the AAMC:
The Association of American Medical Colleges comprises all 147 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 51 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and more than 80 academic societies.