{"id":25987,"date":"2014-07-10T16:12:57","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T02:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=25987"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:28:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T20:28:30","slug":"school-of-medicine-celebrates-native-hawaiian-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/07\/10\/school-of-medicine-celebrates-native-hawaiian-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Medicine celebrates Native Hawaiian graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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An important mission of the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> is to nuture and educate physicians of Native Hawaiian ancestry, because their ranks are small compared to the Native Hawaiian population in the state.<\/p>\n

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From left, Akolea Ioane, Kenneth Ortiz and Sara Kuʻulei<\/span> Miles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Native Hawaiian students graduating from the School of Medicine—Akolea Ioane<\/strong>, Sara Kuʻulei<\/span> Miles<\/strong> and Kenneth Ortiz<\/strong>—were celebrated at a kīhei ceremony, held in June at the medical school’s Healing Garden, in honor of their journey into medicine.<\/p>\n

Like the white coat which physicians wear, the kīhei, a cloth draped across one shoulder, is a symbol of responsibility, virtue, teamwork and dedication. Each kīhei was printed using Native Hawaiian techniques and images which are intended to tell the story of each individual’s voyage to healing.<\/p>\n