{"id":61882,"date":"2017-06-27T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T21:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=61882"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:44:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:44:02","slug":"kapiolani-students-hosa-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/27\/kapiolani-students-hosa-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapi\u02bbolani CC<\/abbr> students shine at HOSA<\/abbr> Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>’s 2017 delegates to HOSA<\/abbr>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seven students from Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College competed at the Health Occupations Students of America<\/a> (HOSA) 40th Annual International Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, June 21–24. Six of the seven students are recent graduates of the Medical Assisting Program<\/a>. Students competed in various events, vying with the top three candidates of each state’s delegation from across the world, including delegates from Canada, Puerto Rico and American Samoa.<\/p>\n

HOSA<\/abbr> is a national student organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education<\/a> and the Health Science Technology Education Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education.<\/p>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students were challenged in complex combinations of skills such as creating a video presentation, doing a medical terminology spelldown, achieving high performance on an exam or demonstrating a clinical routine.<\/p>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students were recognized in these events:<\/h2>\n
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  • Medical Spelling—Jolene Jordan<\/strong>, 2nd place<\/li>\n
  • Medical Assisting—Latanya Edwards<\/strong>, 1st place (2nd year in a row)<\/li>\n
  • Nursing Assisting—Bernadette Agcaoili<\/strong>, 1st place<\/li>\n
  • Medical Math—Howard Dang<\/strong>, top 10<\/li>\n
  • Clinical Specialty—Ashley Cabrito<\/strong>, top 10<\/li>\n
  • Sports Medicine—Alden Chong<\/strong> and Royce Moux<\/strong>, move on to round 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The students and faculty advisors\u00a0participated in educational symposiums and workshops that encourage leadership development and networking with other HOSA<\/abbr> members across the nation and the world.<\/p>\n

    Patricia O’Hagan<\/strong>, dean of emergency medical services, health sciences and nursing, said, “HOSA<\/abbr> is a wonderful opportunity for healthcare faculty to expand their teaching strategies, and for administrators to serve as judges which all together support students in developing leaderships skills and enhancing their knowledge.”<\/p>\n

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

    Several Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> students challenged their healthcare subject knowledge and skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[165,63,660,71],"class_list":["post-61882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-health","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-community-colleges","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