{"id":31945,"date":"2015-03-19T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=31945"},"modified":"2021-09-24T10:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:13:05","slug":"students-earn-medals-at-health-professionals-state-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/19\/students-earn-medals-at-health-professionals-state-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Students earn medals at health professionals state conference"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

From a field of more than 700 secondary and post-secondary students competing in 35 different HOSA<\/abbr><\/a> competitions, Leeward Community College<\/a>, Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a> and University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> students walked away with medals at the 2015 HOSA: Future Health Professionals<\/abbr><\/a> Annual State Leadership Conference held in February at the Hawaiʻi<\/span> Convention Center.<\/p>\n

The teams<\/h2>\n
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Leeward Community College students<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n
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Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College students<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n

Leeward CC<\/abbr> students Jadon Agas<\/strong>, Alexander Huang<\/strong>, Haunani Day<\/strong> and Brandon Piamonte<\/strong> brought home three gold medals, also winning the first place certificate for “Most Membership Increase” in post-secondary chapters. They are now eligible to compete and represent Leeward CC<\/abbr> and Hawaiʻi<\/span> at the HOSA<\/abbr> National Leadership Conference in June. Read the 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo news release for more.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> had a total of 33 participants in 10 events, ending with 15 medallion winners. Winners included Jason Ballesteros and Hanna Siew<\/strong> (medical spelling), Joy Ramiro<\/strong> (medical terminology), Mary Leivi Piso<\/strong> and Brandon Gines<\/strong> (medical math), Samantha Swarens<\/strong> and Alayna Cantillo<\/strong> (knowledge exams: human growth and development), John Ventura<\/strong> (knowledge exams: pathophysiology), Ashley Rapoza<\/strong> (clinical speciality), Eva Costa<\/strong> and Michelle Barroga<\/strong> (medical assisting), Abi Roxas<\/strong> and Tiffany Arapari<\/strong> (job seeking skills) and Nicholas J. Dela Rosa-Tabilisma<\/strong> (prepared speaking). Read the Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> news release for more.<\/a><\/p>\n

糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo’s 11 member team competed in the pharmacology, transcultural health, nutrition and public service announcement events where they turned in multiple strong performances. The Public Service Announcement Team B, led by Chapter President Lark Jason Canico<\/strong>, with team members Kimberlee Staats<\/strong>, Vanessa Aguirre<\/strong> and Shane Naeole<\/strong>, captured first place with their public service announcement on “Concussions: Prevention, Recognition and Treatment.” Public Service Announcement Team A, with Sheldon Cabudol<\/strong>, Kelly Gani<\/strong> and Ridge Cabaccang<\/strong>, who served as team captain, finished second. Lashay Masami took second place in transcultural health, a knowledge test event that measures proficiency at the recall, application and analysis levels of specific careers or specialty areas within the healthcare community. Read the 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo news release for more.<\/a><\/p>\n

About HOSA<\/abbr><\/h2>\n

HOSA<\/abbr> (formerly known as Health Occupation Students of America, now known as HOSA<\/abbr>: Future Health Professionals) is a nationwide, student-led organization endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science Education Division of the Association for Career and Technical Education. The newest Career and Technical Student Organization, HOSA<\/abbr> continues to thrive in the State of Hawaiʻi<\/span>. After becoming chartered in 2005 with 210 members representing twelve schools, Hawaiʻi<\/span> HOSA<\/abbr> has since become established at twenty-three of Hawaiʻi<\/span>’s high schools and eight postsecondary institutions with a current membership total exceeding 1,200 members.<\/p>\n

HOSA<\/abbr> provides a program of leadership development, motivation and recognition designed to meet the needs of secondary and postsecondary students interested in health and medical professions. Students who join HOSA<\/abbr> receive training far beyond the basic technical skills needed for entry into the healthcare field. They are provided experiences that will strengthen their focus on education and training necessary for a career in healthcare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leeward CC<\/abbr>, Kapiʻolani CC<\/abbr>, and 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo students excel at 2015 HOSA Annual State Leadership Conference<\/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":[165,63,65,660,71,14],"class_list":["post-31945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-health","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-student-recognition","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31945"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148615,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31945\/revisions\/148615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}