The ʻImi Hoʻōla Post-Baccalaureate Program has played a major role in accomplishing JABSOM’s mission to improve health care in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific by increasing the number of physicians through a 12-month educational program that addresses students’ academic and professional needs. ʻImi Hoʻōla’s goal is to increase the physician workforce and produce physicians who demonstrate a strong commitment to practice in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. ʻImi Hoʻōla has expanded its outreach efforts and developed partnerships with local high schools, colleges, and community-based health organizations.
Each school year, up to 12 students are selected to participate in this Program. Applicants to the ʻImi Hoʻōla Program have demonstrated strong leadership skills, humanism, motivation, and a commitment to serve communities in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific.
The ʻImi Hoʻōla curriculum emphasizes the integration of concepts and principles in the sciences and humanities and enhances students’ communication and critical-thinking skills. Upon successful completion of the program, students matriculate into the JABSOM MD program as first-year medical students.
For more information go to the JABSOM ʻImi Hoʻōla page.
The Queen’s Health Systems generously provides funding support to promising students who enter the ʻImi Hoʻōla Post Baccalaureate Program each year.