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COPE Health Scholars Summer 2019 Graduates
By Rachael Aquino, PhD, MS, Senior Program Manager
On August 13, Adventist Health Castle celebrated the graduation of its Summer 2019 Intensive COPE Health Scholars. The seven Summer Intensive Health Scholars began training in May 2019 and since then have shifted on Pu¯lama, Laulima, and the Intensive Care and Birth Center patient units.
To graduate, each scholar needed to earn a minimum of 280 hours in the COPE Health Scholars program or 164 hours in the Junior Health Scholars program. COPE Health Scholars are 18 years and older and are either currently in college or have graduated from college. Junior Health Scholars are 16 to 18-year-old high school students. Upon completion of the required hours, scholars receive a completion certificate from UCLA’s Executive Programs in Health Policy and Management.
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From left: Rachael Aquino, COPE Health Scholars Senior Program Manager;
Kaipo Kukahiko, HMSA Foundation Program Officer; Allen Miller, COPE Health Solutions CEO; graduates Kilinahe Uemura, Rayna Fujimoto, Jabe Kahawaii, Kylee-Ray Tactacan, Cami Naomi Keliinui, Aldreen Tudela-Cruz, Margaret Shin, Kamakani DeBlake and Ammon Pollister; Heidar Thordarson, AHCS Finance Executive); Erik Anderson, AHCS Patient Care Executive; and Takkin Lo, MD, and Wiley Brunel, MD.
Two of the graduating scholars, Jabe Kahawai‘i and Kilinahe Uemura, gave presentations on their experience in the Health Scholars program. Adventist Health Castle Patient Care Executive Erik Anderson and COPE Health Scholars CEO Allen Miller gave commencement speeches at the summer graduation event.
If you know a student (college or high school) that is interested in pursuing a career in health care please visit our website at copehealthscholars.org. Mahalo for your mentorship!