Cheering, laughter, and Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” reverberated throughout Mapunapuna Medical Office as the Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program hosted its year-end banquet on June 13. This year’s celebration proved a program milestone in itself — as it connected four “banquet” rooms with more than 20 virtual attendees — in this “socially distanced” gala.

Our five new internal medicine interns enter their residency training with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic serving as an extraordinary backdrop for their new learning environment.
 

Greetings.  It is my sincere hope that this message reaches you in good health and security.  The COVID-19 pandemic has created uncertainty and challenges to all of our lives, and its impact will be far reaching and lasting.  This global medical crisis has served to underscore the importance of our continued commitment at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii to train competent and compassionate physicians who are skilled to deliver quality health care in a fast-changing world. 

For February’s Grand Rounds, PGY2 residents highlighted the vital role system I and system II thinking plays in clinical decision-making. Tarquin Collis, MD (AMD, Medical Specialties; Chief, Infectious Disease) and Henry Lew, MD (Chief Resident, Inpatient) served as guest presenters–Dr. Collis shared valuable clinical pearls regarding extrapulmonary tuberculosis and Dr. Lew performed a POCUS demonstration.