COVID-19 Resources & Updates

• • 1. 1. Click here for more information on UH’s response to COVID-19 based on community-level risk.
       2. Click here for more information about the UH COVID-19 Guidelines (interim) and Institutional Safety Practices
       3. JABSOM COVID-19 Safety, Notification & Return to School or Work Protocol 5/23/2022.
       4. JABSOM ʻOhana Messages from Dean Hedges and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Dr. Lee Buenconsejo-Lum.
       5. Building Hours
       6. Library Restrictions
       7. COVID-19 patients needed for active research.

• • 5/23/2022: JABSOM COVID-19 Safety, Notification & Return to School or Work Protocol
  • 3/26/2022: JABSOM COVID-19 Safety, Notification & Return to School or Work Protocol
  • 3/3/2022: JABSOM COVID-19 Safety, Notification & Return to School or Work Protocol
  • 8/20/21: Proclamation signed by several of Hawai’i’s doctors to the community
  • 12/23/21:Safer ways to celebrate the holidays
  • 11/10/21: University of Hawai’i Mānoa System COVID-19 FAQs
  • July 30, 2021: Statement Supporting Mandated COVID-19 Vaccination in Healthcare Workers
  • July 30, 2021: Masks/PPE, physical distancing, and food/beverage allowances for mandatory and optional educational activities in the JABSOM MD Program
  • July 30, 2021: JABSOM COVID-19 safety, notification & return to school/work protocol
  • July 24, 2021: JABSOM COVID-19 safety, notification & return to school/work protocol
  • July 24, 2021: Masks/PPE, physical distancing, and food/beverage allowances for mandatory and optional educational activities in the JABSOM MD Program
  • February 5, 2021: Status on the vaccine roll-out(New Window)
  • December 21, 2020: JABSOM COVID-19 vaccine update slides(New Window)
  • December 21, 2020: JABSOM COVID-19 vaccine update video recording(New Window)
  • July 16, 2020:    Safety reminders and professionalism (New Window)
  • April 6, 2020:    JABSOM to House HI-EMA Emergency Operations Center (New Window)
  • March 23, 2020:    Message to JABSOM ʻOhana from Dean Hedges (New Window)
  • March 22, 2020:    JABSOM ʻOhana update following Mayor Caldwell’s Emergency Stay at Home, Work at Home Order (New Window)
  • March 12, 2020:    COVID-19 and JABSOM Community Update #2 (New Window)
  • March 9, 2020:    COVID-19 and JABSOM Community Update #1 (New Window)

   

  
  

Monday – Friday:    6:00 am to 12:00 am
Saturday:         7:00 am to 12:00 am
Sunday:          8:00 am to 12:00 am
Holidays:                       Closed               

• If you or someone in your family has had COVID, or feeling the long-term effects of COVID, we welcome your participation.
•  Even if you have not had COVID, you can also help with this important study.
• REsearching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
• For more information visit this link at the Center for Pacific Innovations, Knowledge and Opportunities (PIKO), part of the Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network: https://piko.jabsom.hawaii.edu/recover/
• Also visit the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER:

  https://recovercovid.org

  JABSOM’s contact information for this study:

  email: COVID@hawaii.edu

  phone number: 808-723-0040

  
  

• • • • • Medical student pre-clinical courses​ have been fully back in person since April 2021. For the 2021-22 academic year, we aim to preserve as much in-person learning as possible. However, fluctuations in changes in community transmission may cause some safety modifications.

   

  • • • • Clinical components of medical student, communication sciences and disorders, and medical technology students were suspended March 16-April 30, 2020. Some clinical sites allowed students back on May 1, 2020. In the 2021-22 academic year, depending on the situation in the hospitals or clinical sites, there may be a need for alternate required learning activities and experiences. These will be communicated directly to the students by the department, program, or Office of Medical Education. Please check your emails for further communication from OME.

   

  • • • • Non-educational large group activities​. Depending on community transmission rates, there may be additional changes. Please see the latest JABSOM Safety protocol noted above. Students, residents, and fellows should check their email frequently for updates. Please note that clinical settings have their own space restrictions and requirements.

   

  • • • • Residents and fellows​ should follow their respective program and clinical rotation site guidance.
          Group learning typically held within clinical settings​ for medical students, residents, and fellows may be altered to promote physical distancing. Please check your email for details.
          Students working in research laboratories​ should adhere to UH Mānoa recommendations. Questions? See your advisor, graduate chair or ​Dr. Mariana Gerschenson.

    
    

• UH System Office of Human Resources: Coronavirus COVID-19 FAQs for Employees (UH Login)
• UH System Office of Human Resources: Employee Assistance Program
• Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi (RCUH): Policy 3.262 Work Schedule, Work Week and Work Hours
• COVID-19 UH Employee Safety Program
• COVID-19 UH Employee Safety Training in the ​RCUH Training Portal (Login Required)

• • • • Medical Letter COVID-19 Resources
      • DOH Resources for Clinicians
      • DOH Medical Advisory Page

• • • • UH Office of Public Health (OPHS) COVID-19 Resources Page
      • 808 Community Resources for health care practitioners
      • Physician Support Line: Free, confidential for medical students, residents, and fellows, 8am-1am Eastern Time, 7 days a week. Visit the website or call (888) 409-0141.

• • • If you have a patient with possible symptoms and especially if they have traveled outside of Hawaii in the past 21 days or come into close contact with someone who has traveled outside of Hawaii, please use your clinical judgment and consider testing suspect patients. You can contact either the Hawaii Pacific Health Virtual Clinic (808-462-5430 press option 2) or The Queen’s Medical Center COVID-19 info line (808-691-2619 press option #2), even if you do not have a formal affiliation with either health system. You may also contact the Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH), Disease Outbreak Control Division at (808) 586-4586. For more information see the HDOH updates for clinicians page.

• • • Flow chart: Face coverings in UH Mānoa labs (New Window)
    • 8/16/21: Research Center of the University of Hawai’i (RCUH) Human Resources Department Emergency Proclamation to Principal Investigators and Project Administrators with Supervisory Authority regarding COVID-19 vaccination and testing policies – 2021.08.16_Memo from Nelson Sakamoto to RCUH Principal Investigators and Project Admin
    • Research Continuity and Planning for COVID-19 at UH Mānoa (New Window)
    • UH Research Compliance – Human Studies Program Response to COVID-19 (New Window)
    • UH Research Compliance – Animal Welfare (New Window)
    • UH Research Compliance – Biological Safety (New Window)

    

• • 1. JABSOM Professional Development
    2. Wellness Resources
    3. Community Resources

• • JABSOM Professional Development (New Window)
  • JABSOM Diversity, Equity, and Opportunities (New Window)

  
  

• • • • 11/10/21: University of Hawai’i Mānoa System COVID-19 FAQs
      • Health & Wellness resources for COVID-19 related stress updated November 5, 2021. Includes:
        • NEW!   Office of Student Affairs (OSA) Wellness website. 
        • Kognito, a free online program offered by the UHM
        • Counseling and Student Development Center. The program will equip you with the knowledge to recognize trauma or distress.
        • Kū Makani by Hawaiʻi CARES, offering COVID crisis counseling support by phone Oʻahu (808) 832-3100 or toll-free 1 (800) 753-6879 or free online virtual group sessions.

   

  • • • Managing Screen Time During the Coronavirus (New Window)
      • Domestic Violence Action Center (New Window)
      • HMSA Online Care (New Window)
      • Physician Support Line (New Window) or call (888) 409-0141.
      • UH Mānoa Counseling and Student Development Center (CSDC) Resources List (New Window)
      • COVID-19 Public Health Action Webinar: Mental Wellness: Tips and Strategies for Surviving and Thriving (New Window).
      • Faculty Wellness Guide (New Window) prepared by Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda, DrPH and Deborah Goebert, DrPH
      • Resources for staying mentally well in distressing times (New Window)
      • Self care for those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic (New Window)

  
  

• • • • Sign up for Hawaii Department of Health (HDHOH) email alerts
      • New, user-friendly HDOH website for COVID-19 information: hawaiicovid19.com
      • Hawaii Pacific Health Virtual Clinic: 462-5430 (Press Option 2)
      • The Queen’s Medical Center COVID-19 Infoline: 808-691-2619
      • UH System COVID-19 Information 808-691-2619
      • Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center COVID-19 Resource Page

       

      • The Aloha United Way call center is open daily 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
        • Call 2-1-1 from any location in the state
        • Text 877-275-6569
        • Email: info211@auw.org (New Window)

         

      • Medical Letter COVID 19 resources (free)
      • HDOH: Hawaiʻi’s Vaccination Plan
      • Kūpuna Food Access (New Window) (programs and special store hours

       

      • Centers for Disease Control
      • COVID-19 Information
      • Improve How Your Mask Protects You
      • COVID-19 Microsite
      • Face coverings recommendations; sew and no sew instructions

       
      
      

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     1. Volunteer Opportunities Guide
     2. Consider a Gift
     3. Clinical Trials: COVID-19 Patients Needed

Dr. Cecilia Shikuma and Cris Milne, APRN, MPH, seek 40 newly diagnosed COVID-19 patients to see if the blood pressure drug telmisartan can effectively relieve heart and lung symptoms. Click here for more information (opens in a New Window).