HONOLULU (KHON2) — The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi trains future doctors using one of the most powerful tools in medical education: the human body.
But these aren’t just learning tools. They are silent teachers, people who chose to donate their bodies to science so that others could live better, longer lives.
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Every year, students, faculty and family members gather to honor these donors at the school’s Willed Body Ceremony. It a service that’s an act of love, recognition and gratitude. For relatives like Jed Davis, whose aunt and grandfather were both donors, the experience was personal and moving.
“You could tell a lot of care and love went into the planning and the production,” Davis said. “It was so nice to celebrate not only the silent teachers, but the families of them who are here to celebrate them as well.”…