Week 2, Day 2

Happy Tuesday everyone! This week you’ll get a chance to take your science writing knowledge and newfound concussion knowledge and apply them to your newsletter work, while building on the learning from last week.

We’re going to do some more community-building activities with a Speed Friendship game on Tuesday (6/21), begin our discussion series on Shaken Brain with our first discussion on Wednesday (6/22), and then on Thursday we’ll officially begin the primary part of your internship – projects!

Our speaker this week is Dr. Nick Reed of the Oak Concussion Lab on Thursday (6/23).

There are two tasks today:

Discussion questions for Shaken Brain are posted here for Wednesday’s (6/22) discussion. Here is the link to the pdf: Shaken Brain Discussion Questions Chapters 1-4 S22

Newsletter synopses will be due Tuesday (6/21), 5pm PST. Make sure to get those done!

Work through this curriculum for today:

Concussion Curriculum

• Watch Physical Rehabilitation Following a Concussion, Katherine Schneider, Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist (Physiotherapist), Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary. (~10 m)

• Read “Volleyball star Hayley Hodson had it all, until blows to her head changed everything” about a Stanford volleyball player with a career-ending concussion and how she is using her experience. (~15 m)

• Read “Friends: 5 Ways to Support Someone with a Brain Injury” after Dan Fogarty’s speech on emotional, spiritual and physical impact pre and post concussion (~15 m)

• Podcast Concussion Corner: Interview with Dr. Lenore Herget PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, vestibular-ocular therapist. (~40 m)

Science Writing

• Work on your synopsis for the newsletter (due today 5pm PST)