Week 2, Day 4
Happy Thursday 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.
Super great job on the discussion questions today! Everyone was able to voice their thoughts and opinions and the conversation went smoothly. Next on Thursday (6/23), 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).
Here are the project groups!
Shannon and Amanda (Population: Women and Girls)
Elizabeth and Aaron (Treatments: Vision Therapy)
Ania and Sarah (Treatments: Vestibular Therapy)
Chad and Padmini (About Concussions: Long Covid)
Kaori and Kira (Population: College Students)
There are a couple tasks for today:
Please fill out the Partner Start-Up Meeting Doc before the end of the day today to setup a time this Thursday (6/23). https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/selfsched?sstoken=UU5ZdDdYeDdzeVl5fGRlZmF1bHR8ZDljMjZhNTMzNGU1NmE4NTU0OGQ2NDgzMWIxOGRmMzE
Partner Projects have been posted above! Here are the respective forms that you should check out prior to your schedule meeting with the PMs!
Project Initiation & Planning Template: S22 Project Initiation and Planning Template
Project Timelines/Structure: S22 Project Timelines and Structure
Research Timeline: S22 Research Timeline
Remember to also come to Dr. Reed’s zoom speech with a question
Work through this curriculum for today:
Concussion Curriculum
At the 2019 Sports Concussion summit, Dr. Karen McCulloch, PT, Ph.D., MS, NCS gives a presentation describing her research on concussion rehabilitation. She speaks specifically of her work looking at concussive events occur when there is cervical or vestibular injury. As a neurologic physical therapist, McCulloch describes the number of confounders that may prolong recovery depending on certain impairments. Her work depends on looking at specific impairments and ascertaining how they will impact recovery and rehabilitation. (~30 m)
Project Prep
Do some initial research about your project in preparation for project startup meetings today