Week 2, Day 5

Welcome back to Week 2 of your externship! Today we will discuss “Shaken Brain” by Dr. Sandel, host a social hour, and watch a fantastic movie starring Will Smith!

There are two Tasks for today:

Discussion: “Shaken Brain”, Dr. Sandel

Before the meeting:

Zoom link:

Social hour

Zoom link:

Work through this curriculum for today:

Today is the day! We get to watch “Concussion”!!!

  1. Watch the movie “Concussion.” Consider

    • (1) the NFL and its response to CTE and player safety;

    • (2) how concussions are/were viewed by society;

    • (3) how this film may impact society’s views on concussions; and (4) CTE and the science behind it.

Instructions for watching “Concussion”:

  1. Click this link to access the movie on Amazon Prime Movie

  2. Rent the movie

  3. Enjoy :)

  4. Venmo request Concussion Alliance the cost of renting the movie: @Conor-Gormally

Tutorials and Skill Building:

  1. None, focus on 1- the movie and 2- your projects! :)

Reminders/things to note:

  1. Time to write for the next newsletter!!

    1. Peruse the update doc and then the final doc to find your newsletter topic.

  2. Send Malayka and/or Conor a Slack message, so that they can approve your Week 3 newsletter topic before you start reading and writing the synopsis.