Week 5, Day 3

Today, you’ll be hearing from our expert guest speaker, Dr. Zasler, continue to work on your individual research projects, and prep for tomorrow’s expert guest speaker. Remember to keep PMs informed of your stage in order to get feedback after each step!

New Tasks/Notifications

Midterm Internship Evaluations

• Fill out this Summer 2021 Concussion Alliance Feedback Google Form, reflecting on your internship experience thus far. Please fill out this form by today, 3 PM PST.

• Please schedule your PM mid-internship check-in for tomorrow, look for information from your individual PM for that.

Expert Guest Speaker: Dr. Zasler

• Today, we’ll be hearing from Nathan D. Zasler, MD, DABPM&R (BIM), FAAPM&R, FACRM, CBIST. Please make sure you’ve read the PDFs in preparation for his talk. Come prepared with at least one question to ask him!

• Postconcussive Headache & Biosketch

• Here is the Zoom link. It will also be posted in the #zoom-links channel.

  • Topic: Nathan Zasler, MD, expert guest speaker
    Time: Jul 14, 2021 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

    Join Zoom Meeting
    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89384879147?pwd=REg1NytNTVROci9uUGlSVmpKL2RTdz09

    Meeting ID: 893 8487 9147
    Passcode: 050136

Projects

• Continue working on your individual projects. Be conscious of your planned timeline and think about checking in with your PM about the readability and accessibility of your drafts.

• Schedule interviews with your mentors if applicable! Make sure to reach out with an introduction and be aware that they are volunteering their time.

Educational Resources:

Concussion Curriculum

• Listen to The Ethics of Football and the Concussion Industrial Complex, (80 min) from the podcast “The End of Sport” featuring Kathleen Bachynski, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Muhlenberg College, about the ethics of US Football.

• Listen to No Game for Boys to Play: The History of Youth Football and the Origins of a Public Health Crisis.