Week 7, Day 2

Welcome to the penultimate Day 2 page! Today, you’ll learn a little bit more about the end-of-internship showcase, hear from our first guest speaker, and read about disparities in the treatment of concussions.

New Tasks/Notifications

Expert Guest Speaker: Dr. Kelli Gary

• Today, we’ll be hearing from Dr. Kelli Williams Gary, Ph.D., MPH, OTR/L., Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling, at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and a member of the leadership team for the Culture, Race, and Health Core in the VCU Institute on Inclusion, Inquiry, and Innovation. Please make sure you’ve read the PDFs assigned yesterday in preparation for their talk. Come prepared with at least one question to ask them!

• The zoom link below will also be posted in the #zoom-links slack channel

  • Topic: Dr. Kelli Gary, expert guest speaker

    Time: Jul 27, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

    Join Zoom Meeting

    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88565231025?pwd=a1REaGhNbzhzOHVoNENud2VUNmwzZz09

    Meeting ID: 885 6523 1025

    Passcode: 687839

Live End-of-Internship Showcase Session and Q&A

• Similar to last week, Conor will be hosting a live Q&A session at 10 am tomorrow on next week’s end-of-internship and what will be asked of you. Please submit any preliminary questions you have regarding the showcase anonymously through this document.

Projects

• Continue working on your individual projects. As we approach the end of the program, consider letting your PM know that your work is nearing its final stage so that Conor and Malayka can give it a final review and approve it for publishing.

Educational Resources:

Concussion Curriculum

• Read CA webpage on Concussions in Veterans and Service Members.

• Read Race and Concussion: An Emerging Relationship.

• Read Socioeconomic status and race as social determinants of health to be considered in clinical use of pre-season vestibular and oculomotor tests for concussion.