December 16, 2016
By: Domenic Fraboni A summary and reflection on the panel discussion “Taking a Knee: Social Injustice Protest on the Football Field and Beyond” – (with some additional commentary and proposed questions of my own) Panel Members: Elvis Francois, M.D., Resident, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education Josiane Joseph, M.D., Ph.D. Student, Mayo […]
December 8, 2016
Throwing Unconscious Bias into the Spotlight
By: James H. Lee On November 30, a crowd of Mayo employees and students gathered in Phillips Hall to unpack unconscious bias. We were presented with a narrative of four individuals with absurd names – Nin, Goo, Zug, Yak – and then asked to rank these characters from least to most moral. Through a simple […]
December 2, 2016
It’s Always Brighter at Sunrise
By: Domenic F. Fraboni “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.” This is the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) vision statement for the physical therapy profession. This amazing organization hopes that all practicing and student physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapy assistants (PTAs) will go out into the world as thoughtful and […]