Week 1, Day 2
Happy second day of your internship! We’ll be practicing writing for the newsletter today and preparing for Friday’s discussion!
We are looking forward to helping you get up to speed on the world of concussions in medicine and research while getting to know your fellow interns. You’ll have concussion curriculum every day, and we’ll spend time on remote teamwork and learning more about each other through social activities and group discussions. Toward the end of the week, you’ll get a chance to identify what summer projects you’re most interested in and get a chance to practice your science writing before writing for the newsletter next week.
Our first expert guest speaker is Dan Fogarty today; Dan is a concussion patient and advocate, as well as a CA community member. We’ll also be having a newsletter writing workshop on Wednesday (6/15) and a discussion on The 5th International Consensus on Concussion in Sport on Friday (6/17).
Dan Fogarty will be speaking today at 12 pm PST/2 pm CST/3 pm EST at the full-meeting Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8428523914?pwd=dXA0TkRocTE2RjJHUzJGNGx6UEJzdz09
There are 3 tasks to do today
Make sure you have a question prepped for Dan. You can read more about him here.
Practice Newsletter Synopsis (Please fill out as soon as possible): If you haven’t yet, sign up for which piece of research you want to write about for your practice newsletter synopsis on this sign-up sheet. Sign-ups are first-come, first-served; you can find the options below.
Start working on your practice synopsis! You’ll be using your practice synopsis in the workshop tomorrow, so try to pick which of the two you want to write about and read them over today; you’re welcome to write your draft today or tomorrow just please be sure to have your completed practice synopsis ready prior to the start of the workshop.
Newsletter workshop options
Option 1
Option 2
Work through this curriculum for today:
Check out the Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT)
Take the Athlete module (40 minutes)
Read CA’s Guidelines for Recovery (~20 min)
Read CA’s Concussion Management for children and adolescents (~25-30 min)
Spend some time (~30 minutes) perusing the CrashCourse Concussion Story Wall to hear personal stories from people whose lives have been touched by concussion
Click “Story Wall” to get a searchable database where you can find stories categorized by Cause of Injury, Symptoms, and more
CDC Head’s Up resource - look through Brain Injury Basics Tabs (~30 min)
Science Writing
(this doesn’t apply as much to our style of science writing, but is an interesting read for those of you interested in science journalism) Read this Tip Sheet: A Getting-Started Guide for Newcomers to Science Writing (~15 min)
Read this great article from Script:
Read two newsletters:
Written by regular team of volunteers: Brain Training software improves cognition in chronic TBI (6/9/22 Newsletter) — Concussion Alliance (~30 min)
First newsletter written by last Winter’s cohort of interns: Female Veterans With Brain Injury May Require Different Recovery Methods — Concussion Alliance (this newsletter has been converted into individual blog posts for better searchability on our website, you’ll have to click through to those links to read each synopsis) (~30 min)
How to find and work with a credible scientist OPTIONAL-Recommended
Interviewing Scientists: Asking the right questions to get a great science story REQUIRED (~10 min)
How to make the compelling pitch that an editor can’t resist OPTIONAL