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Next Session Of The Ladder – May 14th: Surgery and Sutures!
This month’s session of the Ladder in North Minneapolis will be all about surgery & suturing! You’ll have the opportunity to learn about the variety of helpers involved in various aspects of surgery (hint – it’s not only physicians/surgeons!), and the … Continue reading
The Ladder – Now Also Every 3rd Saturday In St. Paul!
While the Ladder in North Minneapolis isn’t going anywhere (we’ll continue to be meeting every 2nd Saturday of the month at the UROC – same bat time, same bat channel!) – the Ladder is expanding to provide hands-on learning and … Continue reading
The Next Session Of The Ladder – May 9th: Mind-Body Medicine!
As our Ladder medical scholars learn each month, medicine very often focuses on addressing obvious physical things like broken bones, a tumor growing where it doesn’t belong, pressure level in blood vessels, how the heart is functioning, using medicine to … Continue reading
Next Session Of The Ladder – March 14th: The Brain And Nervous System!
[Please note: this month’s Ladder will be at the Minneapolis Urban League – 2100 Plymouth Ave N. in north Minneapolis, right across from the UROC. Park at UROC building and safely cross over Plymouth Ave to the Urban League] It’s a good bet … Continue reading
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Next Session of the Ladder – Feb. 14th: the Heart Like You’ve Never Seen It!
Think you know the heart? Have you been-there/done-that on all things heart & cardio? Have you been honing your mad stethoscoping skills? Well, at February’s session of the Ladder you’ll have the opportunity to see and learn some things about … Continue reading
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January Recap: The Eyes!
January’s meeting of the Ladder was all about eyes! After sharing lunch, introductions and discussion on some words of wisdom from (awesome astronaut) Mae Jemison… …our medical scholars learned all about the eyes. At one station scholars learned about … Continue reading
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Next Session of The Ladder – January 10th: The Eye!
[Please note: this month’s Ladder will be at the Urban League – 2100 Plymouth Ave N. in north Minneapolis, right across from the UROC. Park at UROC building and safely cross over Plymouth Ave to the Urban League] We humans by and large are … Continue reading
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Next Session of The Ladder – Dec. 13th: Sports Medicine!
Sports medicine brings together two awesome things: sports AND medicine! If you play sports or watch sports – you know there are plenty of opportunities for injuries and a need for treatment, physical rehabilitation and therapy: Sports medicine works across … Continue reading
Next Session of the Ladder – Nov. 8th: Emergency Medicine!
What comes to mind when you think of emergency medicine? Maybe ambulances screaming by, doctors rushing about, television dramas? Emergency medicine in the real world deals with “stabilization, management, diagnosis, and disposition of individuals with acute illness and injury.” Those … Continue reading
October Session Recap: Dental Day!
October’s session of the Ladder was led by the fantastic folks from the University of Minnesota Dental School! Our young medical scholars had the opportunity not only to learn about dentistry but also to have hands-on experience in aspects of dental practice. … Continue reading
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