Diversity and Inclusion – Dr. Himmons

Dr. Mercedes Himmons believes the Diversity and Inclusion committees of her state organization are doing a really good job. She has worked hard to set the example and is now leading in the PATS organization

Dr. Himmons, if I walked down the hall of your parents’ house what would the pictures tell me about you?

I am sassy, always wore dresses and I am family-oriented.

What levels of education do your family members have?

I am a first-generation college graduate.

You have been traveling the world and Cairo on a camel at sunset was one of your highlights. Tell me more. 

Dream trips:

Paris and Rome

Turks and Caicos

What is your favorite thing about athletic training and sports medicine?

Relationships

What is our working definition of diversity?

Having multiple people regardless of background all in the same place.

Make sure all of those people are heard and seen and their perspective is taken into account.

How about inclusion?

The word belonging is a good fit instead of inclusion.

What would you like to see from the local, district, and national levels within the profession?

PATS is doing a good job of trying to close the gap.

Racism is a public health issue

Be good humans to each other

The majority of our patient population as ATs is nonwhite but the majority of the ATs are white, so there is some disconnect.

Show that you are willing to learn and understand.

You are the NATA president. What would your platform be on diversity and inclusion for the profession? What about for NATA as an association?

First I would like to take the temperature of the room.

Everyone matters and should have a voice.

Keep the patient at the center of our focus.

Listening to understand and not just to reply.

What is some advice you would give companies looking to diversify? What about MSAT programs?

It would depend on the demographic

Retention is very important, what are you doing to keep the diversity?

Anything you would like to say to listeners that want to be an ally. What would you like to see or hear?

People need to know that they are going to step in and do the right thing to help eradicate the negative behavior.

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Dr. Himmons: @MemoriaVitae

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In-Season Shoulder Conditioning with Ron Johnson – 99

In-Season Shoulder Conditioning with Ron Johnson – 99

Thanks to Morgan Wilson Music for allowing us to use parts of her songs.

Here is our interview with Ron Johnson.  Since this recording comes from a live conference, some elements are lost due to lack of visual props and some crowd noise can be heard.  The stellar content more than makes up for the difference in sound quality.

Bob Marley allowed us to record and interview the guests of the Memorial Hermann 13th Annual Sports Medicine Update.  In the course of two days we conducted about 24 interviews, streamed live for about 16 hours, and had a lot of help from Dr. Josh Yellen, Dr. Mark Knoblauch, Bill Hale, former student / future Athletic Trainer Jazmin Dozal, and current SAT Sarah Avina.

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Acute Hip Injuries with Dr. Vishal Shah – 90

Bob Marley allowed us to record and interview the guests of the Memorial Hermann 13th Annual Sports Medicine Update.  In the course of two days we conducted about 24 interviews, streamed live for about 16 hours, and had a lot of help from Dr. Josh Yellen, Dr. Mark Knoblauch, Bill Hale, former student / future Athletic Trainer Jazmin Dozal, and current SAT Sarah Avina.

90 – Acute Hip Injuries with Dr. Vishal Shah

Here is our interview with Dr. Vishal Shah.  Since this recording comes from a live conference, some elements are lost due to lack of visual props and some crowd noise can be heard.  The stellar content more than makes up for the difference in sound quality.

Masters of Athletic Training at U of H

Masters of Athletic Training at the University of Houston part 2 – 82

The University of Houston recently began an entry level Masters of Athletic Training program.  Dr. Josh Yellen and Dr. Mark Knoblauch are gearing up for the first set of classes to begin in early June.  They have a wealth of knowledge and are more than willing to share. This episode was split into 2 episodes since it was a little over 2 hours long.

Show Notes

www.hhp.uh.edu/mat – 

 

Masters of Athletic Training at the University of Houston part 1 – 81

The University of Houston recently began an entry level Masters of Athletic Training program.  Dr. Josh Yellen and Dr. Mark Knoblauch are gearing up for the first set of classes to begin in early June.  They have a wealth of knowledge and are more than willing to share.  This will be split into 2 episodes since it was a little over 2 hours long.

Show Notes

www.hhp.uh.edu/mat