June 10, 2013 | This week I continued learning about REM sleep behavioral disorder. As I mentioned before, REM sleep behavioral disorder (RBD) is the enactment of dreams during REM sleep. Approximately 0.5% of the general population is affected by RBD, the majority occurring in men. In order to be diagnosed with RBD a patient must (1) have dream […]

June 3, 2013 | This past week I worked on compiling a list of patients for our survey-based project regarding Parkinson’s disease and REM behavioral disorder. I read over 250 patient charts to create two mailing lists: patients with Parkinson’s disease and patients with both Parkinson’s disease and REM behavioral disorder. We started with a list of patients (50-80 […]

May 28, 2013 | My first week at the Mayo Clinic consisted of settling into my apartment and participating in orientation and training activities. A two-day orientation served to provide new employees information about the history and values of Mayo Clinic. The Mayo is very passionate about their history and strives to keep it alive everyday. It is said […]