Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

MLA Documentation

Staff, Mayo Clinic. "MRI." Mayo Clinic. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 09 Aug. 2012. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.

Summary

This webpage tells about the MRI machine used today at the Mayo Clinic. It lists what the uses for it are and how the MRI aligns the body to produce an image. It also tells you how to prepare and what to expect when you do get an MRI scan.

Author’s Intent/Audience

The author’s intent is to tell readers how to prepare and what to expect when getting an MRI scan. The audience is anyone who is preparing to get a scan or is just curious about how a MRI works.

Evidence/Supports

The MRI machine creates a strong magnetic field around you, and radio waves are directed at your body. The procedure is painless.

It produces high-resolution images that help diagnose a variety of problems.

Fallacies/Biases

N/A

Opinion

This is a great useful webpage because it gives patients an idea about what is going to happen in case they had to get a MRI scan. Coming from experience, having at least 5 MRIs on my brain this was helpful because no one in my family has had one previous to me and I was scared.

Good topic idea for me?

I think this is a good topic idea for me because after high school I want to do something in the medical field, and with experiencing MRIs being a radiologist, a doctor who interprets MRIs is a possible career choice for me.

Good topic idea for you?

Depending on the person, if you are not interested in the medical field one bit I do not suggest this for you. If you are interested in how MRIs works then I would highly suggest this for you.

URL: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mri/MY00227

Mayo Brothers

MLA Documentation

"Mayo Clinic History." History of Mayo Clinic. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Feb. 2013.

Summary

This article is about how the Mayo brothers resided in Rochester Minnesota and started their medical careers which ended up expanding greatly. It tell about how what they did is still carried out today through many doctors and nurses at all of the Mayo Clinic facilities.

Author’s Intent/Audience

The author’s intent is to tell readers how the Mayo brothers excelled in the medical field and how the Mayo Clinic, one of the world’s top clinics came about. The intended audience is anyone who wanted to know the history of the Mayo Clinic or medical students.

Evidence/Supports

Mayo Clinic developed gradually from the medical practice of a pioneer doctor, Dr. William Worrall Mayo, who settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1863. His dedication to medicine became a family tradition when his sons, Drs. William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, joined his practice in 1883 and 1888, respectively.

That teamwork in medicine is carried out today by more than 55,000 doctors, nurses, scientists, students and allied health staff at Mayo Clinic locations in the Midwest, Arizona and Florida.

Fallacies/Biases

N/A

Opinion

This is a great article because it tells the history of the Mayo Clinic and how the Mayo brothers came about in the medical field. Although it doesn’t go thoroughly in-depth with what they actually did, it’s a great start to finding out more about the Mayo brothers.

Good topic idea for me?

I think this is a good topic idea for me because after high school I want to do something in the medical field, and with background information about the Mayo Clinic and how certain medical events that impacted history came up I would be more informed.

Good topic idea for you?

Depending on the person, if you are not interested in the medical field one bit I do not suggest this for you. If you are interested in how one of the world’s best clinics came about and the intelligent doctors I would suggest this for you.

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