History

The Mayo Clinic

Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years—and what it can teach us about facing the challenges of patient care today.

The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science

1h 56m

Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years—and what it can teach us about facing the challenges of patient care today.

Episodes

  • The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Mayo Clinic: Faith - Hope - Science

    S1 E1 - 1h 56m

    Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years—and what it can teach us about facing the challenges of patient care today.

Extras + Features

  • Official Preview: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Official Preview

    30s

    Take a timely look at how one institution has met the changing demands of healthcare for 150 years—and what it can teach us about facing the challenges of patient care today. This two-hour film premieres Tuesday, September 25 at 9/8c.

  • The Mayo Clinic: Behind the Scenes: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Mayo Clinic: Behind the Scenes

    2m 57s

    A music video detailing behind the scenes highlights over the three years it took the Ewers Brothers to make the documentary film: including Ken Burns, The Dalai Lama, Tom Hanks, and Carolyn McCormick.

  • Present-Day Patient: Roger Frisch, Minneapolis, MN: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Present-Day Patient: Roger Frisch, Minneapolis, MN

    4m 40s

    When a dozen local physicians fail to diagnose a career-ending hand tremor, violinist Roger Frisch seeks the help of Mayo Neurosurgeon Dr. Kendall Lee, who believes he can help with a procedure that involves drilling a hole in Roger's head

  • Will and Charlie Mayo's Childhood: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Will and Charlie Mayo's Childhood

    1m 36s

    1875: As children, Will and Charlie were raised in the practice of medicine. They swept their father's office, and accompanied him on house calls, surgeries, even autopsies.

  • St. Mary's Hospital Opens: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    St. Mary's Hospital Opens

    1m 47s

    In 1889, the Sisters of St. Francis, W.W. Mayo and his sons Will and Charlie open the brand new St. Mary's Hospital. The Sisters, who were trained as teachers—not nurses, could not have asked for a harder test of their faith.

  • Present-Day Patient: Charlene Kelly, Jacksonville, FL: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Present-Day Patient: Charlene Kelly, Jacksonville, FL

    1m 46s

    After decades of relentless health problems, Mayo patient Charlene Kelly waits for 11 months to be seen by the Mayo Clinic, hoping that someone there will finally be able to properly diagnose her, and provide her with a treatment plan.

Schedule

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