>>Tanda Dudenkov: Mayo Clinic. It's hard to describe. It's a universe onto itself.
>>Vuyisile Nkomo: It's sort of one of the best-kept secrets in the nation.
People here really are about getting things done.
>>Lewis Roberts: The needs of the patient come first.
Within that context, we are training the future leaders of medicine for tomorrow.
>>Stephanie Silva Del Toro: Mayo has the most diversity.
Bringing these ideas together really enhances the value of collaboration.
>>Albert Gutierrez: At the Mayo Clinic with the three sites,
there's such a diversity of the patient populations that we see and that we get to help.
>>Jim Maher: It's really you we're thinking about when we talk about diversity
and our future at Mayo Clinic. We want your diverse points of view.
We want your excitement. We want you to become part of who we are.
>>Nkomo: It was strange because it was in the middle of winter and it had been snowing.
It was very, very cold at the time but somehow I did not find the place cold at all.
And I remember standing, thinking, wow, if people can build an institution of such excellence
in conditions like this, then this is where I want to be.
>>Dudenkov: I almost did not come here. I almost didn't and then when I came,
I just couldn't believe it. My second visit was a mission to figure out
whether it was real or not. Could they wow me twice? And it was real.
>>Andrew Harrison: There are people here from all over the country, all over the world,
all sorts of different backgrounds, race, ethnicity, sex, disability, socioeconomic
status, sexual orientation and gender. So I think for students coming here they'll
be able to fit in no matter what their own background is.
>>Peter Grahn: There is one goal at Mayo and that goal is that the needs of the patient
come first and I feel like everyone really sets down their
own views on things and really shares this same goal.
>>Eddie Greene: The team-based approach is what we do best.
The opportunities to bring expertise from multiple sectors of the Clinic to help a patient
and doing it in an environment that promotes diversity of opportunity, diversity of thought,
is Mayo's greatest potential in medical care.
>>Maher: Mayo is a place about working together. It was built on that philosophy originally
and working together is something we take for granted
and it's not something that can be taken for granted everywhere.
>>April Huseby: Everybody has their own wisdom. People have their unique, creative ways of
solving problems or they have these life experiences that just
bring great knowledge to the table.
>>Silva Del Toro: More than learning from their culture,
you can learn from their science and how they do science in their own home country.
People answer scientific questions in different ways.
>>Yeng Her: Here at Mayo, the specific studies that are being done, it's incredibly diverse.
That adds a lot of values to getting new ideas on what is the next question to explore.
>>Eugene Bah: If you have a diverse team, there's likely going to be one person
in there that fully understands and appreciates where this patient is coming from,
their socioeconomic background, what it is that is making their illness more complicated
than it is.
>>Maher: It's been shown that groups where people are challenging each other will make
progress much faster and so it's better for science and it's better
for education. That's a cultural norm at Mayo. It comes because
there's a wonderful investment in success so people have enough resources to get the
job done and they're willing to share.
>>Amber Dornbusch: Well, knowing that I do come from a diverse background,
it makes me more comfortable knowing that I also have other peers who, they've had experiences
that aren't 'the norm. You know, they aren't the kind of cookie cutter,
what, what when people think of the American experience for a woman in her 20's,
they might have a specific idea in mind, but that's not always the case.
>>Joseph Gallego: I just feel so privileged to experience this
and recognize that this is where I'm going to become the physician
and the professional in medicine that I have always dreamed of becoming.
>>Barbara Jordan: There are so many wonderful things here at Mayo Clinic
and we want all students, whatever your background, whatever dimension of diversity you may bring
to bear, to benefit from those things. So I, you know, my job is to let all individuals
know that Mayo Clinic is for everyone and that's everyone.
>>Nkomo: Really there's limitless potential at the Mayo Clinic
and the only thing that gets in the way is that there are only 24 hours in a day
and only one of you.
>>Dudenkov: They have to see it. I can't imagine that someone will come,
get exposure to Mayo and walk away not, not convinced that this is an amazing place.