Platform Experience

The Academy dedicates a day each year where trainees explore real‑world scenarios on Mayo Clinic Platform to see how de‑identified, large‑scale data can inform clinical decisions, accelerate research and spark innovation in everyday practice. Experiences like this, hallmarks of the CIE program, foster leadership skills in trainees, accelerating their ability to affect meaningful change in the practice. 

During the immersive experience, trainees will rotate through case studies and brainstorming exercises, then test their own questions on the Platform. They will learn to define cohorts, explore associations, check feasibility and examine population‑level outcomes such as hospitalizations and emergency department visits. These kinds of early indicators emerge when exploring data through Mayo Clinic Platform, one of the largest sets of de-identified healthcare data in the world.

Ultimately, says Dr. Hale, Platform Experience Day is about confidence. It equips learners to ask better questions, choose the right tools and move with purpose. "No one walks out a master," she says, "but they do leave with knowledge, experience and the ability to act. That speed and clarity are difference makers for our trainees and for Mayo Clinic."