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Blueprints and Burnout: Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Work

Loren Deutsch — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:59:58 +0000

by Julie M. Hau “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts … Continue reading →

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Blueprints: Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Work

Loren Deutsch — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:48:24 +0000

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Community Colleges: Underrated Educational Path

Loren Deutsch — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 05:22:01 +0000

By Zahra Muhsin According to the U.S. Department of Education, over 43% of all undergraduates in 2020-2021 were enrolled in community colleges, representing more than 8.8 million students. Community colleges have a prevalent space in postsecondary education, and they … Continue reading →

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Professionalism & Early-Career Physicians

Loren Deutsch — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 19:08:36 +0000

Interview with LAS Founder, Loren Deutsch LAS is seeing increases in referrals from GME departments and self-referred individuals for professionalism, among early-career physicians. The increase is concerning and with many factors contributing to professionalism (e.g., personal, academic, and more), … Continue reading →

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What Running 4 Marathons Taught Me About Perseverance

Loren Deutsch — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:33:56 +0000

Interview with LAS Education Coach and LAS Medical Coach: Kweku Bentum Difficult and laborious tasks are often compared to marathons. Studying for an exam, learning a new skill/instrument, even life is a “marathon–not a sprint.” The lesson conveyed is that … Continue reading →

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GRIT for Women in Medicine – Part I

Loren Deutsch — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 06:12:29 +0000

By Loren Deutsch “I recently attended Mayo Clinic’s GRIT for Women in Medicine Conference. GRIT stands for Growth, Resilience, Inspiration, and Tenacity. This was among the first in-person conferences I’ve attended since the pandemic. I was thrilled to connect with … Continue reading →

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College Students are Struggling to Read

Loren Deutsch — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:29:38 +0000

by Zahra Muhsin, MA “The decline in adult literacy means not merely a decline in the capacity to read and write, but a decline in the impulse to puzzle out, brood upon, look up in the dictionary, mutter over, argue … Continue reading →

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Knowing Your Vitals: Work-life Balance and Work-life Wellbeing in Residency and Fellowship Decision-Making

Loren Deutsch — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 22:27:27 +0000

by Dr. Julie Hau and Zahra Muhsin When individuals are making decisions about which medical school to attend, they may also be considering residency and fellowship. That is, where they would like to work, live, and play. Once they are … Continue reading →

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Mental Fitness and Test Prep

Loren Deutsch — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:51:57 +0000

by Loren Deutsch LAS incorporates mindfulness training, meditation, and self-reflective practices into most individual education plans, particularly for standardized test prep. We have done so since the start of our company and this is why we became interested in LeBron … Continue reading →

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Breath Work: An underrated test-prep tip

Loren Deutsch — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:05:54 +0000

By Kweku Bentum, MS Do you find yourself often feeling frustrated with an exam or zoned out in the middle of the exam because you just want to get the exam “over with?” Do you often feel like an exam … Continue reading →

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