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LAS Coaching™

LAS Coaches provide personalized one-on-one coaching and group-based instruction. They are highly trained and ready to partner with you to develop a customized plan with actionable steps and measurable goals.

At LAS, we understand that students thrive when they trust their teachers, have access to resources that truly make a difference, and develop the confidence to learn how to learn. With increasing time demands and growing distractions, LAS Coaches deliver differentiated instruction, executive functioning support, and case management to help students deepen their knowledge and build the skills needed to learn effectively.

LAS Coaching offers students the structure, support, and accountability to learn, achieve, and succeed. Contact us for more information.

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LAS Medical Coaching™

LAS Medical Coaching provides personalized one-on-one coaching and group-based instruction in medical and allied health education. LAS Coaches skillfully teach how to hone professionalism and communication skills, incorporate self-reflective practices, and prepare for high stakes licensing and board-certifying exams.

LAS Medical Coaches are highly trained and ready to collaborate with you to develop a customized plan with actionable steps and measurable goals for test preparation, remediation, professional skills development, and other core competencies.

With increasing demands for time and compounding distractions for attention, more and more students and residents need educators they can trust with access to resources that work. LAS Coaches understand that medical and allied health education requires strong executive functioning skills. They know how to prioritize resources and develop a daily workflow to meet or exceed academic and clinical learning goals and help students and residents do so within a competitive and time-sensitive framework.

At LAS, we understand the importance of self-directed learning and differentiated instruction. We take an approach that strikes a balance between learning how to learn, prioritizing high-yield information, and developing the professional skills to communicate effectively in the practice of medicine and the allied health professions.

Self-directed learning requires more than identifying and prioritizing resources or learning and achieving on a standardized test. That’s why LAS prioritizes collaboration with faculty, students, and residents to support learning and patient safety through differentiated instruction. Our approach supports students and residents to learn how to deepen their knowledge and develop their clinical reasoning skills to meet or exceed the core competencies of an individual medical school or specialty program.

Today, more than ever, we face competing demands for our time and attention. At LAS, we understand that these demands can increase feelings of stress and fatigue, often manifesting as burnout and other psychological stressors. Therefore, LAS incorporates self-reflective practices and measurable goals within their individual education and departmental plans.

LAS is ready to provide coaching and consulting services to you. Contact us for more information or interested in learning more? Check out Professionalism and Procrastination an article from the LAS Resource page on our website.

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Train the Trainer

LAS provides interactive training, coaching, and consulting for faculty, administrators, and MSTP students. LAS offers training options in higher education, medical education, nursing, and allied health education.

LAS consulting includes an initial stakeholder meeting to identify goals and expectations, a needs assessment to clarify the scope of work, and a written proposal with specified resources, workflow, timeline, fees, and other deliverables.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of LAS training modules for faculty, administrators, and MSTP students.

• Developing an Integrative Coaching Model with Wellness Support
• Training and Supervising Peer Tutors and MSTP Coaches
• Integrative approaches for high-stakes exam preparation and remediation for licensing and board-certifying exams
• Developing Core Competencies that Meet Standards for PIP, PDP, and Academic Remediation Plans
• Contending with Burnout
• How to Teach Advanced Learning Strategies to Your Interns
• Stepping Up to the USMLE and COMLEX Licensing Exams
• Upgrading Learning Skills: From Courses to Clinical Training
• Developing a pre-matriculation roadmap for self-directed learning
• Annual In-Training Exam Prep
• Board-Certifying Exam Prep

All LAS Training Modules begin with an initial stakeholder meeting to identify goals and expectations, confirm a needs assessment, and scope of work. Following the initial stakeholder meeting, LAS provides a written proposal with specified deliverables, resources, timeline, and fees. LAS Training Modules incorporate identified learning objectives, resources, workflow examples, and research-based strategies for measurable outcomes.

LAS Training and supervision are available in a workshop series with one-on-one coaching or in a small-group design with one-on-one consulting and support. LAS Training Modules are customized and include a syllabus, identified learning objectives, specified resources, workflow examples, and research-based strategies with measurable goals.

Need help? Contact LAS for more information and to schedule your initial stakeholder meeting.

LAS Coaching Model™

The LAS Coaching Model™ is the foundation for all LAS services and provides a clear framework for academic and professional skills development and success. LAS Coaching is client-centered and provides individualized strategies and support, like that used by professional athletes, musicians, and academic decathletes.

Unlike traditional tutoring models that focus on providing answers, the LAS Coaching Model begins with an initial consultation process to collect information and collaborate in designing a realistic, empirically driven plan. LAS Coaching emphasizes teaching the skills needed to learn independently. While LAS Coaches can certainly explain concepts and solutions, they prioritize intrinsic learning skills, critical thinking, curiosity, and realistic habits of mind. This often requires a delicate balance between guidance and inspiration, coaching students to deepen their content knowledge and hone their process skills in adaptive and sustainable ways.

Many who pursue LAS Coaching services request information on executive functioning support, accommodations, burnout, and performance anxiety, among other related topics. Some of these requests are due to challenges with self-organization or difficulties with self-regulation that manifest as procrastination, low achievement, and difficulties with professionalism, test preparation, and training.

LAS Coaches address these challenges within an individualized plan by providing structure, support, and accountability. LAS collaborates with its clients to clarify learning objectives and measurable goals, to foster independence, professionalism, and success.

College & Grads >

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LAS Career Coaching™

In today’s fast-paced, technological world, competing demands for time and attention frequently impact academic and professional goals. LAS Career Coaching™ recognizes the importance of career decision-making and the need for career changes, both during and after academic training.

Based on a relationship model, LAS Career Coaching™ provides a valuable framework for individuals navigating career transitions and decision-making. Whether in school, transitioning to professional life, or seeking a career change, our coaching provides structure, support, and accountability to guide you toward clear and effective career decisions.

LAS Career Coaches understand the complexities of career exploration. They help individuals address concerns related to selecting a major, determining career goals, and navigating career changes. The LAS time-limited coaching model provides the support you need to achieve your career aspirations.

LAS offers career coaching services to individuals at all stages. Whether you’re exploring new academic pathways, considering a career change, or seeking a new job, LAS Coaches help you navigate the complexities of the modern workplace and achieve your career goals.

LAS Career Coaching™ is a formal relationship and focuses on career development and work processes, including career decision-making, career choices, career transitions, and job search strategies (Niles & Bowlsbey).