Logan Karlen
First Year M.D. Candidate At University Of California, Riverside
Riverside,CA
Summary
Driven medical student with nearly a decade of tutoring experience. Passionate about education with training in pedagogical learning techniques. Adept at modifying teaching strategies to suit a given student's learning style.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
23
23
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Research Assistant
Verma Spine
05.2022 - 05.2023
- First contact for patients in spine care clinic
- Composed and submitted case studies on findings to various spine journals
- Captured history, discussed differentials & management options
- Routinely perform physical/neurological exams for up to 40 patients/day - Ordered/interpreted/discussed diagnostic imaging such as CT scans, MRIs, & X-Ray's using image software such as McKesson, RadNet, RadSource, & PACS
- Discussed lab, neurology, & pathology findings with attending, residents, fellow, medical staff, & patients
- Discussed conservative options & referrals (epidural/facet injections, RF ablation, pain management, EMG, physical therapy, etc.)
- Managed progress/surgical notes & billing into EMR
- Acted as a guide for rotating Family Medicine residents & other clinical staff
Emergency Medical Technician
American Professional Ambulance
01.2021 - 06.2022
- Earned Employee of Month Award in March 2021
- Specialized in Advanced Life Support and Critical Care Transport calls, working alongside Registered Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, and Paramedics
- Trained in vaccine administration; administered hundreds of COVID vaccines to patients around Los Angeles County
- Evaluated and monitored needs of hundreds of emergent and urgent patients, keeping them stabilized up to point of transfer of care
- Monitored unpredictable behavior of psychiatric patients
- Identified patients in need of advanced care
- Gained working knowledge of common medical terminology and medications
- Inquired about patient to staff at sending facilities in order to gather concise, yet detailed narrative to be passed on to receiving facility and thoroughly documented in patient care report
- Conducted compassionate bed side manner to provide utmost comfort to patients in need
- Maintained levelheadedness and efficiency in high-pressure situations, effectively prioritizing tasks to provide top-notch medical care
- Evaluated patient vital signs and status to determine care needs using pulse oximeters, manual blood pressure cuffs, and electronic vital sign machines
- Administered oxygen, applied wound care, and conducted pain management to patients throughout duration of given call as needed
Research Assistant
Kaiser Permanente
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Under Dr. Jaleh Mirza, helped fulfill Kaiser Permanente physician/staff requests for creating up-to-date medical terminology by aiding in process of AHA, ICD-10, and SNOMED regulatory coding updates
- Performed investigative research on medical topics that required updating
- Composed detailed reports on numerous concepts including COVID-19 vaccine efficacy, melanocytic nevus of eyelid, HPV testing, and revision surgery
- Resolved issues concerning synonymous terminology duplicates and clarified differences between congenital and acquired diagnoses
Private STEM Tutor
Myself
09.2015 - Current
- Have worked with hundreds of students one-on-one in wide range of subjects, including mathematics (elementary-calculus), chemistry (middle school physical science-organic chemistry), physics (middle school physical science-AP physics), and standardized testing prep
- Offer simplified avenues to answers via higher level understanding, rather than encouraging rote memorization
- Assist students in acquiring better understanding of targeted weak areas within subject or subject in its entirety
- Administer feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage and build confidence
- Prepare students for wide range of events, from in-class exams to standardized tests to readiness tests
- Prepare lesson plans to meet goals identified in students' individualized study plans
- Respond to after hours requests to provide students with extra assistance if students have specific questions
- Generate positive, stress-free learning environment to build positive learning associations
- Students often see improvements of 2 letter grades or more
Learning Assistant
University Of California, Los Angeles
09.2019 - 06.2020
- Checked on instructor lessons and communication in order to assess quality of education and assistance offered to students
- Worked with Professors, Teaching Assistants, and fellow Learning Assistants to resolve student learning problems, improve students' understanding of conceptual chemistry, and provide exceptional as well as approachable assistance to students in need
- Provided assistance to over 300 students both in class and online.
- Helped run professor office hours, answering extra questions and going through problems on board for all attendees
- Facilitated group conversations and conceptual understanding during discussion sections
- Experimented with variety of evidence-based learning strategies for helping students learn in collaborative environments, and revised these strategies based on feedback from students, learning assistants, and teaching assistants
- Enforced self- reflective learning techniques each week in order to set and achieve student learning goals
Research Assistant
UCLA Psychology Department
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Examined how people gain acquisition of relation between cause and effect
- Explored human causal reasoning in two types of causal structures: common cause and common effect
- Recruited over 250 participants for study both personally and through virtual sign-up portal
- Summarized search results by preparing written reports, graphs, fact sheets and tables
- Ensured accuracy of data collection by meticulously assigning participants in proper order, conditions, and stations as came in
- Debriefed participants on how study would be run, answering any questions participants had throughout performance of experiment
- Kept reliable line of communication with researchers in order to prepare for changes that arose throughout duration of study
Delta Tau Delta Philanthropy Chair
Delta Tau Delta
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Philanthropically partnered with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund, raising $2100 as part of a nationwide effort to raise $2 million for Type I Diabetes
- Raised ideas, proposed timelines, and assigned roles in weekly executive board meetings
- Organized The-Price-Is-Right themed sorority competition and a quesadilla sale
- Recruited sororities by speaking at their chapter meetings, assigned roles to fellow fraternity brothers, reserved locations, and ordered/gathered needed materials such as t-shirts, food, props, decorations, and prizes
Food Bank/Food Rescue Volunteer
Food Finders
09.2020 - 05.2023
- Collected and registered personal information of food recipients to include name, contact information, household demographics and occupation information
- Packaged up nonperishable food items for food bank visitors
- Coordinated logistics of distribution vehicles to include arrival and distribution area
- Filled, loaded, and distributed boxes in personal vehicle totaling hundreds of pounds of food, to nonprofits located in food deserts
Education
M.D. -
University of California, Riverside SOM
Riverside, CA 05.2001 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Cognitive Science
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 05.2001 -
Certification
Certified EMT-B, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (2020)
Publications
In Print
Asef Bawahab, Logan Karlen, Casey Slattery, Kushagra Verma. Retrograde Ejaculation after Anterior Lumbar Fusion Resolved with a Plant-Based Diet: Case Report and Discussion. International Journal of Case Reports, 2023, 7:293. DOI: 10.28933/ijcr-2023-05-2505ab (Accepted International Journal of Case Reports 7/2023)
Timeline
Clinical Research Assistant
Verma Spine
05.2022 - 05.2023
Research Assistant
Kaiser Permanente
01.2022 - 06.2022
Emergency Medical Technician
American Professional Ambulance
01.2021 - 06.2022
Food Bank/Food Rescue Volunteer
Food Finders
09.2020 - 05.2023
Learning Assistant
University Of California, Los Angeles
09.2019 - 06.2020
Research Assistant
UCLA Psychology Department
09.2019 - 03.2020
Delta Tau Delta Philanthropy Chair
Delta Tau Delta
01.2018 - 12.2018
Private STEM Tutor
Myself
09.2015 - Current
M.D. -
University of California, Riverside SOM
05.2001 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Cognitive Science
University of California, Los Angeles
05.2001 -