Curriculum Vitae and Personal Statements

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Curriculum Vitae and Personal Statements

• Suzanne Rose, M.D.
• Lawrence Smith, M.D.

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Curriculum Vitae

• Purpose
• Relevance
• What goes in
• What stays out

CV
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Curriculum Vitae

• Identification information
• Education
• Medical Education
• Undergraduate Education
• Honors/Awards
• Research Experience
• Abstracts/Publications

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Curriculum Vitae

• Certification
• USMLE
• BLS, AHA, etc.
• Memberships or Professional Societies
• Experience
• Teaching
• School Leadership
• Community Service
• Other

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Curriculum Vitae

• Hobbies
• Outside Interests
• Foreign language skills

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Curriculum Vitae

• Categories stand out
• Appearance
• Paper
• Identification on pages 2 and beyond
• Think about what you reveal about yourself and if
  you want to reveal that
• Ethnic background
• Religion
• Family

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Personal Statement

• Professional background
• Qualifications
• Why you have chosen this residency
• Career goals
• Humanizing information

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Personal Statement

• P
• Personal
• R
• Relevant
• S
• Sincere
• U
• Unique

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Personal Statement

• Be brief
• Start early, refine, revise
• Throw out your statement that got you into med
  school
• Include experiences that demonstrate your
  interest
• No generalities

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Personal Statement

• Include info about other aspects of your life
• Allow others to comment
• No misspelled word
• Avoid poor grammar
• No slang
• Write clearly

Gonna Aint Cuz GOMER Scut puppy
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Personal Statement

• Save your acting ability for the interview
• End with a positive or upbeat statement, a
  clincher
• No risks
• Turn all negatives into positives

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Personal Statement

• Consider IF you really want to include (and you
  may want to)
• Personal information about your family
• Personal information about illnesses you may have
  had or your family has had, consider the risks
• Identification information minority status,
  religious preferences, etc.

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Personal Statement

• Remember you statement may be read by a
• 30 year old woman
• 45 year old man
• 50 year old woman
• 65 year old man
• Someone who may have deep convictions about an
  issue . . . . . . . . . . .