A Medical Student Guide to Preparing your Curriculum

Vitae

Purpose of a CV• Summary of your background and accomplishments

related to your academic and work experience

• Necessary for applications for scholarships, research experiences, honor societies and residency programs

• Update often with new accomplishments. This should be a dynamic document.

What to include?• Does this particular piece of information help explain who

I am and what I’ve accomplished?

• Will this piece of information encourage residencyprograms, scholarship committees or research mentorsto select me for an interview or particular experience?

• If I were reading this for the first time and withoutknowledge of myself as an applicant, would thisinformation be useful?

Preparation• CV Workshop• AAMC CiM

website• UNR Med

Template• Review other

CVs

Information• Gather your

facts• Correct dates• Keep a running

list of activities and achievements

Organization• Select

categories• Curate to

emphasize relevance

Creation• Format &

design• Action words• First draft

review• Proofread• Revise and

keep revising

Getting Started

Suggested Content – in this order• Contact Information• Education• Honors and Awards• Certifications/Licensures• Clinical Experience • Teaching Experience • Extracurricular and Service Activities• Research• Presentations & Publications• Professional Memberships• Language Skills, Personal Interests

Work Experience

Contact Information

NameMailing addressPhone numbersProfessional email address

Make sure to use current information where you can be reached.

Education• List all colleges and universities you have attended for your

medical school, graduate, and undergraduate education

• Include the name and location of each institution, the degreesought or earned, the date of (expected) completion, andmajor and minor field of study.

Begin with M.D. Anticipated 202X Include any scholarly concentrations Undergraduate degree(s), title of thesis, if applicable

Certifications and Licensures (if applicable)• ACLS, BLS, etc with expiration dates

• *USMLE Step 1 with score• *USMLE Step 2 with score

• This is an FYI when you had out your CV to letter writers. In ERAS, your USMLE transcript will be attached.

Honors and Awards• Include any awards and scholarships you received

during medical school and criteria, if known.• Honors in Clerkships• Only the most important undergraduate awards and

scholarships

Work Experience - Clinical

• List clinical experience, exposure and/or preceptorships

• Include name of person you worked with and dates

• Add a brief description of your responsibilities and achievements as well as the competencies you gained

• Can tailor this to fit your specialty choice or career path

Work Experience - Teaching• Include course name and your role

Supplemental instructorStep 1 Brain preparation, MCAT tutoring Practice of Medicine instruction or other peer-led

instructor roles

• Add a brief description of your responsibilities and achievements as well as the competencies you gained

• Can tailor this to fit your specialty choice or career path

Work Experience – VolunteerExtracurricular and Volunteer Service Activity• List the most important long-term activities and their dates

you participated in during medical school

• committee work• community service projects• student organization involvement

• Include your pre-medical school activities only if extraordinary or applicable to health care

• List all your major and medically related research projects

• Add a few sentences or title describing each project and your role on the project

• Include the research mentor’s name and professional title as well as the location and dates where/when you completed your research.

Research

• List any research, professional, or poster presentations from conferences, lectures, symposiums, and specialty association meetings

• Include the title of the presentation, authors, audience, and any other relevant details

• This section may be easily combined with publications to create a single, more attractive section

Presentations

• List all published articles in which you are included as an author

• If an article has been accepted for publication but not yet published, use the notation "in press" and omit a publication year

• Use medical bibliographic reference style and be consistent throughout your CV

• http://guides.library.unr.edu/EndnoteWeb

Publications

• List all published articles in which you are included as an author

• If an article has been accepted for publication but not yet published, use the notation "in press" and omit a publication year

• Use medical bibliographic reference style and be consistent throughout your CV

• http://guides.library.unr.edu/EndnoteWeb

Personal Interests

Misc. Sections

Professional Memberships

Language Skills – included written, verbal, fluency

Personal Interests – this section is often used to keep interviews conversational. It is optional later in your career.

• Set margins at a minimum of 0.5 inch

• Chose the font carefully - 11 or 12 point

• Ensure consistent style, size, and formatting of headingsArial, Helvetica, Times New Roman, Calibri

• Use bold, italics, capitalization, and bullets to organize your CV — but use sparingly

• Length - Two pages will be a good start for most students

Formatting – Goal is to be easy to read

• Careers in Medicine https://students-residents.aamc.org/training-residency-fellowship/article/preparing-your-curriculum-vitae/

• UNR Med Admissions and Student Affairs http://med.unr.edu/student-affairs/career-development/curriculum-vitae

Resources

What is next?

Create/Revise your CV over the Summer

• Use the UNR Med CV template (ADD LINK)

• Schedule a meeting with Dr. Singer to review prior to Year 2

Questions???