ERAS - Work Experience

[Ceusina]

Should I list ALL jobs I held during/after college? Or only medically relevant things?

I plan on including my 2 years as a medical assistant and 1 year as an EMT.

But, I also worked at least 20 hours per week throughout college doing different jobs (Bookseller at a major chain store, concession stand vendor (glamorous, I know), summer lifeguard). Do I include these unrelated jobs?

I just checked out the Charting Outcomes document and for the specialty I'm interested in (surgery), the average matched applicant had 3 or more work experiences. I honestly know very few medical students with even one "real" job in the medical field before/during medical school. Is it safe to assume that they included other, unrelated, jobs? Should I?

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[dorothyntoto]

I am currently filling out my ERAS and had the same questions. Do I include everything that is currently on my CV which includes my 13 years of work history after college, as well as a job I held at the end of college?? I also had a lot of volunteering before medical school which is also in my CV... Anyone have any insight on this? @gutonc??

 

[Volvulus10]

I'm not. I did a bunch of tutoring and TAing in college and I'm not including any of it. The only stuff I'm including is main research project which got a poster and abstract, etc.

 

[gyngyn]

Medically relevant jobs, only.
Make it easy for us to find the good stuff.

 

[dorothyntoto]

I have a job that I held for 6 weeks before I started medical school. I have not included it on my CV/Resume, but I'm wondering if there's any legal requirement that says I have to? Main reason I ask is it was with a hospital that I am applying to for residency. The program is sponsored from a university, not the hospital... any thoughts on if I must include it?

 

[gyngyn]

I have a job that I held for 6 weeks before I started medical school. I have not included it on my CV/Resume, but I'm wondering if there's any legal requirement that says I have to? Main reason I ask is it was with a hospital that I am applying to for residency. The program is sponsored from a university, not the hospital... any thoughts on if I must include it?

You are not required to include anything you don't want.
Extended unexplained periods of time are a red flag, though.

 

[kobebeefmd]

Medically relevant jobs, only.
Make it easy for us to find the good stuff.

Gyngyn, I'm a non traditional medical graduate, decided to pursue medicine after 6 years out of receiving my undergrad degree. Should I list my activities in between this time?

 

[dorothyntoto]

This is what I ended up using. If people don't like it, I can't change it now! It said to include all UG and Med school activities, and things in between, so I did.
https://pritzker.uchicago.edu/current/students/ResidencyProcessGuide.pdf