Amcas activity listings...

[premeddick]

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When I fill out amcas in june, I am going to have about nine abstracts from poster presentations with my name on them. Do you think I should list all the citations in the description section of that activity? That would mean maybe using two of my fifteen activites for posters/abstracts and would likely mean that i couldnt include a description, just the citation. Likewise, do you all think that if i have multiple published papers I should include them in one activity by citation and leave out the description? I could always put a generalized description in the seperate research activity description. What do you all think?

 

[dittozip]

papers can get multiple activities, but abstracts/posters dont mean anything huge. you should put them all together.

 

[HumbleMD]

If you are in danger of filling up them all, then yes, I would condense your poster presentations in one "Poster presentation" category. I wouldn't list the abstracts as I doubt anyone would care to read them. Titles will be sufficient.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Here's how I would list it (using my experiences):
-Publications: 48 published, 6 pending publication. (I pulled numbers out of my ass obviously because I don't know how many publications I will have by the time I apply )
-Basic science research into the mechanisms of ___________ venom and its effects upon ___________ ____________;
-Research using animal models to evaluate possible treatments for envenomation by _________________;
-Public health research into the different methods available to track lightning fatalities.
-Clinical research into mechanical ventilation among a specific subset of patients
-Volunteer firefighter/paramedic (I'll have my NREMT-P by the time I apply) and classroom and clinical instructor for EMS students
-Respiratory therapist and echocardiographer since 2001
-Etc
-Etc

 

[HumbleMD]

Here's how I would list it:
-Publications: 48 published, 6 pending publication.

Only 48 DropKick? God, what are you doing with your time, following Dr. Jocelyn's advice all the time? Honestly....

 

[DropkickMurphy]

Only 48 DropKick? God, what are you doing with your time, following Dr. Jocelyn's advice all the time? Honestly....

Yeah, I do.....what of it?

 

[premeddick]

So you wouldnt list the titles or the citations of your publications? How would medical schools know what author you were and what journal they were in? I want to include that info because I think it helps my application but I dont want medical schools to think I am "cheating" by only listing citations and no description of what i did.

 

[DropkickMurphy]

I would list them if I had sufficient room.

 

[docdude]

It would depend on what else you want to list. I would focus on making my activities sound diverse (to the extent they can). If the posters are on vastly different topics I might divide them into groups, or if they're with different professors/labs. It also depends if you're doing MD/PhD - they might drool over 9 abstracts... but otherwise, I'd try to diversify my application and group the presentations somehow.

One other thing - at this point of the game I see it as making them want to get to know you (you want interviews, obviously), so you don't need to present the research to them, it's more about what you contributed, not about describing in detail what you found. Many of my interviewers were interested in the methodologies of my research (to see how I could apply it to wherever I end up), and not so interested in the exact details of the findings.

 

[DrBowtie]

I would have a Research Experience section where you describe it and a section for Poster Presentations/Publications and just list them all.

 

[premeddick]

I would have a Research Experience section where you describe it and a section for Poster Presentations/Publications and just list them all.

I think there might be too many characters if i try to list all my presentations and publications in one heading (especially if i list all the authors, the journal and title of the research). Is it a waste to use two activities for listing poster abstract citations?

 

[DrBowtie]

I think there might be too many characters if i try to list all my presentations and publications in one heading (especially if i list all the authors, the journal and title of the research). Is it a waste to use two activities for listing poster abstract citations?

I would pick the most important citations and keep it to 1 entry unless you have the room to spare. Obviously some conferences/journals are more important than others. You could add the tag line in the research experience that you have X pubs. Then in the listing entry, at the bottom, you could say "Full list available upon request" or something of that sort.

 

[Darkshooter326]

I assume that all of these abstracts relate to basically the same research topic. Therefore, I think it is best to group them all together as one activity. It is basically redundant, and you want the space to list your other activities.