Are we meant to list our clinical clerkships under "experience" on our ERAS?
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Clerkship = Work Experience?
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Although I have seen some IMGs list their rotating internships as work experience, generally "work" is seen as employment. Clerkship and shadowing fall more in the realm of educational experience.
No. This has been asked before and APD answered in the negative. Experience is for jobs, not clinical rotations.
well, now I'm REALLY confused ! 😉
This is written at the top of my 'Experience Tab'
Include Clinical and Teaching experience as work experiences, include all unpaid extra-curricular activities and committees you have served on as volunteer experience
This is written at the top of my 'Experience Tab'
Include Clinical and Teaching experience as work experiences, include all unpaid extra-curricular activities and committees you have served on as volunteer experience
Absolutely do not put rotations there. That is part of your schooling. Clinical experiences outside of school can be listed there. The CV is supposed to end up looking like a resume, not a transcript. So if, for example, you had some sort of clinical volunteering job during med school, then sure, list it. But if you start listing rotations, you are (1) going to look silly, because EVERYBODY applying for residency has these and it doesn't set you apart in any way, and (2) going to look like you are padding your CV because you haven't accomplished much. Either way, you don't want to do this.
thank you 😉
some of us need "padding" 😉
lastly- languages.
so, fluent- i understand.
how about conversational...
as in, I studied french until i was 18- but haven't spoken an ounce of it for 5 yrs?
- or italian throughout uni?
some of us need "padding" 😉
lastly- languages.
so, fluent- i understand.
how about conversational...
as in, I studied french until i was 18- but haven't spoken an ounce of it for 5 yrs?
- or italian throughout uni?
Conversational = you would be comfortable having your interview in that language.
I've heard of someone who had this happen for a med school interview, so it could happen for a residency. Be very sure before you indicate such a skill.
oh wow! thanks for the heads-up.. the only way i could start babbling in french- is if i'd had a few glasses of wine. 😉
