CV construction

[sore eye asses]

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I just realized that ERAS constructs your CV from the crap you enter for each category of the CAF (I thought we could upload our own CV from MS word). What then is the different between the CAF and the CV? Are people entering work experiences they had before starting medschool? Also, are they doing it in a bulleted format like a normal resume?

 

[ResidentMD]

As a corollary question, I'd like to know what do programs read to make a decision about the applicant? The CV, or the CAF? I would think the CAF because it gives details regarding visa issues,etc. Then what is the use of the CV?

 

[NotAProgDirector]

I just realized that ERAS constructs your CV from the crap you enter for each category of the CAF (I thought we could upload our own CV from MS word). What then is the different between the CAF and the CV? Are people entering work experiences they had before starting medschool? Also, are they doing it in a bulleted format like a normal resume?

Nothing, really. It's the same information two different ways. The CAF has more information than the CV. ERAS produces both of them because some PD's like the CV. I can't imagine why, since it seems pointless to me.

As a corollary question, I'd like to know what do programs read to make a decision about the applicant? The CV, or the CAF? I would think the CAF because it gives details regarding visa issues,etc. Then what is the use of the CV?

See above.

 

[kralwok]

how come things like honors and membership in professional societies come out without a return or comma between them on the cv? ugh! it looks so bad...

 

[Man In White]

how come things like honors and membership in professional societies come out without a return or comma between them on the cv? ugh! it looks so bad...

Yes it does look hideous. To make things worse you can't add commas or semi-colons to offset them because in the CAF the formatting does include carriage returns. Sigh.

 

[Rogue Synapse]

Actually, if you put commas at the end of each line, it separates them nicely on the CV, and doesn't look bad at all on the CAF. Like so:

CV:
Gold Humanism Honor Society, Student Leadership Society, Society for Neuroscience, American Academy of Neurology, North Carolina Medical Society

CAF
Gold Humanism Honor Society,
Student Leadership Society,
Society for Neuroscience,
American Academy of Neurology,
North Carolina Medical Society

 

[Man In White]

That's a good compromise, but if you want to put anything more than the title of the organization it becomes rather stuffy on the CV.

 

[sore eye asses]

my mistake, disregard