CV.. Include scores or not?

[RxBoy]

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What considered "good" to include scores on CV under certification? I am considering just leaving it out what do you think? Applying for anesth.

 

[NPR]

I wouldn't draw any additional attention to a Step 1 of 208.

 

[Femtochemistry]

what's the point since they will get a USMLE transcript anyways?

 

[tss7]

Good question - I'd like to know the answer,too.

 

[Winged Scapula]

No need to put the scores there. If you are fully licensed, then its common to list the states in which one is licensed, but no one lists their scores.

 

[LadyGrey]

No one? I have my scores on my CV that I hand to letter-writing people, but not in the "CV" in ERAS. I was told it was reasonable to do if you wanted to draw attention to good scores.

 

[Winged Scapula]

No one? I have my scores on my CV that I hand to letter-writing people, but not in the "CV" in ERAS. I was told it was reasonable to do if you wanted to draw attention to good scores.

No one who has a real CV (most of your professors probably have their CVs on line. Check and you'll see - none have their scores listed. Its just not a part of a real CV).

Since programs get copies of your USMLE scores and your MSPE may note it as well, putting them on your CV seems a tad overkill to me.

 

[NotAProgDirector]

Are you discussing the ERAS-generated CV or do people generally send a separate normal (i.e. nonERAS) CV to programs to which they apply? In other words, should I send a separate CV by email to programs to which I apply?

Please don't. Everything is in ERAS.

 

[NGN47]

Not meaning to beat a dead horse here...but what is the ERAS CV? I know that ERAS generates a CV based on what you entered in, and you can "View CV" if you want, to see how it looks. But there is no place where they ask you to actually enter in your USMLE scores (you just check the box about sending them right?), so, anyway, what is everyone talking about here?

 

[Wardens]

I'm pretty sure they're talking about a generic CV that everyone keeps and maybe gives to a letter-writer or future employer. They're not talking about ERAS as far as I can tell.

 

[Dr McSteamy]

if everyone would stop trying to pad his cv, it would make everyone's life easier.

it's ok to have just 1 volunteer experience, and nothing else.

leave it at that.


the only thing i have on mine is a volunteer job i did almost 10 years ago. I don't have any research.

i hope aProgramdirector can back me up and say that the cv probably doesn't matter as much as the other components of the application

 

[NotAProgDirector]

i hope aProgramdirector can back me up and say that the cv probably doesn't matter as much as the other components of the application

Yep.

Obviously there will be exceptions. A program that focuses on Global Health might be more interested in candidates with some global health experience already. But for the 95+% programs out there doing the usual thing, it's your clinical performance in medical school which drives much of the interviewing decisionmaking.