CV questions

[DrRobert]

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I've read a couple CV books for health professionals that suggest listing the pre-clinical and clinical courses that you have honored. Wouldn't those be listed on your transcript and thus be redundant?

Also, what do you all feel about listing personal interests such as golf, hiking, etc? I would think that this kind of information would come out in the interview, so I wasn't sure if that was necessary to put in the CV.

 

[b&ierstiefel]

I'm assuming that you haven't applied to residency programs yet. When you apply through ERAS, there is already a set template for creating your application CV.

However, when it comes to making a CV for LOR writers and such, the format can vary depending on where your strengths are. My CV had the following layout:

Name, Address, Email, Phone number
Educational background (undergrad/major/degree/date of degree conferred; medical school/degree expected date/USMLE step 1 score). With respect to step 1, feel free to include it if you did really well. If not, leave it out.
Honors/Awards
Research Experience
Publications
Other employment/extracurricular activities (I just combined the two since I was pretty weak in both)
PRofessional societies
Hobbies (one liner--no need to list too many).
Foreign languages (optional but if you speak another language, don't feel shy).

Clearly there are a wide variety of formats and layouts. Choose the one you like best 🙂

 

[bof]

I've read a couple CV books for health professionals that suggest listing the pre-clinical and clinical courses that you honored. Wouldn't those be listed on your transcript and thus be redundant?

Yes. Don't list those under honors, they can read your transcript.

Also, what do you all feel about listing personal interests such as golf, hiking, etc? I would think that this kind of information would come out in the interview, so I wasn't sure is that was necessary to put in the CV.

Put it in, under the other interest section.

Finally, I still haven't found any information about what kind of references a medical student should list on the CV and how many you should have.

In other words, should these be preclinical professors, clinical professors, PIs that you did research with before medical school, undergraduate professors, past employers, etc.

Not required in ERAS cv format.

You are welcome.