ERAS question

[Clie]

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In filling out the 'resume' portion of ERAS, any advice on how descriptive I should be in the area of 'description (up to 1020 characters)'. 1020 characters can add up to half of a page. Should I be brief and leave the details for the interview?
Any advice appreciated...

Thanks

 

[anonymousEM]

succint is best. you want your cv to fit on 2 pages max when you type it out regularly, so put whatever would be on your cv in that section. if there's something particularly outstanding a couple of sentences would be ok, otherwise keep it to the bullet points and save the rest for interviews.

 

[DrQuinn]

Anon is right. ASAP (as short as possible). EM attendings like things short and sweet (like their medical student H&Ps)

Q, DO

 

[Clie]

Will do...thanks

 

[Hercules]

Sorry to dig up such an old post, but I wanted some feedback on CV length. In your opinions, is a 1 page CV preferable to a 2 page, or is the key just to keep it at 2 pages or less?

 

[medlaw06]

I thought a resume was supposed to be 1 page...

and the CV can be ALAP (as long as possible)...

true?

 

[Seaglass]

For ERAS it doesn't really matter - just fill in all the questions. In general a CV can be quite long (if you've been faculty for like 20 years) and a resume is the short version targeted at the job you are trying to get. But neither of these things matters for ERAS - just fill in the questions. ERAS will do the rest.

For the Personal Statement it should be 1 page.

C

 

[grouptherapy]

if you think it's important and will set you apart from the rest, put it down. the PD will recognize the pertinent information, no matter how many pages. that's his/her job

 

[silverpaw54]

Sorry to dig up a really old thread (using search feature), is everyone still filling out mainly one liners to describe their activities?

 

[Apollyon]

Sorry to dig up a really old thread (using search feature), is everyone still filling out mainly one liners to describe their activities?

I can't speak to your question, but you will get no argument from me for using the search function, and, instead, major props. And more props for an 8 year bump! See, your question is germane, so it's good!

 

[Docuronium]

Went no more than a few lines on any of mine if that helps.

 

[tenfootsilence]

Yeah, I did 2-3 liners. Just enough to give them something to read, but not enough to bore them.

 

[silverpaw54]

Went no more than a few lines on any of mine if that helps.

Yeah, I did 2-3 liners. Just enough to give them something to read, but not enough to bore them.

Makes sense. I guess I'm not really adding much more than what is on my CV. If only I could be satisfied with my personal statement...

 

[coralis]

🙁 My CV in ERAS ended up being about 3 pages :s ..... Can't delete anymore stuff

my PS is 1 page and 1 paragraph, working on editing it.

 

[Docuronium]

CV is allowed to be long. This isn't a job specific resume. Just don't go overboard on descriptions, let them ask you questions in an interview.