Great tips for entering your "Work/Activities" for AMCAS

[Mobius1985]

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if I worked full time over the summer and then stopped during the school year and then continued during winter break, how should I enter this? I was thinking about putting in 40 hours a week from may 2008 to January 2008 but I dont want that to imply I worked full time during school

List the first and last date. Don't fill in the hours/week. In the narrative state state "over summer and winter break ~4 months I worked 40 hours/week. I did not work during the school semester."

 

[caseofthemndays]

I know it's frowned upon to put future activities, but I manipulated it in the following way: I have to learn a conversational amount of the country's language to do an overseas volunteer program there that I am planning for next summer. I wrote "learning language x" as the title, under the category of "other" and in the description wrote that I am learning the language in order to participate in a such and such a program and that I feel very passionately about their mission. Whaddya think?

 

[Mobius1985]

I know it's frowned upon to put future activities, but I manipulated it in the following way: I have to learn a conversational amount of the country's language to do an overseas volunteer program there that I am planning for next summer. I wrote "learning language x" as the title, under the category of "other" and in the description wrote that I am learning the language in order to participate in a such and such a program and that I feel very passionately about their mission. Whaddya think?

It works for me.

 

[hyperdunk]

Would it be stupid to list playing pick up basketball as an activity? Although I don't think it really adds anything to the application, I figure it could at least be something that might come up in interview considering I do not know many other girls who do this on a regular basis...

 

[robrobbberts]

I am to sure how to list my shadowing experience. I shadowed several different doctors, is it okay to just list them, their specialty and where I observed them? Or do I have to put a bit more in the description?


Basically:


Dr. No - Internal Medicine - Private Practice

Dr. Yes - Oncology - Hospital Rounds

Dr. Maybe - Podiatry - Free Clinic

etc.


??

 

[DaisyM]

So I'm writing about a position where I was the acting officer (I was holding a position that had been elected to) for a year because the current officer had just discovered they had a chronic disease and couldn't handle the responsibilities. Should I say what the disease was or would that be in bad taste?

 

[Stratego]

Would it be stupid to list playing pick up basketball as an activity? Although I don't think it really adds anything to the application, I figure it could at least be something that might come up in interview considering I do not know many other girls who do this on a regular basis...

List it under hobbies/avocations along with some other interests. it makes you interesting.

 

[Stratego]

I am to sure how to list my shadowing experience. I shadowed several different doctors, is it okay to just list them, their specialty and where I observed them? Or do I have to put a bit more in the description?


Basically:


Dr. No - Internal Medicine - Private Practice

Dr. Yes - Oncology - Hospital Rounds

Dr. Maybe - Podiatry - Free Clinic

etc.


??

Details aren't necessary, unless something extraordinary happened. Under 'other' put the first and last date. Don't fill in hours/week. I'd list it as:

40 hours Internal Medicine, Y. No, DO, at 219-555-3344

15 hours Oncology, A Yes, MD, hopital rounds, Dryes@internet prvider.com

35 hours Podiatry, A MAybe, DPM at xxx-555-1000; I assisted at a foot amputation by carrying the sterile instrument tray to the nurse and got to watch the procedure.

 

[Stratego]

So I'm writing about a position where I was the acting officer (I was holding a position that had been elected to) for a year because the current officer had just discovered they had a chronic disease and couldn't handle the responsibilities. Should I say what the disease was or would that be in bad taste?

I'd just say appointed acting officer (name the postion) when elected officer stepped down. Then briefly list the duties that made it a leadership position.

 

[robrobbberts]

Details aren't necessary, unless something extraordinary happened. Under 'other' put the first and last date. Don't fill in hours/week. I'd list it as:

40 hours Internal Medicine, Y. No, DO, at 219-555-3344

15 hours Oncology, A Yes, MD, hopital rounds, Dryes@internet prvider.com

35 hours Podiatry, A MAybe, DPM at xxx-555-1000; I assisted at a foot amputation by carrying the sterile instrument tray to the nurse and got to watch the procedure.

Awesome! Thanks. So is a contact number necessary? Should I have contact numbers and/or e-mails for the rest of my activities? If so, I have to call a few of them and make sure they are prepared to possibly receive calls.

 

[luckyclover]

I worked as a lab assistant at an infectious disease lab, and my main responsibility was animal handling, such as caring for, infecting, and sacrificing mice. So does it count as research or paid employment?

 

[luckyclover]

another question:

I volunteered as a teacher's aid at an elementary school through my school's social service program. So for experience name, do I put "teacher's aid" or the name of the program or both?

Thanks!

 

[gujuDoc]

I worked as a lab assistant at an infectious disease lab, and my main responsibility was animal handling, such as caring for, infecting, and sacrificing mice. So does it count as research or paid employment?

employment is how id categorize it

 

[gujuDoc]

another question:

I volunteered as a teacher's aid at an elementary school through my school's social service program. So for experience name, do I put "teacher's aid" or the name of the program or both?

Thanks!

category: volunteer non clinical
title: teacher aid
organization name: school's social service program.

 

[gujuDoc]

Awesome! Thanks. So is a contact number necessary? Should I have contact numbers and/or e-mails for the rest of my activities? If so, I have to call a few of them and make sure they are prepared to possibly receive calls.

You can have the contact info or you may leave it out. Even for the shadowing you can leave phone and email out but say where it was if it was at different hospitals, clinics, etc.

 

[gujuDoc]

I am to sure how to list my shadowing experience. I shadowed several different doctors, is it okay to just list them, their specialty and where I observed them? Or do I have to put a bit more in the description?


Basically:


Dr. No - Internal Medicine - Private Practice

Dr. Yes - Oncology - Hospital Rounds

Dr. Maybe - Podiatry - Free Clinic

etc.


??

The way you listed sounds fine. But if you have space I'd say which hospital/clinic it was at even if you have to slightly abbreviate.

 

[np318]

So I have a question should I just include the descriptions that are on my resume? or should include more?

Volunteer/Intern
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
¨ Volunteer at the Elder Horizon program, a geriatric delirium prevention program
¨ Perform cognitive, physical ,social and therapeutic interventions with geriatric patients
¨ Promotion to "intern" position, duties include reviewing patient's medical charts to screen for eligibility
¨ Enroll patients in program by obtaining past medical history and administering MMSE and GDE questions
¨ Present patient at rounds in order to update MD, physical therapists, nutritionist on patient status
¨ Training of other individuals (both volunteer and intern positions)
¨ Knowledge of HIPPA / Contact Precautions of hospital


Research
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
¨ Researcher working on a project aimed to determine the efficiency of consultants and their impact in the overcrowding in the Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency Department
¨ Communication with residents, attendings, physician assistants and nurses in order to determine: time consultants was paged, arrival in the ED and when time of final disposition decision
- During this project I did have a lot of interactions with medical students, residents and attendings. I also got to see a lot of cool procedures/conditions - should i include them? (traumas, lumbar punctures, collapsed lungs, chest tube placement etc)

Researcher

Quinnipiac University School of Health Sciences, Hamden, CT
¨ "The effects of work experience and income on the breastfeeding views of French women"
¨ Analysis of the La Leche League International administered survey
¨ Use of exploratory data analysis
- I did this research as apart of a research methods class. It was a group research project, but at the end my professor told us that he would make us co-authors on the paper.. i am not sure when that paper is suppose to get published, but should I include this experiene?


Research
St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT
¨ Enroll patients in the Emergency Department in a colonoscopy study by obtaining past medical history
¨ Administer surveys relating to primary care checkups, tobacco cessation, breast cancer, prostate cancer, digital rectal exam, pap smears
¨ raise awareness and provide patients information about cancer screenings and free event/programs
¨ Secretarial duties: enter data into computer system, scan/fax documents and consent forms

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
¨ On-Call Unbiased Researcher working on project aimed to determine the effectiveness of stimulation training in the placement of Central Venous Catheters
¨ Attentively watched PGY1, PGY2, and PGY3 residents place central venous lines in both the ED, MICU, CICU, TICU and SICU over 18 month study
- here i was able to help some residents during the line placement.. mostly so that they would maintain sterile (saline flushes in tray, helping with the probe cover)


Cherry Hill Wine and Spirits, Hamden, CT
¨ Family business
¨ Responsibilities: cashier, organizing/designing displays, hosting wine tasting events (both in store and community), customer service

Organizer
American Red Cross, New Haven, CT
¨ Senior Project in high school was organization of blood drive
¨ Responsible for raising awareness, setting appointments, and arranging food donations
¨ Collection of 64 pints of blood - Most successful blood drive on May 4, 2006
- should i include this even though it was in high school?

 

[0Complications]

So I have a question should I just include the descriptions that are on my resume? or should include more?

I had a similar issue deciding this, because my format looks very similar to yours on my CV. It would be easy to just cut and paste, but I decided against JUST doing that.

Here is what I decided to do:

1) Give a quick synopsis of how this relates to my life, what I learned, what my goals were, how I feel it relates to medicine or patient interaction. Granted all of these might not apply to each, but I try to consider them all as I'm writing a brief summary.

2) The in copy/paste in the CV bullet points and job/experience header.

The way I looked at this is it gives them a personal take from my point of view and it gives them the day-to-day of the experiences. I don't know if it's the best way, but it's the best way I can come up with.

 

[0Complications]

Is it bad to use more than one activity slot for presentations?

I am just listing:

Authors (date). Title of abstract. Conference presented at. City and state.


Listing them like this, my presentations take up two activity slots and I still had to omit one. Is it bad to use two slots for presentations?

Also, I decided to do a heading of: Presentations/Abstracts (1 of 2) and (2 of 2). Does that sound ok?

 

[gujuDoc]

I had a similar issue deciding this, because my format looks very similar to yours on my CV. It would be easy to just cut and paste, but I decided against JUST doing that.

Here is what I decided to do:

1) Give a quick synopsis of how this relates to my life, what I learned, what my goals were, how I feel it relates to medicine or patient interaction. Granted all of these might not apply to each, but I try to consider them all as I'm writing a brief summary.

2) The in copy/paste in the CV bullet points and job/experience header.

The way I looked at this is it gives them a personal take from my point of view and it gives them the day-to-day of the experiences. I don't know if it's the best way, but it's the best way I can come up with.

That's a good approach that you've taken. You can list presentations separately if they were separate presentations given at separate say conferences or events in answer to your other question. Maybe Mobius can give his opinion too.


You can do what you've done or just use the resume format or give mini essays of what you learned and what not. Each adcom will differ in how much they want in the description and people have gotten in with either way or also your way of doing things so I'm sure everyone will be fine. This question has actually come up at least 100 times this past season. LOL. I wish they'd sticky the response to one of the posts on this question as part of an FAQ.

 

[Hammerax]

Hey guys, I'm a long time lurker who decided to finally create an account. Since I turned 21, I have developed an interest in homebrewing and have already crafted a few batches of my own beer. Do you think this is something worth putting in the hobbies section to spice it up? Or would this be frowned upon?

 

[0Complications]

Hey guys, I'm a long time lurker who decided to finally create an account. Since I turned 21, I have developed an interest in homebrewing and have already crafted a few batches of my own beer. Do you think this is something worth putting in the hobbies section to spice it up? Or would this be frowned upon?

Only if you're willing to bring samples to your interviews. 😉


I personally wouldn't list it unless you are participating in venues/competitions of some sort with your beer. I think you could talk about it during interviews if your hobbies come up, but it's just not really sell worthy on it's own, IMO.

 

[Mobius1985]

Is it bad to use more than one activity slot for presentations?

I am just listing:

Authors (date). Title of abstract. Conference presented at. City and state.


Listing them like this, my presentations take up two activity slots and I still had to omit one. Is it bad to use two slots for presentations?

Also, I decided to do a heading of: Presentations/Abstracts (1 of 2) and (2 of 2). Does that sound ok?

I think you handled this just fine.

 

[angeladav]

Only if you're willing to bring samples to your interviews. 😉


I personally wouldn't list it unless you are participating in venues/competitions of some sort with your beer. I think you could

talk about it during interviews if your hobbies come up, but it's just not really sell worthy on it's own, IMO.

Probably not. Making beer can be constructed in a negative manner by some snob, so I would probably not talk about this.

 

[Mobius1985]

I had a similar issue deciding this, because my format looks very similar to yours on my CV. It would be easy to just cut and paste, but I decided against JUST doing that.

Here is what I decided to do:

1) Give a quick synopsis of how this relates to my life, what I learned, what my goals were, how I feel it relates to medicine or patient interaction. Granted all of these might not apply to each, but I try to consider them all as I'm writing a brief summary.

2) The in copy/paste in the CV bullet points and job/experience header.

The way I looked at this is it gives them a personal take from my point of view and it gives them the day-to-day of the experiences. I don't know if it's the best way, but it's the best way I can come up with.

There is no incorrect approach. You can make it chatty and personal or formal and business-like. The important thing is to keep it succinct, as adcomms have to look at so many of these, you don't want them to lose interest when they're reading yours.

 

[Mobius1985]

See my previous post. I'll write individual comments after your highlighted question below.

So I have a question should I just include the descriptions that are on my resume? or should include more?

Volunteer/Intern
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
¨ Volunteer at the Elder Horizon program, a geriatric delirium prevention program
¨ Perform cognitive, physical ,social and therapeutic interventions with geriatric patients
¨ Promotion to "intern" position, duties include reviewing patient's medical charts to screen for eligibility
¨ Enroll patients in program by obtaining past medical history and administering MMSE and GDE questions
¨ Present patient at rounds in order to update MD, physical therapists, nutritionist on patient status
¨ Training of other individuals (both volunteer and intern positions)
¨ Knowledge of HIPPA / Contact Precautions of hospital


Research
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
¨ Researcher working on a project aimed to determine the efficiency of consultants and their impact in the overcrowding in the Yale New Haven Hospital Emergency Department
¨ Communication with residents, attendings, physician assistants and nurses in order to determine: time consultants was paged, arrival in the ED and when time of final disposition decision
- During this project I did have a lot of interactions with medical students, residents and attendings. I also got to see a lot of cool procedures/conditions - should i include them? (traumas, lumbar punctures, collapsed lungs, chest tube placement etc)
***You've already listed the variety of medical professional, so don't do it twice. I think a brief list of interesting procedures viewed is fine.***
Researcher

Quinnipiac University School of Health Sciences, Hamden, CT
¨ "The effects of work experience and income on the breastfeeding views of French women"
¨ Analysis of the La Leche League International administered survey
¨ Use of exploratory data analysis
- I did this research as apart of a research methods class. It was a group research project, but at the end my professor told us that he would make us co-authors on the paper.. i am not sure when that paper is suppose to get published, but should I include this experiene?
***Include the experience, but not a future event. You can mention publication in a future update letter if it occurs.***

Research
St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT
¨ Enroll patients in the Emergency Department in a colonoscopy study by obtaining past medical history
¨ Administer surveys relating to primary care checkups, tobacco cessation, breast cancer, prostate cancer, digital rectal exam, pap smears
¨ raise awareness and provide patients information about cancer screenings and free event/programs
¨ Secretarial duties: enter data into computer system, scan/fax documents and consent forms

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
¨ On-Call Unbiased Researcher working on project aimed to determine the effectiveness of stimulation training in the placement of Central Venous Catheters
¨ Attentively watched PGY1, PGY2, and PGY3 residents place central venous lines in both the ED, MICU, CICU, TICU and SICU over 18 month study
- here i was able to help some residents during the line placement.. mostly so that they would maintain sterile (saline flushes in tray, helping with the probe cover)
***Just say residents, don't be verbose. Say multiple hospital settings, don't list so many. Say assisted resident in maintaining sterility of line during placement.***

Cherry Hill Wine and Spirits, Hamden, CT
¨ Family business
¨ Responsibilities: cashier, organizing/designing displays, hosting wine tasting events (both in store and community), customer service

Organizer
American Red Cross, New Haven, CT
¨ Senior Project in high school was organization of blood drive
¨ Responsible for raising awareness, setting appointments, and arranging food donations
¨ Collection of 64 pints of blood - Most successful blood drive on May 4, 2006
- should i include this even though it was in high school?
***NO.***

 

[0Complications]

I think you handled this just fine.

Thanks for the feedback. 👍

 

[Mobius1985]

Hey guys, I'm a long time lurker who decided to finally create an account. Since I turned 21, I have developed an interest in homebrewing and have already crafted a few batches of my own beer. Do you think this is something worth putting in the hobbies section to spice it up? Or would this be frowned upon?

I personally wouldn't list it unless you are participating in venues/competitions of some sort with your beer. I think you could talk about it during interviews if your hobbies come up, but it's just not really sell worthy on it's own, IMO.

I agree. All adcomms might not appreciate the scientific nature of successfully manipulating multiple ingredients to produce such a beverage. They might inappropriately conclude the accomplishment is on par with "Alcohol imbibement-1 case each weekendX4 years. You wouldn't want that.

 

[hyperdunk]

Last summer I attended several weekly conferences for a residency program. In these several residents presented case reports, and there were lectures presented by attendings as well as guest lectureres.

How would I list this?

 

[jiggahova]

I volunteered at a research lab a couple years ago and my name was put on a publication. It still hasn't been published yet but its in the process. My name is put on as an author but i really didnt have alot to do with the publication. I basically just carried out the experiments. I know the basic subject of my publication but idk if i can go into crazy details. You guys think i should add this in my amcas even though i had little to do with it?

 

[0Complications]

I volunteered at a research lab a couple years ago and my name was put on a publication. It still hasn't been published yet but its in the process. My name is put on as an author but i really didnt have alot to do with the publication. I basically just carried out the experiments. I know the basic subject of my publication but idk if i can go into crazy details. You guys think i should add this in my amcas even though i had little to do with it?

Yes.

 

[Mobius1985]

Last summer I attended several weekly conferences for a residency program. In these several residents presented case reports, and there were lectures presented by attendings as well as guest lectureres.

How would I list this?

I would not list this separately. If it was part of a shadowing experience, you could mention it related to that activity, under "Other."

 

[jiggahova]

yea i was leaning towards that but im afraid it might come back and bite me in the a** during interviews

 

[0Complications]

yea i was leaning towards that but im afraid it might come back and bite me in the a** during interviews

The odds are going to be that you'll know more about the topic than your interviewer, even with how little you feel you know about it. You were actually involved in the project.

Reread the paper and make sure you understand it. Then you won't have a problem explaining it. 😉

 

[YBFdoctor]

I applied for and participated in a summer research program at a university, and was given a $4000 stipend for my work. I worked about 35-45 hours a week for 10 weeks. At the end, I presented my research in a ppt and wrote a paper (not published). Does this count as paid employment or research?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I seriously couldn't find it.

 

[bco001]

I am a parent of a 6 year old and a 6 month old. Can I make an experience labeled parenting? I do stay at home and keep my children when they are sick plus I have a lot of interaction with the physicians when I take them to the doctor. Furthermore, doesn't being in the OR with my wife during her C-section count for anything? What about helping the doctors set my 6 year old's broken leg? Would this be a stupid thing to do?

 

[Stratego]

I applied for and participated in a summer research program at a university, and was given a $4000 stipend for my work. I worked about 35-45 hours a week for 10 weeks. At the end, I presented my research in a ppt and wrote a paper (not published). Does this count as paid employment or research?

Sorry if this has been asked before. I seriously couldn't find it.

Whether research is paid, voluntary, or for class credit, you always list it under "Research." In the description you can mention the stipend, or not. Definitely mention that you presented the data and to whom.

 

[Stratego]

I am a parent of a 6 year old and a 6 month old. Can I make an experience labeled parenting? I do stay at home and keep my children when they are sick plus I have a lot of interaction with the physicians when I take them to the doctor. Furthermore, doesn't being in the OR with my wife during her C-section count for anything? What about helping the doctors set my 6 year old's broken leg? Would this be a stupid thing to do?

I've seen discussion of the pros and cons of this in the Nontraditional Forum. There is no correct point of view. If you mention it, you demonstrate that you've experienced many of life's lessons that will make you a more empathic physician and increase your maturity. But you also open the door to an adcomm asking how you will manage various parenting problems that may conflict with med school obligations. Here are some links to help: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=530554&highlight=parent
and http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=398775&highlight=parent .

 

[gujuDoc]

I am a parent of a 6 year old and a 6 month old. Can I make an experience labeled parenting? I do stay at home and keep my children when they are sick plus I have a lot of interaction with the physicians when I take them to the doctor. Furthermore, doesn't being in the OR with my wife during her C-section count for anything? What about helping the doctors set my 6 year old's broken leg? Would this be a stupid thing to do?

The EC section is not the place to talk about this. I'd talk about your family in your secondary essays where they ask you to talk about how you are diverse or what additional info do you want them to know.

LizzyM,
what's your take on the above?

 

[LizzyM]

I am a parent of a 6 year old and a 6 month old. Can I make an experience labeled parenting? I do stay at home and keep my children when they are sick plus I have a lot of interaction with the physicians when I take them to the doctor. Furthermore, doesn't being in the OR with my wife during her C-section count for anything? What about helping the doctors set my 6 year old's broken leg? Would this be a stupid thing to do?

😱 I don't think this would be a good item for the "experience" section. You are applying for admission to medical school to take care of strangers, not your loved ones. You were there as a spouse or a parent, not as a shadow or a volunteer.

If you must mention it, add it to a supplemental or your personal statement.

 

[parhumn]

sooo...i've written my activities section as a paragraph/personal statement style rather than bullet points. however, i somewhat interconnected all of my experiences. For example, I wrote about a research experience...and then for my next activity, I started the description by saying, " .After being accepted into the XXX program, I left my position at YYY(the activity I talked about before) to exercise my scholarship in the ZZZ lab."

do you think it is wise to interconnect them all the way i have? i've made my activities section almost into a chronological story. do you think that will confuse the readers or is it okay? thanks!!!
.

 

[amakhosidlo]

I worked a lot in college largely out of financial necessity (hence the listing on the app), but they were a bunch of random jobs (Seriously, from glass washing to Best Buy to a law office, list goes on...). None of these jobs were meaningful and I doubt that adcoms want to hear how I washed glass or filed for 20 hrs a week.

I entered a description for one job that I really feel could be swapped out for any of my work experiences, should I:

A: Use it for each job, not list specific duties
B: Use it for the first experience, then briefly summarize my duties for all the others.
C. List all the jobs together, using the aforementioned description...

 

[Stratego]

sooo...i've written my activities section as a paragraph/personal statement style rather than bullet points. however, i somewhat interconnected all of my experiences. For example, I wrote about a research experience...and then for my next activity, I started the description by saying, " .After being accepted into the XXX program, I left my position at YYY(the activity I talked about before) to exercise my scholarship in the ZZZ lab."

.do you think it is wise to interconnect them all the way i have? i've made my activities section almost into a chronological story. do you think that will confuse the readers or is it okay? thanks!!!.
.

The activities you've entered will not necessarily stay in the same order in which you entered them when they are sent to schools, which could make your linkages very confusing. I don't think you need to do more than briefly describe the research. The dates you entered will speak for themselves.

 

[parhumn]

The activities you've entered will not necessarily stay in the same order in which you entered them when they are sent to schools, which could make your linkages very confusing. I don't think you need to do more than briefly describe the research. The dates you entered will speak for themselves.

they won't be arranged by date, as they are when you print out your application?

 

[Stratego]

I worked a lot in college largely out of financial necessity (hence the listing on the app), but they were a bunch of random jobs (Seriously, from glass washing to Best Buy to a law office, list goes on...). None of these jobs were meaningful and I doubt that adcoms want to hear how I washed glass or filed for 20 hrs a week.

I entered a description for one job that I really feel could be swapped out for any of my work experiences, should I:

A: Use it for each job, not list specific duties
B: Use it for the first experience, then briefly summarize my duties for all the others.
C. List all the jobs together, using the aforementioned description...

I would list them all in a single space, naming it Short-Term Employment, putting the first and last date, but not the hours per week. Don't list contact information at the header. In the description, don't add the duties for a job that is self explanatory, just the title. For each job, give the dates, the average hours/week, then Dish Washer, at university cafeteria, contact A. menial at xxx-555-1000. Then Computer Sales Assoc, Best Buy, contact A. Gamer at [email protected]. Then Law Office receptionist, at SueMe Associates, 1000 Swank Drive, University City, MO, 56678.

 

[bashir]

I too am wondering how to handle random short-term jobs. I know LizzyM advises including summer jobs at least, to account for your time while not in school, but I don't want to waste 2 slots on relatively meaningless jobs I held for less than three months each. Any advice on how to handle this? Combining them into one entry seems bizarre considering they have nothing to do with one another (nannying and retail).

 

[bashir]

Missed your reply to amakhosidlo before I posted, Stratego. Your suggestion seems like it might work. Thanks!

 

[4goneconclusion]

OK, I know this is a really stupid question but where do we put the contact information of people who can verify these 15 items? There's no specific place and that weirds me out. Coming from Canada, we're told that any of the 48 items we put down could be called. If you don't have to put a phone number, what stops people from making up items?

And I saw some very specific advice in this thread so here I'll go. I hear that bullet points might be good, but what about 2 sentence bullets. Would this be better as a paragraph?

Pain Clinic
-I interact with patients on a daily basis, taking information about their motor-vehicle accidents and their associated pain conditions for the completion of extensive questionnaires.
-This has allowed me to develop my communication skills in a patient-centered setting, gain additional perspective on the physical and emotional impact of injuries, and has given me further insight into the vital role that doctors play in the rehabilitation process.
-I have also learned how crucial it is for doctors to work within a team of healthcare professionals to treat an individual. Within our clinic, patients can also be treated by a registered massage therapist, physiotherapist, acupuncturist, and psychologist.
-I have the opportunity to observe ultrasound-guided cortisone injections performed by the doctor and am able to ask questions about procedures and the healthcare system as a whole.
-I also handle the completion of several insurance-related and OHIP forms and write elements of medico-legal reports.

 

[parhumn]

is healthcare one word or two? also, is underserved one word or two? THANKS!!!

 

[0Complications]

is healthcare one word or two? also, is underserved one word or two? THANKS!!!

Underserved is one word.

Healthcare can be one word or two. It's a judgment call. I would use two if I were discussing an individuals health care, but if I was speaking globally about policies I would use healthcare.