Include "nanny" job on ERAS?

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[oldbearprofessor]

Hi all, I was a nanny for a 21-month-old four years ago during the summer and was wondering if it is appropriate to include that under "Work Experience" on ERAS, especially since I'm applying for a pediatric residency. I actually learned a lot that summer just from observing and interacting with the cute toddler!

Anyways, instead of saying "nanny," though, I'd probably list it as "caretaker" if that somehow makes it sound a little more professional.

Any thoughts?

I'd have said "nanny" myself. Pediatricians won't be bothered by the "n" word, IMHO.🙂 Sure, why not include it? It won't really affect your matching somewhere one way or the other.

 

[kristing]

Hi all, I was a nanny for a 21-month-old four years ago during the summer and was wondering if it is appropriate to include that under "Work Experience" on ERAS, especially since I'm applying for a pediatric residency. I actually learned a lot that summer just from observing and interacting with the cute toddler!

Anyways, instead of saying "nanny," though, I'd probably list it as "caretaker" if that somehow makes it sound a little more professional.

Any thoughts?

List it (as nanny not caretaker, that sounds weird). Seriously, interaction you have with children is a bonus, so since it is fairly recent work, I would definitely include it.

 

[babel]

Thought I'd try my hand at bumping an old post, since I hate to create a new thread and my question is along the same lines.

I am wondering if I should mention the time that I spent as a camp counselor when I was in HS (>10 years ago now!). It was a rather challenging experience, as I was responsible for 6-8 little girls 24 hours a day for a week at at time (got BLS certified etc). I mention it briefly in my PS, just in the context of "I've always loved working with kids, such as <insert various camp counselor/tutoring positions here>." Given that it's in my PS, I feel like it would be odd to not expand upon it in the experiences section, but I also think it looks odd because the date is sooo long ago. I should also mention that I came to the decision to go into peds rather late (~1 month ago) and so am scrambling a bit for ways to demonstrate my interest in the field / affinity for kids etc.

I'm not totally attached to having it in there, though, and just want to do whatever seems the most appropriate.

 

[Lizzy Wurtzel]

Thought I'd try my hand at bumping an old post, since I hate to create a new thread and my question is along the same lines.

I am wondering if I should mention the time that I spent as a camp counselor when I was in HS (>10 years ago now!).

I think that is a very applicable work experience, and would put it. I would also put the nanny thing down, from the OP.

Work experience is the one field I think it would be okay to have something old in, b/c honestly in the last 3 years, we don't have a lot of opportunity to work b/c of the time commitment of med school.