Is being a manuscript reviewer an EC?

[medbunny56]

I've been invited to serve as a manuscript reviewer for a peer reviewed respectable journal (IF around 5-7) and was wondering if I should list this as an activity under AMCAS? (either as Extracurricular Activity or Research/Lab or Honors/Awards/Recognitions)

I was thinking of writing the journal name and IF in the description then writing about the skills I learned from being on the other side of the peer review process and how those skills will help me later on in my medical career

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[bricktwelve]

I've been invited to serve as a manuscript reviewer for a peer reviewed respectable journal (IF around 5-7) and was wondering if I should list this as an activity under AMCAS? (either as Extracurricular Activity or Research/Lab or Honors/Awards/Recognitions)

I was thinking of writing the journal name and IF in the description then writing about the skills I learned from being on the other side of the peer review process and how those skills will help me later on in my medical career

If you end up reviewing something like 5+ manuscripts it might be worth listing. That would show the editor values your opinion enough to invite you again, that you are actually doing a good job at it, etc. The fact that you were invited for a reviewer and did 1 review shows none of that (which is, imo, the only valuable reason to include this on your app). As a side note, the bolded part sounds like it would be incredibly forced (but maybe you're more creative and better at spinning bs than me lol)

Caveat that this is all just my [perhaps underinformed] opinion

 

[mestielest]

First, congratulations. Peer-reviewing is a privilege, even though it is not very unusual in the contemporary era. You can list the journals that you have contributed as a reviewer in your CV. More important, in my opinion, is peer-reviewing significantly improves one's ability to prepare a manuscript and in every peer-review, it widens your view a lot.

 

[Goro]

I've been invited to serve as a manuscript reviewer for a peer reviewed respectable journal (IF around 5-7) and was wondering if I should list this as an activity under AMCAS? (either as Extracurricular Activity or Research/Lab or Honors/Awards/Recognitions)

I was thinking of writing the journal name and IF in the description then writing about the skills I learned from being on the other side of the peer review process and how those skills will help me later on in my medical career

Being an ad hoc MS reviewer is worth mentioning.

 

[medbunny56]

Being an ad hoc MS reviewer is worth mentioning.

Thanks! Do you know what category of activity it falls into? (Honors/awards/recognitions or Research/Lab or Extracurricular activity?)

 

[Goro]

Thanks! Do you know what category of activity it falls into? (Honors/awards/recognitions or Research/Lab or Extracurricular activity?)

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