*~*~*~*Official AMCAS "Work/Activities" Tips Thread 2012-2013*~*~*~*

[psychgirrrl]

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Hey there everyone.

I have a question, during my research experience, I presented a poster in which I was the 3rd author. Does it suffice to discuss this in my discussion of my research experience or should I include a separate entry just for the poster presentation?

Thanks

 

[Catalystik]

1) I see there is not a red asterisk next to "Average Hours Per Week" on the AMCAS form; does this mean you do not have to put the amount of hours you did for a certain experience?
2) Or can you skip out on the "Average hours per week" and just put the amount of hours in the character description?

3) EDIT: I'd rather not divide total hours by # of weeks because it was a bit disproportional, so can you leave "average hours per week" blank?

1) Yes. It's not required.

2) Yes. Also, if the hours per week varied over the time span, you can explain, like it was 10 hours per week in the academic year and 40 hours per week over the summer. Or, you worked 20 hours per week for each of two years, but took a year between entirely off.

3) No problem.

 

[Catalystik]

I have a question, during my research experience, I presented a poster in which I was the 3rd author. Does it suffice to discuss this in my discussion of my research experience or should I include a separate entry just for the poster presentation?

If the poster was presented at a campus event, then cite it in your discussion of the Research experience. If it was presented at a regional or national meeting, it would more ideally be listed on its own under Posters/Presentations. If you don't have any space left, then leave it with the Research.

 

[psychgirrrl]

If the poster was presented at a campus event, then cite it in your discussion of the Research experience. If it was presented at a regional or national meeting, it would more ideally be listed on its own under Posters/Presentations. If you don't have any space left, then leave it with the Research.

It was presented at a system wide symposium, I go to school in the University of Wisconsin System so it was a symposium with posters from all over the state. I still have space left so you think it is worth entering a separate entry for it?

 

[Huskerdoc90]

I helped two of my friends through Organic 1 and 2 and I was wondering if I should put that as tutoring. Basically, I wasn't paid or anything, but we met about once a week and went over problems and then we would meet several times the week of an exam. This isn't traditional tutoring, but I breezed through Orgo and it was more to their benefit. What do you think?

 

[Catalystik]

I helped two of my friends through Organic 1 and 2 and I was wondering if I should put that as tutoring. Basically, I wasn't paid or anything, but we met about once a week and went over problems and then we would meet several times the week of an exam. This isn't traditional tutoring, but I breezed through Orgo and it was more to their benefit. What do you think?

I think you're fine to list is under Teaching/Tutoring, since it sounds like you spent a significant amount of time with the activity. Definitely don't list it under Community Service/Volunteer, though.

 

[Catalystik]

It was presented at a system wide symposium, I go to school in the University of Wisconsin System so it was a symposium with posters from all over the state. I still have space left so you think it is worth entering a separate entry for it?

So long as the process of selection was competitive, namely, you submitted an abstract of the poster that was reviewed by a committee looking for certain criteria to qualify for inclusion, I think you're fine to list it on its own. If every poster was allowed, then leave it with the Research listing. If you know the criteria for inclusion, it would be great if you listed them. Or, you could say something like, the twenty best posters from each campus were invited to participate, or somesuch.

 

[EnergyDrink]

I read the first post explaining the etiquette for listing hours.

Would it be advisable to not list an hourly commitment for graduate thesis work? I honestly have no idea how to estimate this. I may be able to submit a publication by the end of summer, I also have 2 poster presentations and I was a speaker at a conference. I feel like this should speak to my commitment, but I'm not as hopeful on the publication as my research adviser, and my presentations/conferences were all fairly local.

 

[Member 331305]

I have read Catalystik's post that suggests how to list shadowing activity, but my shadowing experience is a little non-traditional, so I am not sure on how to list my activity. I took part in a volunteering opportunity for which x hours of each shift were devoted to volunteering in an ED, and y hours of each shift were spent shadowing the emergency physician. Consequently, I have shadowed practically the entire ED group as opposed to just a handful of personally selected physicians.

Currently, I have just listed the total # of hours I shadowed and gone into detail on what I observed/learned from the experience. I have listed one of the physicians I shadowed as the required contact for the entry, but I have not listed any other names of doctors or their contact information in the "Description" field since I am worried all 700 characters will be used.

Any suggestions on how I should approach listing my shadowing experience?

 

[nightfyre]

I've been trying to find the answer to this on the thread, but haven't been able to so I apologize if this has been asked before.

How would I go about describing a research publication that I was published in? Should I just put the title, authors, and my role (I was not first authors). Should I try to put in a shorter version of the abstract?

Thanks so much in advance!

 

[EnergyDrink]

I've been trying to find the answer to this on the thread, but haven't been able to so I apologize if this has been asked before.

How would I go about describing a research publication that I was published in? Should I just put the title, authors, and my role (I was not first authors). Should I try to put in a shorter version of the abstract?

Thanks so much in advance!

I'd go with the first one. Probably don't list all of the authors, but list the primary author and the PI. If there is another author that you worked with, mention that when you describe your contribution to the project. If you have room you can list a short-hand citation

X et al. 200X. Title. Journal E😛

I'm no expert though.

 

[syoung]

I used to work on the on-campus pub (no hard liquor) for almost 2 years. We served UG and G students and faculty. Would it be seen as going to the "party" scene instead of "doing better" on academics and doing more volunteering etc.? I worked there along with tutoring to supplement my finances. The first quarter of Senior year I started, I got my first ever C [upper Bio no less 🙁 ], but later in the year took a grad level bio class and got an A. Also that same senior year (april) I took the MCAT for a 2nd time, got terrible score. I plan to explain it on any secondaries that ask "anything else you'd like to add". Is that alright? Or should it be in the PS? I don't really want to direct their attention towards it unnecessary though. My cGPA was 3.53 and sGPA was a ~3.64.

 

[ohjohnk]

Hi,
I had a question as I was filling out the work/activities/awards section on AMCAS.

The situation is a little bit complicated so please bare with me! =)

I served in the military for 2 years (in between freshman and sophomore years in college), and within those 2 years I was deployed to Lebanon for 6 months as part of the UN peacekeeping forces. My first question is: should I list these two experiences separately?

As a result of my deployment in Lebanon, I received a UN PKO medal. Should I give this award a separate entry, or should I just include it in the "description" under military experience?

Similarly, I have been volunteering in the hospital for 2 years, and during this 2 years, I received an award from the hospital for my volunteering (a fairly big award that is rarely given to student volunteers). Should I give this award a separate entry? (would it be redundant if I give it a separate entry, even though I think it is a very important award?) Or should I mention it in the "description" section under the volunteering experience at the hospital?


In summary: if I received an award as part of an activity that I have already listed on the "Work/Activities" section of AMCAS, should I give it a separate entry OR should I just mention it under the "description" of the activity?

It would be great if I could get feedback from those who have already gone through the application process before!

Thank you very much!

 

[darcykins]

Hi, I've been sponsoring two children through a recognized organization (Compassion International) for three years, but I'm not positive how to classify it.

I write them letters often (2-4 per month), send extra money for birthday and Christmas gifts (usually necessary items such as shoes, jackets - but at the discretion of the in-country leaders), and have volunteered at concerts and fundraisers to raise awareness and support.

I feel Community Service/Volunteer (non-med) would work, since I do volunteer my time, but not sure if perhaps Extracurricular/Hobbies/Avocations might be better? I am sending in money monthly, if that plays a part.

Thanks for your help!!

 

[Catalystik]

Would it be advisable to not list an hourly commitment for graduate thesis work? I honestly have no idea how to estimate this. I may be able to submit a publication by the end of summer, I also have 2 poster presentations and I was a speaker at a conference. I feel like this should speak to my commitment, but I'm not as hopeful on the publication as my research adviser, and my presentations/conferences were all fairly local.

I assume you refer to the thesis preparation process: One school of thought would feel that this was a significant time commitment, so you should try to average out the hours per week you spent writing the thesis, and another would feel that since this was a requirement for your degree, the hours you put in are no more relevant than how much time you spend on homework to earn passing grades, so long as it gets done. So, I think it's fine to choose not to list the hours of involvement. The amount of time involved is well known anyway.

 

[Catalystik]

I have read Catalystik's post that suggests how to list shadowing activity, but my shadowing experience is a little non-traditional, so I am not sure on how to list my activity. I took part in a volunteering opportunity for which 3 hours of each shift were devoted to volunteering as a patient representative in an ED, and 1 hour of each shift was spent shadowing the emergency physician. Consequently, I have shadowed practically the entire ED group as opposed to just a handful of personally selected physicians.

Currently, I have just listed the total # of hours I shadowed and gone into detail on what I observed/learned from the experience. I have listed one of the physicians I shadowed as the required contact for the entry, but I have not listed any other names of doctors or their contact information in the "Description" field since I am worried all 700 characters will be used.

Any suggestions on how I should approach listing my shadowing experience?

If this program, which is through the hospital volunteer department, is designed to have this 75%/25% split between volunteering and shadowing, I don't think you need to use a physician contact or specific names, but could use someone from the volunteer department to attest to your involvement and describe that the shadowing was split among all the ER physician staff. This will free up lots of extra characters to further explain the experience.

 

[Catalystik]

How would I go about describing a research publication that I was published in? Should I just put the title, authors, and my role (I was not first authors). Should I try to put in a shorter version of the abstract?

I'd go with the first one. Probably don't list all of the authors, but list the primary author and the PI. If there is another author that you worked with, mention that when you describe your contribution to the project. If you have room you can list a short-hand citation

X et al. 200X. Title. Journal E😛

Your research should already have been described in a Research entry, so there's no need to summarize the abstract. Just cite the article, giving enough of an author list to show your place, or if you are number 23 on the list, you can just give the first author, et al, and say you were 23rd author. The PI will be the contact you use.

 

[Catalystik]

I used to work on the on-campus pub (no hard liquor) for almost 2 years. We served UG and G students and faculty.

1) Would it be seen as going to the "party" scene instead of "doing better" on academics and doing more volunteering etc.? I worked there along with tutoring to supplement my finances. The first quarter of Senior year I started, I got my first ever C [upper Bio no less 🙁 ], but later in the year took a grad level bio class and got an A. Also that same senior year (april) I took the MCAT for a 2nd time, got terrible score.
2) I plan to explain it on any secondaries that ask "anything else you'd like to add". Is that alright? Or should it be in the PS? I don't really want to direct their attention towards it unnecessary though. My cGPA was 3.53 and sGPA was a ~3.64.

1) It will be viewed as Employment. How social it is preceived to have been will depend on the duties you list, some of which you are free to be vague about. There's not much you can do about how individual adcomms choose to interpret your choice of job, but remember that 100% of them were also young once.

2) I agree that the better place to explain your grades would be in Secondary essays and not in the Primary Statement.

 

[Catalystik]

I've been sponsoring two children through a recognized organization (Compassion International) for three years, but I'm not positive how to classify it.

I write them letters often (2-4 per month), send extra money for birthday and Christmas gifts (usually necessary items such as shoes, jackets - but at the discretion of the in-country leaders), and have volunteered at concerts and fundraisers to raise awareness and support.

I feel Community Service/Volunteer (non-med) would work, since I do volunteer my time, but not sure if perhaps Extracurricular/Hobbies/Avocations might be better? I am sending in money monthly, if that plays a part.

There are components of this experience I would list and others that I wouldn't mention.

I would suggest you not list your sponsorship and additional donations that help support these children anymore than I would suggest a parent describe the money that goes to feeding and clothing their child, a religious person describe the amount of their weekly donation, or a Girl Scout supporter mention how many boxes of cookies they bought.

You can list your involvement in concerts and fund raisers for this organization as a Community Service. You could discuss the pen pal aspect of the experience under Other, where you could discuss the relationship you've built.

 

[Medgen]

I have heard that it is good to present as many different sides of yourself as possible. My three most meaningful activities are not the activities that my recommenders were involved in. I could discuss those as they were very meaningful, but I would prefer to write about three other activities. Should at least one of your most meaningful experiences be referred to by a recommender?

If a journal is a regional journal but it is published by a college (not my own), would I group it with other school publications that were not circulated in a region?

Would it be OK for me to mention an internship that I am currently pursuing as one of my most meaningful experiences? I have only been pursuing it for a month but I have learned a lot and I know it will only get better (based on certain upcoming events). The internship itself is very prestigious as only about 100 people are selected nationwide from a little over 5,000 applicants so I was hoping to frame it properly in my primary.

THANKS! 🙂

 

[Catalystik]

Hi,
I had a question as I was filling out the work/activities/awards section on AMCAS.

The situation is a little bit complicated so please bare with me! =)

I served in the military for 2 years (in between freshman and sophomore years in college), and within those 2 years I was deployed to Lebanon for 6 months as part of the UN peacekeeping forces. My first question is: should I list these two experiences separately?

As a result of my deployment in Lebanon, I received a UN PKO medal. Should I give this award a separate entry, or should I just include it in the "description" under military experience?

Similarly, I have been volunteering in the hospital for 2 years, and during this 2 years, I received an award from the hospital for my volunteering (a fairly big award that is rarely given to student volunteers). Should I give this award a separate entry? (would it be redundant if I give it a separate entry, even though I think it is a very important award?) Or should I mention it in the "description" section under the volunteering experience at the hospital?


In summary: if I received an award as part of an activity that I have already listed on the "Work/Activities" section of AMCAS, should I give it a separate entry OR should I just mention it under the "description" of the activity?

It would be great if I could get feedback from those who have already gone through the application process before!

Thank you very much!

You have the choice of listing the awards with the related activity, where thy might be better understood if the context is right there, or grouping them under Awards and Honors, with many recognitions, or listing one or both on their own, so you have plenty of space to discuss the criteria for the recognition and what it meant to you. The choice is often driven by how much one has to say and how many spaces are left to spread one's activities out among. There is no one right way to do it.

 

[Catalystik]

1) I have heard that it is good to present as many different sides of yourself as possible. My three most meaningful activities are not the activities that my recommenders were involved in. I could discuss those as they were very meaningful, but I would prefer to write about three other activities. Should at least one of your most meaningful experiences be referred to by a recommender?

2) If a journal is a regional journal but it is published by a college (not my own), would I group it with other school publications that were not circulated in a region?

3) Would it be OK for me to mention an internship that I am currently pursuing as one of my most meaningful experiences? I have only been pursuing it for a month but I have learned a lot and I know it will only get better (based on certain upcoming events). The internship itself is very prestigious as only about 100 people are selected nationwide from a little over 5,000 applicants so I was hoping to frame it properly in my primary.

1) No.

2) School publications are usually listed with the associated Research. Regional publications should be listed under Publications.

3) Experience brevity is not a bar to listing it as "Most Meaningful."

 

[Medgen]

2) School publications are usually listed with the associated Research. Regional publications should be listed under Publications.

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Both were done independently though. I wrote the papers based on policy research that I had done myself. Would you suggest listing that policy research as an experience and then the publication in the description?

 

[sector9]

Hi,
I had a question as I was filling out the work/activities/awards section on AMCAS.

The situation is a little bit complicated so please bare with me! =)

I served in the military for 2 years (in between freshman and sophomore years in college), and within those 2 years I was deployed to Lebanon for 6 months as part of the UN peacekeeping forces. My first question is: should I list these two experiences separately?

As a result of my deployment in Lebanon, I received a UN PKO medal. Should I give this award a separate entry, or should I just include it in the "description" under military experience?

Similarly, I have been volunteering in the hospital for 2 years, and during this 2 years, I received an award from the hospital for my volunteering (a fairly big award that is rarely given to student volunteers). Should I give this award a separate entry? (would it be redundant if I give it a separate entry, even though I think it is a very important award?) Or should I mention it in the "description" section under the volunteering experience at the hospital?


In summary: if I received an award as part of an activity that I have already listed on the "Work/Activities" section of AMCAS, should I give it a separate entry OR should I just mention it under the "description" of the activity?

It would be great if I could get feedback from those who have already gone through the application process before!

Thank you very much!

You have the choice of listing the awards with the related activity, where thy might be better understood if the context is right there, or grouping them under Awards and Honors, with many recognitions, or listing one or both on their own, so you have plenty of space to discuss the criteria for the recognition and what it meant to you. The choice is often driven by how much one has to say and how many spaces are left to spread one's activities out among. There is no one right way to do it.

Merging

 

[ilovemedi]

question (for Catalystik or anyone who can answer) -- I'm a part of this organization that volunteers at this alzherimer's place (clinical). for contact info I'm putting the organization's coordinator for the place (the people working there dont keep records and I'd be uncomfortable putting them). however, the student organization coordinator's gave me a # that is her google voice (it rings, but the end says something about "google subscriber, leave a message)... is that weird, or should I just ask someone else in the organization?

 

[jcwong219]

I did this camp thing for youth for two summers. Summers of 2007 and 2008 that lasted about 6 weeks from June to July, full time 40 hours/week. How would I go about writing the dates and hours for this? Thanks!

 

[Catalystik]

Both were done independently though. I wrote the papers based on policy research that I had done myself. Would you suggest listing that policy research as an experience and then the publication in the description?

If this research was hypothesis-driven, using the scientific method (which can be applied to both science nonscience investigations to add to human knowledge), then describe it under Research and also list the pub under Publications. If not (and it was more of a special project or thesis project), then discuss it under Other and include mention of the publication in the same space.

It is confusing that the word "research" has more than one meaning. Sorry for being imprecise.

If you did not collaborate with a faculty member who oversaw the project, hopefully you have some other faculty member to use as a contact.

 

[Catalystik]

I'm a part of this organization that volunteers at this alzherimer's place (clinical). for contact info I'm putting the organization's coordinator for the place (the people working there dont keep records and I'd be uncomfortable putting them). however, the student organization coordinator's gave me a # that is her google voice (it rings, but the end says something about "google subscriber, leave a message)... is that weird, or should I just ask someone else in the organization?

Ultimately, I expect she would respond to a message, so it's fine to use.

 

[Catalystik]

I did this camp thing for youth for two summers. Summers of 2007 and 2008 that lasted about 6 weeks from June to July, full time 40 hours/week. How would I go about writing the dates and hours for this?

If you use the title "Summer Youth Camp Involvement" or somesuch, you could list the date span as 6/2007 to 7/2008, NOT fill in the hours per week in the header, but explain the actual date spans and hours per week in the narrative.

 

[meepification12]

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[OccamsRazor]

I am really struggling with consolidating my activities into 15 as a nontrad. I was wondering if it would be ok to group two different clinical volunteer activities together to save room?

Your input is greatly appreciated!

 

[Catalystik]

1) I am really struggling with consolidating my activities into 15 as a nontrad. I was wondering if it would be ok to group two different clinical volunteer activities (one was in ER at a hospital, another at clinic for uninsured) together to save room?

2) Also, for a couple of summers I worked in the family business that repairs electronic equipment. I'm not sure if it would raise eyebrows to put in working in a family business, and its not medically related (although somewhat scientific). However, would it raise suspicion if there is a gap with our summers?

3) If I put it in, should I take something out like dancing (which is just a hobby and I don't have a lot of interesting things to say about it other than to make me more well-rounded). fyi, I have another "artistic endeavor" listed that I do have a lot to say about. Is only one (albeit serious) hobby listed sufficient?

1) Yes, you can do that.

2) List this as Intermittent or Summer Employment, and discuss it as a family business, even if you were "paid" by being provided a place to live, food to eat, and assistance with tuition, etc. Adcomms like to know what keeps you busy. Electronics expertise is kinda interesting. It won't raise eyebrows.

3) You could add the dancing to the other Artistic Endeavor entry, even if you don't say much about it (though it might say something about your discipline and/or ability to work hard). Or you could omit it if you'd rather it didn't come up in an interview conversation, or if you haven't been much involved lately.

 

[OccamsRazor]

Great! Thank you so much for your help!

 

[syoung]

I am wondering what to reflect upon regarding my most meaningful.

One of my activities was so great, I don't know what part to reflect upon... I guess I need a little guidance. Should I describe what I learned/what skills I improved? Should I say why that activity is moving me in the direction of medicine?

I guess I'm so confused by the vague nature of the "transformative nature" that AMCAS uses. What the hell does that even mean? Could someone explain that a bit more simply, maybe that's holding me up?

Also, the impact you made while engaging in the activity means...? The end result of your work? The impact you left behind (I reached # of people) Or the impact the activity made upon? But with regards to what?

 

[ddtdoc]

I listed it as one of the activities on amcas. It is a abstract presentation at a national meeting. 1)do i have to include author listing and date as well? because it already asked for presentation date under experience name
2) do i need a short summary of what the abstract is about? because I only mentioned it briefly in my research entry and my research is mostly literature research that explores many topics, that is why i didn't go too deep in my research entry.

so this is how i typed in for now :

platform presentation "title" name of the conference, location of the conference

i also included a sentence saying I couldn't make it and that a faculty author presented the abstract.

Thanks!

 

[syoung]

I was a computer lab assistant back in 2007-2008 for one year. I don't have the contact info... Most likely because the person probably found another job. What should I do?

An unpaid internship falls under.... Community/volunteer non medical or medical? I helped out in an NGO that advocated men's health. Did some research, helped out in the office, visited senators/representatives office (not by myself), represented the org at health fairs in a team...

 

[Catalystik]

I am wondering what to reflect upon regarding my most meaningful.

One of my activities was so great, I don't know what part to reflect upon... I guess I need a little guidance.
1) Should I describe what I learned/what skills I improved? Should I say why that activity is moving me in the direction of medicine?

2) I guess I'm so confused by the vague nature of the "transformative nature" that AMCAS uses. What the hell does that even mean? Could someone explain that a bit more simply, maybe that's holding me up?

3) Also, the impact you made while engaging in the activity means...? The end result of your work? The impact you left behind (I reached # of people) Or the impact the activity made upon? But with regards to what?

1) Or a change or development in a personal characteristic that would be a good trait in a physician. Or why is it meaningful for you. It need not have anything to do with "Why Medicine?" which is more for the PS. Keep in mind that it could also be very short and need not fill up the extra 1325 characters. Also, you are only required to pick one activity for this designation. Maybe it would help you to sit and talk to someone about why those activities were important to you, to help you define your thinking better.

2) I think it's left vague on purpose so you can use the space in whatever way you feel would enhance your application.

3) I look at it to mean either the impact it had on you, or the impact the activity had on others.

 

[Catalystik]

I listed it as one of the activities on amcas. It is a abstract presentation at a national meeting. 1)do i have to include author listing and date as well? because it already asked for presentation date under experience name
2) do i need a short summary of what the abstract is about? because I only mentioned it briefly in my research entry and my research is mostly literature research that explores many topics, that is why i didn't go too deep in my research entry.

so this is how i typed in for now :

platform presentation "title" name of the conference, location of the conference

i also included a sentence saying I couldn't make it and that a faculty author presented the abstract.

It sounds like the presentation was made at a podium (assuming that's what you meant by "platform") rather than as a poster. If the research wasn't well described in the research entry, then summarize the abstract after you cite it.

Yes, you'd want to cite the author list in the correct order, or if it's too long, give the first author, et al, then say where your name was on the list, like "I was the 10th author."

I would give Title, author list, conference, location, dates of conference (as different from date of presentation). Podium presentation by XXX XXXX as I was not present. Abstract summary. Your contribution.

 

[Catalystik]

1) I was a computer lab assistant back in 2007-2008 for one year. I don't have the contact info... Most likely because the person probably found another job. What should I do?

2) An unpaid internship falls under.... Community/volunteer non medical or medical? I helped out in an NGO that advocated men's health. Did some research, helped out in the office, visited senators/representatives office (not by myself), represented the org at health fairs in a team...

1) If this was student employment through the university, then the student employment office or the computer science department should be able to attest to your dates of employment.

2) There are exceptions, like if you took the internship as a curricular requirement, in which case it is not Volunteer, and would be listed under Other (as an example).

 

[syoung]

1) If this was student employment through the university, then the student employment office or the computer science department should be able to attest to your dates of employment.

2) There are exceptions, like if you took the internship as a curricular requirement, in which case it is not Volunteer, and would be listed under Other (as an example).

Well we took a "course" P/F that was to prepare for our internships. Our program on campus matched us with non-profits or senators/representatives offices etc in DC for a summer. We didn't get credit. It was unpaid. My credit card debt hit an all time high, not matched again until 2009 =/

 

[ddtdoc]

It sounds like the presentation was made at a podium (assuming that's what you meant by "platform") rather than as a poster. If the research wasn't well described in the research entry, then summarize the abstract after you cite it.

Yes, you'd want to cite the author list in the correct order, or if it's too long, give the first author, et al, then say where your name was on the list, like "I was the 10th author."

I would give Title, author list, conference, location, dates of conference (as different from date of presentation). Podium presentation by XXX XXXX as I was not present. Abstract summary. Your contribution.

There is not a specific reference format I have to follow right? I can just fill in the information in the order you have listed (Title, author list, conference, location, dates of conference)?

Thank you,

 

[Catalystik]

There is not a specific reference format I have to follow right? I can just fill in the information in the order you have listed (Title, author list, conference, location, dates of conference)?

I was just listing the information that should be apparent somewhere, if possible. Some of that information is already in the header and need not be repeated. If you use a narrative style, you can give the information in any order you like. if you prefer to model a more formal citation, here is an example:

North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, Nov 1–5, 2011

Arnold P, Kopjar B, Fehlings M, Yoon S.T, Massicotte E, Vaccaro A, Brodke D, Woodard E, Banco R, Chapman J, Janssen M, Sasso R, Bono C, Dekutoski M, Gokaslan Z. (2011)

Impact of diabetes on symptoms and treatment outcomes in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy. The results of the AOSpine North America Multi-Center Prospective Study. [abstract – accepted as oral presentation]

Due to character limitations, many applicants take liberties and list only the most essential information.

 

[Tanquinho]

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[dreamer67]

Are anecdotes okay for the most meaningful description?

 

[Catalystik]

Under my shadowing entry, I will be including my shadowing with a single physician (internal med) for a whole semester, and multiple physicians in a dept. (ER, family practice) over the course of a semester.


I will be naming the physician I shadowed exclusively for a semester but do you think it would be okay if I just said, " I shadowed physicians in the ER etc at X-hospital in the Fall of 2xxx.... I shadowed Family practice physicians at X-hospital...." when talking about my other shadowing experiences?

Yes, I think that would be fine.

See if this applies to you: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=12646474&postcount=1474

 

[Catalystik]

Are anecdotes okay for the most meaningful description?

Yes. Some adcomms particularly like them.

 

[DeMoNdOgDFM]

There was one other topic on this, and I'm still a bit confused: for my research, I ended up being a part of presentations at conferences, which included sending in an abstract to the people running the event, having it accepted, and then published in the "booklet" for the individual conference. Does this constitute a "published abstract" per AMCAS? Or does it mean published abstract in a major journal or other work?

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Count it.

 

[coffeesnob]

If my senior thesis was printed and distributed to various offices and libraries within my college, would this count as some sort of publication? If so, how would I put it on AMCAS?

 

[sector9]

If my senior thesis was printed and distributed to various offices and libraries within my college, would this count as some sort of publication? If so, how would I put it on AMCAS?

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