Publication AMCAS Entry

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I’m working on my AMCAS activities section and trying to decide how to format a publications entry.

For context, I contributed to an open-access microbiology education resource through the Podcast Annotation and Resources in Microbiology project. The book is a collection of science literacy resources and exercises based on This Week in Microbiology, intended for faculty use in microbiology and molecular biology courses.

Would it be better to format this AMCAS entry as:

1. A simple citation/list of the publication
2. A brief narrative explaining my contribution, followed by the line "It resulted in two co-first-author publications in Podcast Annotations and Resources in Microbiology (PAR-M)."

I originally did option 1, but my advisor was recommended I do method 2. I was wondering if anyone had any more guidance for me, any help is greatly appreciated! I originally tried finding info on this, but I couldn't find anything directly addressing my question.

 

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I just included the shortened DOI link at the very end of my experience description. I started with a citation but, honestly, I gathered that the odds that anyone actually looks up the paper is basically zero and I could have used the ~2 sentences for my essay, so I decided against it, at the risk of maybe confusing a reviewer. It worked out for me; I was not asked about it at all.