Publication chosen for CME Credit -- Worth mentioning?

[bankedsynapse]

A publication I am first author of was recently selected by the journal as a CME activity. Is this a fairly mundane accomplishment, or something I should be mentioning in my update letters or in interviews? It was selected after my first update letter months back stating it was published, so I doubt that any schools would have picked up on it in the mean time. The journal notes only publications "important to the field" are chosen, but I'm not sure how noteworthy it would actually be to committees.

I'm planning to make mention in an update to a school I already interviewed with, since this school doesn't limit the number of updates and encourages communication. If it's not that impressive though, I will likely hold on sending to schools who only accept a few letters total.

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[Mr.Smile12]

I may be more progressive when considering publications (my first impulse says, "why not"), so to address others I have to answer to:

Did you mention the publication as a peer-reviewed journal article in your application before it was selected as a CME activity?

It isn't normally done in my experience, but I think that depends on specialty: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journ...demy-of-dermatology/publish/guide-for-authors or https://publications.aap.org/journals/pages/journal-cme, search for CME articles section).

Unless you are applying to research programs, additional publications don't tend to move the needle. As you describe it, this is an accomplishment like getting a review article or chapter published, even after peer review.

 

[bankedsynapse]

I didn't mention it in my initial application since it wasn't accepted at the time, but I did add it as an update a month or so later and send update letters mentioning it and a couple of other pubs. It was after all this (another month-ish) that we were notified by the journal that it was selected as a CME activity. This is a radiology journal if that makes a difference; the journal in question has assigned ~50 articles as CME activities this year.

By research program, do you mean a MD/PhD program? Or to a school that emphasizes research as important to their mission?

Thank you for your insight!

 

[runzayumza]

100% mention in I's and your update letter if you make one. Congratulations!