Publications on Resume/AMCAS

[EChipouras]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if someone could give me a link (or just personal advice) that indicated what was appropriate to write on a resume and/or AMCAS app (and how, exactly, to write it). Specifically:

Publication-in-progress for Research #1

Presentation at conferences for Research #1 (Two were presentations at in-school events (different schools, though), the third was at an actual conference.) - Also, my abstract was published in the conference proceedings; should that be noted anywhere, or is it understood? How can I best portray these experiences?

Publication for Research #2

Presentation at conference for Research #2 (same questions for this)

Thanks so much for your help!

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[Quix]

Manuscripts in develop are not to be listed on resumes/CVs (professionally, they mean nothing). Submitted manuscripts (and manuscripts in the revision process) shouldn't be listed (as there is no indication of acceptance). Approved, finalized manuscripts can be listed as "In Press" if they have not yet appeared in print/presentation.

 

[EChipouras]

Thanks. Any thoughts regarding the conferences?

 

[167649]

Manuscripts in develop are not to be listed on resumes/CVs (professionally, they mean nothing). Submitted manuscripts (and manuscripts in the revision process) shouldn't be listed (as there is no indication of acceptance). Approved, finalized manuscripts can be listed as "In Press" if they have not yet appeared in print/presentation.

I agree; you could crap in an envelope, send it to a journal, and write down on the application that you submitted something. On the other hand, adcoms certainly understand that the publication process often takes a while. When I submitted my AMCAS in june, I had two submitted publications that had not yet been accepted. I did list the unaccepted pubs on the amcas, but explicitly tied them into a presentation (and abstract) at a scientific meeting that I had also listed (which covered the same material), in case the adcom wonders about their legitimacy. Since they have both been published in the several months since, it has made for excellent material for an update letter or interview follow-up that ties in well to the original amcas.

So, I think if the situation is similar and you think they may be accepted in time for an update letter, it may not hurt to mention them on the amcas. I would not put unaccepted pubs in a resume or CV though.

For conferences, just list what society/journal it was, where it was held, year, cite your abstract, and what type of presentation it was (oral, poster session, or both)

 

[bulb cavernosum]

I did two years of pretty intense research. I wrote a 150-page master's thesis and presented at a conference last year, and will present at another on Thursday (27th). An abstract outlining my paper (in preparation) was submitted and accepted for presentation at this upcoming conference. ALOT OF WORK went into this project. On the AMCAS application, I listed the paper as being in preparation and offered an antcipated date of submittal. I consider this to be absolutely acceptable. It is what it is and the Adcoms can make of it what they will. I didn't do two weeks of pointless research and crap in an envelope, and I think the Adcoms SHOULD know about this upcoming paper. As a graduate student, it's kind of expected! But yeah, in general, probably shouldn't list it until ACTUALLY published

 

[RxnMan]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if someone could give me a link (or just personal advice) that indicated what was appropriate to write on a resume and/or AMCAS app (and how, exactly, to write it). Specifically:

Publication-in-progress for Research #1

Presentation at conferences for Research #1 (Two were presentations at in-school events (different schools, though), the third was at an actual conference.) - Also, my abstract was published in the conference proceedings; should that be noted anywhere, or is it understood? How can I best portray these experiences?

Publication for Research #2

Presentation at conference for Research #2 (same questions for this)

Thanks so much for your help!

Your abstract being in the conference bulletin isn't the same as a journal article, which is what almost everyone considers being published. Most ADCOMs will expect that you've written an abstract in order to present your poster, so I would list it as just being a poster.

Check out the link in my signature and click on the "How to Fill out AMCAS ECs." I've got a pretty good description of what I did in you situation.

 

[physiologyguy]

Hello all: I am completing my PhD in Physiology this year. YES, it is acceptable to list "papers in preparation" on CV's and your AMCAS form. Also, if something is presented, you should list it if YOU presented it; otherwise, only list it as "published abstracts" if it is published in the conference preceedings as mentioned.

Your research will be fairly transparent. If you work with a group that has never published (not sure how this could happen) and you list 5 articles as in preparation, then I would laugh at you - that looks silly. But if you re lead on an article, maybe your name is on another, and you have 3 in preparation, that is totally acceptable.

Make sense?

 

[Arsenic]

merging the 3 different versions of this thread into the 1 in pre-allo