question about resume

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I was wondering, should I include research experiences from undergrad on my resume for residency? I have 5 different projects from undergrad and only 1 short one from medical school. I wasn't sure how much info I should put in regards to what I did in undergrad.

 

[rugtrousers]

I was wondering, should I include research experiences from undergrad on my resume for residency? I have 5 different projects from undergrad and only 1 short one from medical school. I wasn't sure how much info I should put in regards to what I did in undergrad.

If they were meaningful projects (you published, you worked on them for a very long time, or learned a lot about the process of research), you should include them. When I was applying for residency, I listed some of my undergrad experiences and not others. Most of my interviewers asked me about my undergrad research, probably because it was the source of my sole publication. They also asked me about undergrad activities (in addition to med school stuff, of course).

 

[streetdoc]

Maybe someone can answer this question for me (don't mean to hi-jack)...
in undergrad i did an "honors" project and it involved looking at antobiotics and their effect on the bacteria that i collected from around the campus...even got some E.coli off the door to the boys dorm (figueres) and i was basically seeing if we had any "resistance" on our small campus. anyhoo, i did every part of the collecting/compiling/testing/etc and then wrote it up in the appropriate format. It was selected from all the senior submissions who did projects and was published in our little campus "research" collection. Does that really count as being published? it was reviewed by all of our faculty, but no one has ever heard of out little schools collection of reasearch journal. include it or not?
thanks
streetdoc

 

[chic]

I would certainly include it . I think even if it was only published in your school journal...it shows your interest in science/medical field.
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[NoodleIncident]

I would certainly include it . I think even if it was only published in your school journal...it shows your interest in science/medical field.
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I would have to disagree with chic. It would be great to include if you were applying to medical school as it does show your interest in science/medicine. However, just being in medical school now shows that you're interested. Now, if the article were more specialized and relevant to your specialty of interest and published in a nationally-recognized journal, then I would include it. I don't mean to belittle your work at all (in case that's what it sounds like), but residency applications desire a higher caliber/resident level of research.

 

[streetdoc]

I appreciate both replys. I really have struggled with "to include or not to include" on my ERAS next year because I feel a bit like a cheat. I mean, it was a lot of work (more then i did on a case report and a poster that i've done in med school) but it was not a major journal. I did learn the WHOLE process behind how to conduct research/put it togeher which is why i have been keeping it on my CV, but i do realize there are higher standards out there in residencies.
Thanks.
And I appreciate more advice on what to do about it if anyone feels they have an idea.
streetdoc

 

[chic]

then I would mention it in my personal statement.

If you decide to include it, I dont think it will hurt your application/selection process.

 

[rugtrousers]

there are at least 3 places to mention your undergrad research experience:

1. your personal statement
2. your scholarly activities (there is a section on ERAS for research)
3. under the "Publications" section

if you're interested in academic medicine, consider mentioning the research in your personal statement as demonstrative of an early commitment to scholarly activity; if you're not interested in academic medicine, use the limited space in your PS to talk about other things

i would definitely mention it in the extracurricular/research section of the application

you have to decide whether to put it in the publications section. a rough guide: if you can find it on pubmed, list it as a publication. otherwise, you can make a separate entry in the research section for any presentations/posters you did related to that project

there's no right answer to this question. the only thing at stake is annoying residency committees by putting in extraneous information. if the research was important to you and you can talk about it intelligently at an interview, by all means put it in your application. undergrad experiences should not be left off the application just because they happened before med school.

 

[dharmabum7]

definately include all the research...even people in my fellowship interviews asked about my undergraduate research...it shows that you are research minded...it helps more if its relevant to field you are applying to... 🙄

 

[Hurricane]

I would list it as research experience on the ERAS form. There is space to write a couple lines describing each item, so you could indicate what kind of work you did and that it resulted in publication in your school's journal.

But I would not list it in the publications section. That's for stuff published in journals that the reader could actually find and read if he or she was so inclined.

 

[penguins]

If it was important to you and you can speak about it intelligently... put it in there. The whole point of the application is to try and tell them who you are. Equate how much of your life it is/was with how much attention it gets in your app.