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[Turgenev13]

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I've started looking at the online MSTP applications to begin preparing my answers, now that AMCAS is transmitting primary applications. Several of the applications have a question something like:

"List Publications/Abstracts resulting from research experiences."

What is this actually asking for?

Do they want a list of bibliographic information with a copy of the abstract for each publication? Do they want a list of posters/presentations from meetings? Do they want a copy of the abstracts from each of those posters/presentations?

I realize that each committee is probably looking for something a little different and basically they are just trying to judge your research involvement. I just don't want to give them too much or too little information. Thanks for any advice you can give.

Turgenev13

 

[Neuronix]

List, in reference form, every abstract, poster, presentation, and publication that your name is on. They don't need to see copies unless they specifically request them. Yes they didn't ask for posters or presentations, but they are significant and you should probably list them there anyways.

If you need more information about the formatting for these things, let me know.

 

[KirsteenB]

Hi there Neuronix,

I've applied to a number of MD/PhD programs and would love to have some info re: formatting publications for the application, if you wouldn't mind obliging?

Cheers,
Kirsteen

 

[Neuronix]

Check out this link:
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~hollidac/respubs.html

It gives a good listing of references for student abstracts, posters, and presentations.

 

[noy]

Several of my research experiences have resulted in presentations at the end of the summer - to a corporate or research audience, not in front of a scientific panel (although at Merck it was in front of 20 or 30 PhD's). Any opinions on if this belongs in such a section? I need all the help on listings I can get.

A poster at a scientific conference counts, I imagine, so I will reference that - but that's all I have, no pubs yet.

It feels awfully inferior to leave the 'publications' field blank though.

 

[KirsteenB]

Thanks for the link, Neuronix. Very helpful indeed.

Cheers,
Kirsteen

 

[surge]

Originally posted by noy
Several of my research experiences have resulted in presentations at the end of the summer - to a corporate or research audience, not in front of a scientific panel (although at Merck it was in front of 20 or 30 PhD's). Any opinions on if this belongs in such a section? I need all the help on listings I can get.

A poster at a scientific conference counts, I imagine, so I will reference that - but that's all I have, no pubs yet.

It feels awfully inferior to leave the 'publications' field blank though.

There is very little that doesn't belong there. The trick is to find a way to let them know everything you did (within reason). Most of us didn't have pubs anyway (do a search on this).

I would point it out in the description field when you are talking about that particular research experience, and you can mention it later in your MD/PhD secondaries (most have more room to do this than you would ever want *cough* WashU *cough*).
The interviews will be your real chance to talk about it, though.

 

[Habari]

noy,
i didn't include those end of summer merck talks in my amcas, nor did i ever mention it. it doesn't mean that you shouldn't - if you do mention it, make sure you portray it in a 'helpful' way. your merck experience on the whole will serve you well, make sure you enter it in seperately somewhere else.