From the Latin: from the Latin

from the Latin:

• from the Latin:

• “Curriculum” (course)
• “Vitae” (of life)

Inform prospective employers of your qualifications and experience for a position

• Inform prospective employers of your qualifications and experience for a position

• Demonstrate your academic achievements for:

• Division Head/Chair Annual Reviews
• Appointments and Promotions committees
• Funding agencies
• Award committees

“Inside” CV:

• “Inside” CV:

• Promotions committees
• Institutional awards/recognition

• “Outside” CV:

• Job searches
• Application/nomination for national positions/awards

Keep it simple, readable, succinct

• Keep it simple, readable, succinct

• Content and presentation are both important

• Don’t embellish! Don’t pad! Don’t repeat!

• Consider eliminating CV “relics”

• Marital status; name of spouse; children/birthdates
• Hobbies & Other Interests

For internal CV: Use UWSOM Format!!

• For internal CV: Use UWSOM Format!!

• Use consistent style, formatting

• Chronological order? Reverse chronological?
• Include a header with your name and page number on each page
• Times Roman; 11 or 12 point font; 1 inch margins
• Bold your name (?1-2 font sizes bigger than rest)

For external CV, don’t use acronyms; spell out institutional words (e.g. UWMC; SCH; RRF)

• For external CV, don’t use acronyms; spell out institutional words (e.g. UWMC; SCH; RRF)

• Print a copy regularly & check for irregularities

• e.g., avoid new headings at bottom of page

• Keep it up-to-date

• Include date last revised on front page
• Add new events/items as they happen

Use available resources

• Use available resources

• UW Center for Career Services
• AAMC [www.aamc.org]
• Chronicle of Higher Education [http://chronicle.com]
• Colleagues’ CVs

• Get feedback from colleagues, mentors, career advisors on both content and presentation

Avoid big blocks of wordy, descriptive text

• Avoid big blocks of wordy, descriptive text

• Split any long lists into subcategories

• e.g., Teaching activities

• Students; Residents; Fellows; Community/CME

• When sending paper CV, do not print on both sides of the paper (backside might be overlooked when copied for distribution)

No Social Security number!

• No Social Security number!

• Consider eliminating CV relics (marital status; spouse’s name; names and birth dates of kids)

• Contact information

• Be concise (no embellishments) & be accurate
• Consider including e-mail address

Time to leave high school behind

• Time to leave high school behind

• Spell out full name of degree and university and note year of graduation

• If currently working on a degree, put the word “candidate” after name of degree and note expected year of graduation

OK to put internship together with your residency training, if done in the same institution

• OK to put internship together with your residency training, if done in the same institution

• If there’s a gap, consider adding an explanatory phrase:

• 1988-90: Pediatric Residency (PL-1,2) Case Western
• **1990-91: Solo swim across the Atlantic Ocean
• 1991-92: Pediatric Residency (PL-3). Case Western

Place and Date

• Place and Date

• These include:

• Acting/Instructor positions
• Assistant, Associate, Full Professor
• May include academic “track” (e.g. Clinician-Educator)
• Division or Department faculty administrative roles
• Examples: Division Head; Vice-Chair; Associate Dean; Residency Program Director (?)

Places and Dates

• Places and Dates

• Medical staff positions

• Clinical Program direction goes here

• Committee membership can go under Special Local Responsibilities

• Do not duplicate Postgraduate Training

Leave high school behind

• Leave high school behind

• Include non-academic honors/awards, if noteworthy/appropriate:

• 1980: Photographer of the Year, Life Magazine
• 1990: Olympic gold medal, US Bobsled team

Spell out certifying Board(s) and be accurate!

• Spell out certifying Board(s) and be accurate!

• American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

• Include date of certificate and recertification (or “engaged in maintenance of certification”)

• Provide accurate information regarding all medical licenses (including inactive ones)

• Remember that all Certification and Licensure information is in the public domain!

Note if membership is elected :

• Note if membership is elected :

• 1990 Member (elected) Society of Great Doctors

• Include offices held:

• 1990-present. Member, American Medical Association (President, 1999-2000)

• Can include non-academic organizations here too, if appropriate

• 2005-present. Member, Board of Directors, Gates Foundation

Purpose: Highlight your national recognition

• Purpose: Highlight your national recognition

• Physician-Scientists/Scientists

• Study sections; advisory councils
• Research society leadership roles

• Clinician-Educators

• Educational or clinical task forces; program director organizations; legislative/policy work
• Leadership in clinical organizations (e.g. AAP, AHA)

University and Hospital Committees (but do not duplicate teaching committees listed under Teaching Responsibilities)

• University and Hospital Committees (but do not duplicate teaching committees listed under Teaching Responsibilities)

• Consider grouping University and Hospital activities separately if you do too much!

• Community Service work (or can list under “Other” at end)

Limit descriptive text here (Appendix?)

• Limit descriptive text here (Appendix?)

• List courses taught or lecture series organized (not your specific lectures—that comes later)

• List any teaching committees (& your role)

• Usually list any training program direction here

• List regional/national teaching roles here

• List your trainees here (and current institution)

• Consider adding the dates of your involvement

Generally reserved for journal Editorial Board memberships but…

• Generally reserved for journal Editorial Board memberships but…

• OK to list journal article reviewer:

• Ad Hoc Journal Article Reviewer for:
• New England Journal of Medical
• Journal of the American Medical Association
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
• The Lancet

Be comprehensive and use consistent format:

• Be comprehensive and use consistent format:

• Title; project number; your role (PI, co-investigator); source; dates; annual direct costs

• Include ALL funding, internal and external

• Active
• Inactive
• Pending
• Planned?

Divide into UWSOM designated sections

• Divide into UWSOM designated sections

• Manuscripts in Refereed Journals (include “in press” and list name of journal)
• Book Chapters
• Published books, videos, software
• Other publications
• OK (in my opinion) to list Manuscripts Submitted but DO NOT list Manuscripts “in preparation”

Number each publication within each section

• Number each publication within each section

• Use consistent format throughout

• Bold your name and consider higher font for it

• Gleason CA, Smith JD, Jones MD.

• Check for duplications, redundancies, typos

Purpose(s):

• Purpose(s):

• Tell about current work in progress (but not published yet)
• Illustrate your participation at national meetings
• Can illustrate whether and how you presented the abstract (poster; platform, etc.)

• Consider limiting the number of abstracts especially if there are far fewer manuscripts!

• “Recent Abstracts Presented (2005 to present)”

Use consistent format

• Use consistent format

• Title; Venue (Conference title; location); Year

• Do not list every talk ever given to housestaff, medical students, etc.

• Do list local Grand Rounds, regional outreach education talks, national/international lectures

• Note if you were Visiting Professor

Languages (and proficiency level)

• Languages (and proficiency level)

• Community Service

• Other (serious) employment history

• Hobbies; special interests (depends what these are—not generally recommended)

• For job searches (“outside CV”), provide separate page of References (3), including contact information and relationship to you