Category Archives: Medical Students
What’s Your Specialty? – Winning Personal Statements for Internal Medicine and Family Medicine
If you’re planning on specializing in either internal medicine or family medicine for your residency training, it’s important that your personal statement reflect your strengths in two key areas: personability and vast, general medical knowledge. Because these two specialties involve … Continue reading
Personal Statements That Will Get You Noticed
Too many residency applicants underestimate the importance of a thoughtful and engaging personal statement. Still others approach this narrative document as an extension of their CV. Both of these misfires may prevent you from admittance to the program you desire. … Continue reading
More resume tips for physicians
As one of the professional resume, cover letter, and personal statement writers on the staff of The Doctor Job, I have seen thousands of different physician resumes: The short, the long, the thorough, the sparse. While every physician’s resume is … Continue reading
Personal Statements: A few tips for the hopeful applicant
Imagine, if you will, the thrills and joys of being a residency/fellowship program director. Your day is long, full of countless responsibilities—and during the ERAS application process this delightful list of responsibilities grows even longer. Come mid-afternoon you feel like … Continue reading
More factors to consider when choosing a specialty
To continue where I left off, here are three more factors to consider when choosing your medical specialty: 4) Make sure to factor in lifestyle considerations. Before choosing a specialty, the potential physician should spend time evaluating his or her … Continue reading
Medical specialties: think before you choose
Terry is one of the staff of writers for The Doctor Job. Do you need your personal statement edited, or do you need help in writing one from the beginning? Click here for more information. Once in a while when … Continue reading
Structuring Your Resume for Success
Physicians often worry about the content of their resumes, but don’t put much thought into the order in which the various categories appear. The structure of a physician’s resume can be a key factor in whether or not he/she receives … Continue reading
Avoiding the Cliché Personal Statement
Terry is one of the staff of writers for The Doctor Job. Do you need your personal statement edited, or do you need help in writing one from the beginning? Click here for more information. “Why I want to be … Continue reading
Putting the “personal” into your personal statement
Terry is one of the staff of writers for The Doctor Job. Do you need your personal statement edited, or do you need help in writing one from the beginning? Click here for more information. One of the biggest problems … Continue reading