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Whether you are in the early stages of your premedical, predental, pre-PA, or pre-pharmacy career or you are ready to apply, it is always a good idea to have a curriculum vitae (CV) on hand. Some schools will ask for a CV as a part of their application to medical or dental school. In other scenarios, its useful to have a CV as you apply for clinical positions, research opportunities and jobs. Here we have provided a link and given a sample CV for premed/predental/pre-PA/prepharmacy students. Make sure to regularly update your CV as you go through your education. A CV can serve as a useful guide when you are filling out your AMCAS, CASPA, AADSAS, PharmCAS, or AACOMAS application.
A few points to remember about the CV:
- List activities in each section in order from most recent to least recent. If you have multiple activities that are ongoing, list the one you started most recently first.
- Under the education section, if you have not completed your degree, write the start date and for the end date put present
- List your expected graduation date
- List the degree you are expected to earn and the field (e.g. Bachelor of Science in Biology)
- Under the clinical experience section include all paid and non-paid work that was clinically relevant.
- Under additional extracurricular activities include all hobbies such as art and sports if you were involved in hobbies as an organized activity. For example, if you were on the college tennis team or you played in the marching band it would go in the additional extracurricular activities section. If it was a hobby that you did for leisure, it would go in the hobbies section
- Make sure you use present verb tenses for all current/ongoing positions
- Use past verb tenses for previous experiences
- Make sure you always list your position and then the tasks that you were involved in as a part of that position
- List your supervisor for each position
- You do not need to add an objective to the beginning of your CV. If you are premedical, predental, pre-PA, or pre-pharmacy, your objective is clear
- Do not include a photo with your CV
- You do not need to include your birthdate on your CV
- If you have publications or presentations they always go at the very end
- You may have to modify your CV to fit better with the position to which you are applying. For example, if you are applying for a clinical position, you may have to put your clinical experiences first and get into more details about your previous role in clinical experiences. Conversely, if you are applying for a research position, you can put your research experience first and include more detail on previous research experiences.
Premed CV Example:
