CV WRITING AND ARTICLE 14

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CV WRITING AND ARTICLE 14

• Dr V.K.PURI

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CV WRITING

• It should be in conjunction with speciality
  specific guidance
• Aim to demonstrate that we meet standards for
  entry to specialist register under article 14
• It helps to evaluate application
• Provide appropriate documentation (as in spec.
  specific guidance) to support information in CV

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Before you start

• On average people spend about 20 seconds looking
  at a CV. That means you must make every word
  count! (Dont waffle!!!)
• Include a bold heading for each section of your
  CV and if possible, try to fit it onto one page.

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Headings

• Always put your full name at the top (using
  capitals for the first letter of each name)
• You can write CV or Curriculum Vitae as a
  heading

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Important Cs of CVs

• Clear
• Well-organized, content flows well
• Concise
• Include relevant and necessary information
• Complete
• Includes everything you need to show
  qualifications
• Consistent
• Use consistent design, fonts, layout
• Current
• Keep up to date, update at least annually

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Important Donts for CVs

• Spelling or grammatical errors
• Proof, proof, proof . . . . then proof again!!
• Have numerous people review
• Difficult to read fonts/small font size
• Minimal 12 pt font, laser printer
• Standard fonts preferred
• Think conservative
• Cheap paper
• White, cream, gray bond paper

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Important Donts for CVs

• Folding, stapling
• Send in large envelope to companies
• Consider inserting header (upper right corner)
  with name
• Mass mailing to whom it may concern
• Target specific individual within a company
• Weak objective/philosophy
• Lack cover letter
• First thing that is seen need strong letter

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PERSONAL DETAILS

• Name
• Address
• Phone
• Email Address
• Date of Birth
• Sex
• Marital Status
• Nationality
• G.M.C
• Memberships

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Career Objective

• A brief, but informative paragraph that makes you
  sound great!
• Make notes from each of the oncoming slides and
  then sit back and try to turn it into a paragraph
  that makes sense!

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CAREER OBJECTIVES

• What you are and your special interest
• Your strengths, positive personal and
  professional qualities and wide range of
  experience
• What are you looking forward to work as and where

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QUALIFICATIONS

• Please state speciality and/or other medical
  qualification (s). Provide evidence (see under
  Good Clinical Care)
• Title of qualification
• Speciality (if relevant)
• Date obtained
• Awarding body
• Country
• Give in chronological order

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POSTS HELD

• List all relevant (training and non-training)
• Specify post full or part time
• Description of your duties and reason for your
  leaving
• Provide appropriate documentary evidence of
  experience in accordance with PMETB and college
  specific guidance

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POSTS HELD

• Current/most recent appointment
• Start date
• Job title and speciality
• Full time/part time (hrs/wks or number of
  sessions)
• Name or address of institution/hospital
• Description of duties / responsibilities
• Outpatients
• Inpatients
• Teaching
• Administration

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POSTS HELD

• Previous Posts
• Enter in descending order i.e. next most recent
  appointment first
• Give detail contents of training and or
  experience gained and how it relates to relevant
  curriculum
• Description includes no. of cases and case mix,
  on call duties and reason for leaving
• More detailed description/responsibilities may be
  provided on separate sheet as appendix
• Overseas experience

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POSTS HELD

• Supporting Evidence
• Please provide information and/or a description,
  in chronological descending order (e.g. most
  recent first), of all your experience under each
  relevant heading.
• Full detailed information and/or descriptions
  should be provided for the last five years unless
  otherwise stated

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Management/Admin.

• Provide description of your management activities
  with full dates
• Please supplement it with evidence of your
  management activities with college specific
  guidance
• In UK regional and local
• Overseas organising secretary/exec.
  member/editor/organiser of rota in the institute

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RESEARCH

• List your research projects
• Supplement list with evidence of research
  activities in accordance with College speciality
  specific guidance

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Research

• Title of research project
• Research centre
• Dates from and to
• Supervisor (if relevant)
• Outcome of research
• Include a copy of front page only with application

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PUBLICATIONS

• List all publications
• Can be given as appendix
• Supplement it with evidence
• Include a copy of the front page only of each
  with your application

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PRESENTATIONS

• In UK
• National
• Regional
• Local
• Overseas
• Needs to be verified by the hospital or relevant
  body who can attest to the event

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COURSES, CONFERENCE AND MEETINGS

• List any national, international courses,
  conferences and meetings attended in the last 5
  years
• Title of course/conference, dates, venue
  (including country)
• National/regional or local meetings e.g. MDT

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TEACHING AND MEDICAL EDUCATION

• Undergraduate/Postgraduate teaching
• Give full dates
• Supplement with evidence
• Presentations
• List talks, presentations or teaching sessions
  not listed above
• Title, dates, venue (including country)

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AUDIT

• Provide summary of your completed and/or ongoing
  audit activities with full dates
• Life-long learning or CPD or CME give full
  details

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APPRAISAL

• Details of your professional appraisal
• Method of career review/progression

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Information Technology

• Describe your familiarity with IT
• Any courses
• Supplement with evidence

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Membership

• List your current membership
• Date of joining
• Status of membership
• State if awarded after examination \ assessment

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Honours and Prizes

• List any significant distinctions in descending
  order
• Interests Extra-Curricular Activities
• Music
• Sports

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Referees

• Address
• Phone
• Fax
• Email

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SUMMARY

• A full and current CV with following information
  of your
• Personal details
• Speciality
• Registration details (as appropriate)
• Qualifications

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SUMMARY

• Posts in chronological order starting with your
  current post indicating
• The post title
• The name of hospital
• Each posts start and end dates
• A description of each post detailing what you did
• Your supervisors for each post where appropriate
  but particularly for each training post

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SUMMARY

• All information in your CV should be
• validated by documentary evidence from each
  hospital
• You should also list in chronological order any
• Publications (copy of front page with
  application)
• Presentations (verified by the hospital/relevant
  body who can attest)
• Research undertaken (include a copy of front
  page)
• CPD and certificate of attendance (copies of
  certificates of the last year)