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Education

Fellowship, Your University, City, State
Residency, Your University, City, State
M.D., Your University, City, State
B.S. in Biochemistry (magna cum laude), Your University, City, State

List your educational history in reverse chronological order, including the name of the institution, city, state, degree earned, and year of completion or years of attendance.

Appointments

Associate Professor
Department of
Your University
City, State

List your employment history in reverse chronological order.

Director, Center for
Your University
City, State

Consider moving this to the following section if this is not truly an academic appointment.

Assistant Professor
Department of
Your University
City, State

Chief Resident
Department of
Your University
City, State

Include only if it is an appointed position requiring an extension of the residency.

Other Positions and Employment

List non-academic employment history in reverse chronological order, noting position held, employer, location, and brief description of duties and responsibilities

Certification and Licensure

Diplomate, Your ABMS Board
Subspecialty Certification, Your Subspecialty Board
State Medical License

Include the state and year of licensure in reverse chronological order for all active then inactive licenses. Do not list DEA numbers.

Professional Memberships and Activities

List your professional memberships, grouped by professional organization, in reverse chronological order, noting leadership positions and other positions held.

This section may also include editorial activities. If, however, you have served as editor in many contexts, consider grouping these together under a separate heading, by publication, in reverse chronological order.

Honors and Awards

Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching

You may also list elite fellowship programs, those to which you were accepted on the basis of a competitive, as opposed to first-come, first-serve, application process.

Committee Assignments and Administrative Services

List in reverse chronological order, noting leadership positions held. Include university and non-university activities (e.g., work with NIH study groups).

Educational Activities

1. Identify your teaching activities here or write "See attached Teaching Portfolio"
2. List in reverse chronological order, noting your role (course developer, course director, lecturer) and including applicable spans of time
3. Include supervision of doctoral students and thesis supervision in a research setting
4. Include graduate student teaching
5. Identify teaching residents in a clinical setting
6. Include advising responsibilities

If you do not refer to a separate Teaching Portfolio, consider depicting this information in a table, as it provides a concise, visual way to identify role, number of students, number of sessions, and evaluation data.

Grants

1. List under sections of pending, current, and past grants in reverse chronological order
2. Include the title of grant
3. Identify the granting agency and grant number
4. Note the award total , demarcating total direct and indirect costs
5. State your role, also identifying the PI if you are not the PI, and percent of effort
6. Include the dates of award
7. If you include contracts, rename the section, "Grants and Contracts," and use two subheadings, separating contracts from grant awards.
8. If voluminous, truncate this listing to the most recent decade and note the limitation in the heading.

Consider depicting this information in a table, as it provides a concise, visual way to reflect this data.

Patents

List these in chronological order to provide for easy updating.

Editorial Work

List these in reverse chronological order.

Abstracts and Presentations

Oral Presentations
National/International Meetings

Local/Regional Meetings

Posters
National/International Meetings

Local/Regional Meetings

Dates

List these in reverse chronological order, beginning with National/International presentations as a category followed by Local/Regional meetings. Use an asterisk or other explained notation to demarcate invited talks and meetings that you helped to organize.

Publications

1. List your publications in chronological order for easy updating
2. Number these and highlight your name in bold
3. Follow this order: peer-reviewed, non-peer-reviewed publications, articles accepted for publication, books and monographs, evidence of works in progress (complete articles published in conference proceedings, book chapters, review articles, editorials as indicated), development and/or publication of educational materials, development of major curricular offerings or innovative educational programs, non-print materials, published abstracts
4. Note: if you're not listed as first author on publications for which your mentored student is listed, note that role with an asterisk or other indicator