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    Preparing Your Curriculum Vitae

    Preparing Your Curriculum Vitae

    Maintaining effective documentation of your academic history and achievements is critical to success in academic medicine. Consider these timely tools and techniques offered by the Group on Faculty Affairs as you prepare your portfolio with an eye toward highlighting your unique qualifications:


    Key points to keep in mind:

    Follow your institution's guidelines for your internal CV, the CV you submit with promotion and tenure materials.

    • Be proactive in creating your external CVs, biographical statements, and executive summary;
    • Create a teaching portfolio; and
    • Develop a system that works for you to facilitate updating your package.