I’m a fellowship director who just finished reviewing over 400 applications. The following is a #thread on writing a personal statement. (Spoiler alert: I find most don’t add anything to the rest of the application when they could.) #meded #medtwitter #medstudenttwitter 1/

9/ Also, along with Vinny Arora MD MAPP pro tips, definitely preheat your PS oven by reading this awesome PS thread by Gabriel Bosslet. DEFINITELY check it out. Dr. Bosslet is a PD, too--which means he looks at a WHOLE LOT of personal statements, man. Mmmm hmmm. x.com/gbosslet/statu…

After I posted the intro paragraph to my Personal Statement yesterday many of you requested the full PS Even 15 years later I stand behind everything I said You can do things your own way #eras2021 #medstudenttwitter #pathmatch21 #pathtwitter

7 #FREE sites to find/apply for med/clinical research jobs: 1. apds.org/education-care… 2. jobrxiv.org 3. careers.ors.org/jobs 4. surgicalresearch.org/job-board/ 5. jobs.sciencecareers.org/jobs/health-sc… 6. socra.org/careers-and-se… 7.unmatchedmd.com #InsideTheMatch #Scramble2022

In 8 years I’ve written and read >20,000 SOAP notes. Most could be improved. 3 tips to writing better notes:

1/4 #IMG timeline for #Match2023 May: Time to get your Personal Statement, CV and LOR's sorted - For LOR's give a cheat sheet: containing list of pts you saw, topics that you presented or discussed, areas where you improved, ways that you contributed to the care of a patient