In my opinion they should be complete sentences which are very short and succinct. You dont want anyone to question the professional nature of your application or waste anyone's time. The more you write, the less likely it is to be read.

Any other thoughts on this portion of ERAS. Should it look like a CV, or should there be a little more information?
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I thought since a bunch of us are starting to fill out ERAS for this season, this topic might prove to be helpful.

For honors/awards, society memberships, etc, do you guys feel it's better to put items as a list or rather a short paragraph using complete sentences? When you click on the 'view my CV' link, it looks a little suspect when you have a bunch of paragraphs..any comments would be appreciated.

Another ERAS question.

I have studied abroad for a semester as well as several shorter summer foreign study experiences, should I include these in the experience section or education?

Also, should we include non-medical employment experience?

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My abstract was just accepted for a poster presentation at the AAOS 2008 annual meeting. I am not sure how to enter this into the ERAS application.

you would think this would be easy, but it's not. if I use the "presentation/poster" option, which appears to be the right option, then I need to enter the poster presentation date. No problem, it'll be in March 2008. Well, it won't let me use any year >2007 (ie future date).

should I then say it's a "peer reviewed journal articles/abstract (other than published)" under "publication type," and "Poster, AAOS 2008 Annual Meeting" under "publication," and "accepted" under "publicaiton status?"

any help would be appreciated

1. It seems that unless your pub has a pubmed ID, it won't show up on your ERAS CV, even though you will enter it in the publicaitons section.
2. Reason for leaving can be simple -- left the area to attend college/medical school/whatever