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  Monday, 22 March 2010
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I know orthopods are stereotyped as being jocks etc, so would it be beneficial to have an additional line on our CV that includes activities we participate in outside of academia/professional life? Clearly you want PDs to get a sense of who you are as a person in addition to who you'd be as a resident in their program, so what is everyones' take on adding in something like "avid snowboarder" or "avid golfer" yadda yadda as a quick one-line addition to our CV?
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The interests section of my CV was the part of my application most consistently talked about across all of my interviews. Definitely put it in.
16 years ago
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Definately put that stuff on there. I had countless interviews where we talked about those activities, including several interviews at the program I matched at. I sometimes felt the interviewers asked me about the activities which I thought was to make sure I wasn't bs'ing on my cv and that I was normal. Just don't put anything up you can't back up.
16 years ago
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Haha thats pretty hilarious. Anyone else care to comment on their experiences (positive or negative) with this? I've noticed a million people have looked at the thread already, but just one response
16 years ago
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Absolutely! Many of my interviews were just talking about my outside interests I listed. I even went as far as to put wine tasting on there. One friend going into rads put "talking about Lost" as one of his interests and people ate it up. Matching is as much about a personality fit as it is about qualifications.
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