Putting MD in my resume

[RN tobe]

Hello all nurses!

I am a male IMG living in Canada. I recently received my BScN from a university in Alberta. I have years of experience as a General practitioner. However, now that I am applying for a nursing job, I believe, I am considered as a new Grad nurse. Here is my question: Should I mention my MD in my resume or just put my previous bachelor of science (before getting into med school) and my BScN from U of A? I have got some advice that managers do not like to hire a nurse with an MD (overqualified!!?). any advice would be really appreciated.

[KatieMI, BSN, MSN, RN]

I put my foreign medical school in resume but not MD title.

To the OP: your "medical" past is something you should speak of and generally made it known as little as possible if you want to work successfully as an RN in the USA. I do not know how things are in Canada but here antiintellectualism and intolerance of those who know more and better are quite common among RNs.

P.S. there are many reasons why people choose career which pays less and has

more limited scope of practice at the base level, from impossibility to integrate in MD world and necessity to eat something while jumping from immigration/exams/licensing hoops to having specific research/practice interests and enjoying opportunity to change specialty interests.

[Fiona59]

Could this be moved to the Canadian Forum where the OP might get answer from his fellow Canadians that aren't based on what Americans think he should do?

[Libby1987]

I haven't run into anti-intellectualism or intolerance.

[Fiona59]

I put my foreign medical school in resume but not MD title.

To the OP: your "medical" past is something you should speak of and generally made it known as little as possible if you want to work successfully as an RN in the USA. I do not know how things are in Canada but here antiintellectualism and intolerance of those who know more and better are quite common among RNs.

P.S. there are many reasons why people choose career which pays less and has

more limited scope of practice at the base level, from impossibility to integrate in MD world and necessity to eat something while jumping from immigration/exams/licensing hoops to having specific research/practice interests and enjoying opportunity to change specialty interests.

Nowhere has the OP expressed a desire to work in the US. The wages of RNs in Alberta (where he graduated from a BScN programme) are higher for a new grad RN than for many experienced RNs in the US.

[KatieMI, BSN, MSN, RN]

sorry, repeat

[KatieMI, BSN, MSN, RN]

To Libby1987

Congranulations, but it doesn't mean others have same experience.

[Libby1987]

To Libby1987

Congranulations, but it doesn't mean others have same experience.

Uh, I was just claiming my own experience, I didn't deny other's.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Moved to AN's Nursing in Canada forum.

[blondy2061h, MSN, RN]

Oh, I didn't know what IMG stood for. Makes more sense now.

[dishes, BSN, RN]

RNtobe, in addition to putting your medical education on your resume, I also recommend you tailor your resume to contain keywords related to the position that you are applying for, as using keywords increases the chances that the computer software program will select your resume and a real person will review it.

[Novo]

Most people don't know how hard it is to get into medicine in Canada, it's practically a lottery provided you have the grades and EC's. I think most people would view it as an asset so I'd include it.

[RN tobe]

Thanks dishes

I didn't know that the resume is selected by a computer before being reviewed by a real person!! could you please give me an example of the keywords?I Appreciate it