Real Quick: 2 CV Questions

hey all,

i'm working on putting my cv together... since i'll be finished with school in two months!! *hehe* but that's besides the point... i have two questions:

1. how far back in employment history should i go? i didnt start working in the healthcare field until 1999 at a psych hospital.

2. under research/publications stuff... can i include the papers/research-informal i have done in my msn program?

thanks!

1. for a cv you usually put your entire employment history. the farther back you go the less stuff you usually put. my six year army career is basically medic/military intelligence went to panama and saudi arabia. before i had more medical experience it was much longer. emphasize your medical experience.

2. usually only published stuff. i have four categories on my cv. 1. peer reviewed articles 2. abstracts and posters 3. non-peer reviewed articles 4. presentation (i don't put paid talks in here unless they are for cme).

if you have a paper that your are especially proud of or is pertinent to the job you are trying for then you can include that in your educational history; ie. research experience into left handed nicaraguan ski jumpers and their encounters in health care.

also if you did a masters thesis you can put it in educational history unless it was published. ie transylvania school of nursing - nurse practitioner program 2005-2007 thesis:the effects of green eggs and ham on wound healing.

hopefully this helps.

david carpenter, pa-c

yea, it does david... thanks. i went ahead and included all medically-oriented jobs there weren't that many.

as for the papers/projects, i put a category that says, "student projects" and included the couple ppts/topics that i had to teach to the class. they were topics that i had to spend a lot of time researching and studying. the logic behind including the projects/papers (in my head) was that future employers would know what type of subjects i was more knowledgeable about. i.e. i did an evidence-based 12+ pg paper about mri vs ct in diagnosing acute ischemic stroke, so i put it in the cv.

i guess its hard to fill up a cv when you're fresh out of school... that's another reason i was including those things.

i would put any relevant non medical jobs. i would probably leave out fast food type jobs but service industry jobs are helpful in determining if someone knows how to function in a work environment (especially if you supervised someone). i don't put college or high school jobs anymore but i do put research assistant jobs from college.

david carpenter, pa-c