Dental Residents CV & Personal Statement Writing

Wilson Dental Library staff and librarians do not review or edit CVs or personal statements.

• DO highlight your major accomplishments first. For example, highlight scholarships and awards before volunteer experience.
• DO make sure CV's are organized, clear and easy to read.
• DO make sure you include short descriptions of your experiences. 
• DON'T include presentations and papers written during class or developed for coursework such as your tx planning presentations.
• DON'T include work experience unless it is relevant to the dental field.
• DON'T put rotations at Queenscare, URM, Mobile Clinic under volunteer experience. Place them under Humanitarian or Community Outreach and in parentheses put (mandatory rotation).