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Careers in Medicine: CV & Personal Statement

CV & ERAS Application

Personal Statements

Make your personal statements unique to each program.

Paragraph 1:  Attention grabber

  • Motivation for choosing that specialty
  • Take a personal strength and weave it into your specialty
  • You want to leave an impression on someone

Paragraph 2:  Self-awareness

  • Identify how you learn best and tailor it to the program
    • Is it structured, one-on-one?
    • Is research a big part of it?
    • Will you have a lot of clinical responsibilities from the start?

Paragraph 3:  Why do you want that discipline


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