Personal Statement for Residency Applicants

Mindset

• You are applying for a job

• It is substitute for Cover Letter

• It is about knowing you in terms of:
• Passion, Purpose, Person (3Ps)

• One page that defines you as person

• It is subjective; NOT objective

• It is soft skills; NOT hard skills

What NOT to do

• Length Max one page - Times new roman - Size 12 Font

• Regurgitate your CV [it is after someone has reviewed your CV]

• Why Medicine [ No Need, this if for Medical School Applicants]
• Write about speciality - In internal medicine (sub-speciality)

• Making grammatical errors, spelling mistakes

Structure

• Section 1 [Person] (Optional)
• What drives you as a person (first paragraph)
• Compassion, Trust, evidence-based, Human connection/interaction

• Section 2 [Why Subspecialty]
• Final Frontier, Cutting edge in research, Complete spectrum of practice, Ability to practice in value based and resource limited settings
• Avoid cliches' - Localization in Neurology, Tumor diagnosis in Radiology

• Section 3 [What - Who]
• Subspecialty requirements for e.g. Detail oriented, research, innovation
• Tie with your own personality traits that makes you a good Fit
• Detail oriented, Hardworking, Compassionate, Team Player with example

• Section 4 [Job]
• I am looking for a program "THAT" because it meet my goals of "THIS"

• Section 5 [Thanks]
• I am grateful for your time to review my application and you will find me engaged learner if I match in your program and you will be proud to call me a student

Process

• Read, read & read - A lot of examples

• Write > Re-write > Re-write > Re-write

• Get reviewed for content - Only with Good friends and Mentors
• Everyone has advise and critique (Stay true to yourself)

• Get reviewed for writing - flow, sentence structure, grammar

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