Noteworthy Characteristics

What are the Noteworthy Characteristics?

• Highlight your most meaningful accomplishments or activities during medical school​​

• "Elevator Pitch": describe themes and important experiences during medical school​​

• Think about professional narratives- your noteworthies should reflect your skills as one or more of those.​​

• Example Narratives: clinician, clinician advocate, physician scientist, clinician educator, physician innovator, physician engineer, physician entrepreneur, clinician with expertise in policy, clinician with expertise in public health, etc.​

Grammar/Structure​

• 3 bullet points ​

• 4 if you had a significant challenge or hardship​

• 2-3 sentences per bullet (≤ 65 words)​

• third person​

• past tense​

• Use descriptors like “champion for” or “excelled at” or “dedicated to” etc.​

• Spell out acronyms and abbreviations

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