T.O.Student. Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hi everyone! Currently working on my sketch and I'm not sure what the best approach for a particular section is and would like some feedback. One part of my past experiences that I would like to highlight in my sketch is my integrated internships during my Dietetics degree. My degree consisted of 40 weeks of internships so its a pretty significant part of my education. My only concern is which category is the best for it... Formal Education I suppose? Other? What are some examples of what people put in 'other'? I did travel abroad last year for a few months so I'm not sure whether to put that into extracurricular or 'other' as well.. I got to work in various health care settings ranging from 2 week to 5 week rotations in clinical nutrition (mental health, pediatrics, chronic pain, geriatics etc) as well as doing community health rotations that ranged from 2 weeks to 7 weeks and food service etc. If I did put my various rotations under 'formal education' would it be best to add each rotation individually or group some of them? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritedaway Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Hi, I just have a question about formal education. If i've not had any aside from regular school (no extra music/arts), can I just leave it blank? Is it necessary to include university/HS on it? I don't want to take up extra space. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiga gal Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 I would choose a few key practica to put under formal education. because your degree is entrenched in healthcare, it should stand on its' own with your transcript and u can elaborate in the questions section. for myself i picked 2 nursing practica to put under formal ed, then wrote about a few others in the answers, but i did not list every hospital or community rotation i did even though they were very meaningful and time consuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 Hi everyone! Currently working on my sketch and I'm not sure what the best approach for a particular section is and would like some feedback. One part of my past experiences that I would like to highlight in my sketch is my integrated internships during my Dietetics degree. My degree consisted of 40 weeks of internships so its a pretty significant part of my education. My only concern is which category is the best for it... Formal Education I suppose? Other? What are some examples of what people put in 'other'? I did travel abroad last year for a few months so I'm not sure whether to put that into extracurricular or 'other' as well.. I got to work in various health care settings ranging from 2 week to 5 week rotations in clinical nutrition (mental health, pediatrics, chronic pain, geriatics etc) as well as doing community health rotations that ranged from 2 weeks to 7 weeks and food service etc. If I did put my various rotations under 'formal education' would it be best to add each rotation individually or group some of them? Thanks! I would put each that I want to highlight under a separate item in Formal Education, also giving the course name & number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invincible110 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Reading some posts in this section it seems people are describing more than just their responsibilities in the 150 character box. Is this what they are looking for? I have just been describing my responsibilities without saying what I have learned from the activity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Just do the best you can with the character limitation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invincible110 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thanks! Also I know this has probably been asked before but say you present a poster at an international conference (this would be one entry under research). Now say you win both a travel award and best poster award. Would you put this in the same box as the conference or would you treat these as two separate "award" entries? I have listed them all separate now but realized I have 16 awards (I think this is too much - I won a lot of best poster awards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thanks! Also I know this has probably been asked before but say you present a poster at an international conference (this would be one entry under research). Now say you win both a travel award and best poster award. Would you put this in the same box as the conference or would you treat these as two separate "award" entries? I have listed them all separate now but realized I have 16 awards (I think this is too much - I won a lot of best poster awards). I would combine the travel/best poster awards for same conference. dont know if the first item rises to constitute research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiga gal Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 i did not elaborate on activities, i.e what i learned, it was hard enough just to describe them, although sometimes i used the preceeding section to have more space ( where it asks for what time of year activity completed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invincible110 Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 I would combine the travel/best poster awards for same conference. dont know if the first item rises to constitute research. Well if you just presented a poster at a international conference (without winning a travel award or a best poster award), then how would you put that down? It is the same thing as getting an abstract accepted into a conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardParker Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 For employment/volunteer activities, where do we write the name of the organization we worked for? Eg If I was in customer service at Future Shop, do I write 'Customer Service - Future Shop' in the description line and then write my duties in the responsibilities box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 For employment/volunteer activities, where do we write the name of the organization we worked for? Eg If I was in customer service at Future Shop, do I write 'Customer Service - Future Shop' in the description line and then write my duties in the responsibilities box?Sure. Do whatever you think is best. Not everyone's sketch will be formatted the same way, but your approach is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardParker Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Awesome, Thanks !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psj Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 I am new to this, so I apologize if my questions have been asked already somewhere: 1) I am finding the 150 characters limit very challenging for employment and volunteer entries. Do most of you manage to describe your role/duties and add what skills/knowledge you learned? How important is the latter? 2) Also, would you add shadowing a doctor as "other"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 I am new to this, so I apologize if my questions have been asked already somewhere: 1) I am finding the 150 characters limit very challenging for employment and volunteer entries. Do most of you manage to describe your role/duties and add what skills/knowledge you learned? How important is the latter? 2) Also, would you add shadowing a doctor as "other"? As nobody is a magician, you do your best to include what you learned if possible. Send me a PM with a couple of examples of what you created and what is missing. Shadowing is notvoluntering but a wothwhile EC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psj Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 For employment and volunteer entries. Do you put the position name (e.g. Research Assistant) and employer/organization in the "Description" box? It's hard to fit it all in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 For employment and volunteer entries. Do you put the position name (e.g. Research Assistant) and employer/organization in the "Description" box? It's hard to fit it all in... Yes...there is actually very little space. If the organization name is too long, don't write the whole name. I'm sure it should fit once you type only PART of the organization's name. Hope that helps. Tesla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 For employment/volunteer activities, where do we write the name of the organization we worked for? Eg If I was in customer service at Future Shop, do I write 'Customer Service - Future Shop' in the description line and then write my duties in the responsibilities box? Ensure patron satisfaction as priority-solve problems o/s the box-use initiative-increase communication skills-friendly/calm/helpful/courteous always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSnrub Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Hey guys, I apologize if this has been answered before but I haven't been keeping up with this forum much (it's been stressing me out to see how much ahead of me people are on apps ). I had an NSERC this summer. I'm presenting a poster for it in November. I seem to recall reading that you would separate this into awards and research (i.e. one entry for winning the NSERC itself, one entry for the research/poster). Is this correct or will it seem like I'm just struggling to fill up my entries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uigga Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Im just starting the OMSAS Sketch... I dont see any place where you link a verifier to each activity. Am I missing something, or are the verifiers completely separate from the Sketch? (ie. I thought you associate a "verifier" with each activity on the 48-item Sketch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanillabear Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Im just starting the OMSAS Sketch... I dont see any place where you link a verifier to each activity. Am I missing something, or are the verifiers completely separate from the Sketch? (ie. I thought you associate a "verifier" with each activity on the 48-item Sketch) You add the verified number in the details section of the sketch and then add the information of each verify in the Verifier List. The number of the verifier on the list should correspond to the number you input for each activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uigga Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 You add the verified number in the details section of the sketch and then add the information of each verify in the Verifier List. The number of the verifier on the list should correspond to the number you input for each activity. Ok so how would you suggest writing it? Lets say I am entering being part of a hockey team: Category: Extra-Curricular Activities From: 2002 To: 2007 Description: Varsity Hockey Team (Verifier #1). Played on.....150char Would you put it in the title like that, or maybe at the end of the description? I'm guess its up to us.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 Ok so how would you suggest writing it? Lets say I am entering being part of a hockey team: Category: Extra-Curricular Activities From: 2002 To: 2007 Description: Varsity Hockey Team (Verifier #1). Played on.....150char Would you put it in the title like that, or maybe at the end of the description? I'm guess its up to us.... Uigga, there is a box that says "Verifier" and you enter, 1,2,3,4 etc. Ok...do this...go to OMSAS...on the left navigation bar click "Sketck"...and there are 3 buttons under each of your entries...click "Add/Change Detail"...THAT is where you enter verifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ema2iur Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 At what point does the "Add/Change Detail" box appear? I asked future doc and I was told that once you save an entry additional boxes appear where you THEN get the 150 characters to describe the activity. Also, as you mentioned above, you also get some sort of verifier box come up too. I have saved a couple of "Formal Education" entries, so when I click on the Sketch on the left hand tab and the sketch opens up, I have my 4 entries in, but underneath each one the only two buttons are "Change" and "Delete". When I click on Change takes me back to my entry, where I only have the "Description" and "Location" boxes, which give me 48 characters and 12 characters respectively. So when do these additional boxes show up where I get the 150 characters and there is a part for verifier? I have saved the entries and still nothing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 At what point does the "Add/Change Detail" box appear? I asked future doc and I was told that once you save an entry additional boxes appear where you THEN get the 150 characters to describe the activity. Also, as you mentioned above, you also get some sort of verifier box come up too. I have saved a couple of "Formal Education" entries, so when I click on the Sketch on the left hand tab and the sketch opens up, I have my 4 entries in, but underneath each one the only two buttons are "Change" and "Delete". When I click on Change takes me back to my entry, where I only have the "Description" and "Location" boxes, which give me 48 characters and 12 characters respectively. So when do these additional boxes show up where I get the 150 characters and there is a part for verifier? I have saved the entries and still nothing... You see...Formal education and "OTHER" are the 2 categories that DON'T have "Add/Change Details" . Try another "TEST" entry...let's say for volunteering and you will see a 3rd button; "Add/Change Details"! Tesla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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