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Doctor and Physician CV and Interview Guide: What to Include

Physicians usually use a curriculum vitae (CV) rather than a one-page resume. It should accurately list your education, training, licensure, certifications and clinical experience.

Skills hiring teams look for

List the ones you have genuinely used, and put the most relevant to the job first.

Medical license and state or country of licensure
Board certification or eligibility
Specialty and subspecialty training
Clinical experience and settings
Electronic health record systems you have used
Patient communication
Teamwork across care teams
Research, publications and presentations
Teaching and supervision
Quality improvement work

How to write your experience

List education and training in order: medical school, residency, fellowship, with institutions and dates.
State your licenses and certifications exactly, including their current status.
Describe clinical experience by setting and patient population, without any patient information.
Add research, publications, teaching and committee work only if they are real and verifiable.
Explain any gaps in dates briefly and honestly.

Interview topics to prepare

Why this specialty and this practice or hospital
A challenging case you managed, described without identifying the patient
Working with nurses, colleagues and other teams
Handling a disagreement or a medical error
Managing workload, call schedules and burnout
Your approach to patient communication

Tailor it to each posting

Read the job description, find the required skills, and make sure each one you genuinely have is easy to find in your summary, skills and recent bullets. Do not add skills you have not used. See the guide: how to tailor your resume to a job description, and the ATS resume checklist.

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Doctor and Physician CV and Interview Guide: What to Include

Skills hiring teams look for

How to write your experience

Interview topics to prepare

Tailor it to each posting

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