Your residency personal statement is your opportunity to show a side of you that might not be easy to see in your ERAS application. A well-written personal statement can be very effective for capturing the readers’ attention and wanting to get to know you better, potentially leading to getting an interview with a program. It can also show the faculty reading it, how your experiences in medical school have shaped you into the physician you want to be for a given specialty. Let’s explore what it takes to write a strong residency personal statement.

Your residency personal statement is your opportunity to show a side of you that might not be easy to see in your ERAS application. A well-written personal statement can be very effective for capturing the readers’ attention and wanting to get to know you better, potentially leading to getting an interview with a program. It can also show the faculty reading it, how your experiences in medical school have shaped you into the physician you want to be for a given specialty. Let’s explore what it takes to write a strong residency personal statement.