Application Vita

The purpose of the Application Vita (AV) is to provide you with an opportunity to describe your educational and experiential background as completely as possible. The AV format is slightly different from the traditional resume or curriculum vita. Please follow the format outlined below in designing your application vita. Include categories as they are applicable to you. Format Paper: 8 ½ x 11"; White paper with black ink (needs to copy and fax well) Font: 11 or 12 point Heading: Name, address, phone number(s), email address. For any publications or presentations, please include the complete citation. Education For each degree earned, please indicate degree, major/specialty, grade point average, institution awarding degree, and location of institution. Work Experience Beginning with your present position and working backwards, please indicate each position by title, employer with city/state, and month/years of employment. Include brief descriptions of your duties in those positions. Goals Briefly describe your educational and career goals, describing how your educational goals will help you attain your career goals. Include your general and specific goals (e.g., teaching, research and/or practice). Leadership / Organizational Participation List professional, community, and students organizations in which you are or have been a member. Specify membership, committee involvement and any offices held. Research / Scholarship Describe the scope of your participation in research/scholarship (if any). Consider the following areas when developing this section: master's thesis or project, research assistant work, grant or proposal writing, research project implementation and/or consultation. For each item, indicate the role you played (investigator, project director, team member, etc.). Include the name of your mentor, if applicable. List any public presentations and/or publications related to your area of expertise. Indicate whether the presentations or publications were national, regional, state or local-level. Clinical Leadership Describe your leadership and/or project development in the clinical area. Examples of work in this area include clinically-related grant or proposal writing; development of an innovation in patient care; staff development presentations; public presentation of, publication of, or consultation related to clinical activities, and service on clinical committees. If you question whether to include a project, include it. Educational Leadership Describe your leadership and/or project development in education. Examples of work in this area include grant/proposal writing, development of an innovative project, consultation related to educational activities, service on educational committees and public presentation or publication of an educationally-related activity. Research Interests Describe your topical interests in nursing research as specifically as possible. After referring to the enclosed faculty research list, please indicate faculty member(s) with whom you may want to work. Awards/Honors List any awards and honors that you have received. These may be work-related, educationally-related or community service-related. Questions? If you have questions or concerns about the Application Vita, please write, call or email us at: Office of Student Affairs KU School of Nursing 3901 Rainbow Blvd. Kansas City, KS 66160-7501 (913) 588-1619 soninfo@kumc.edu

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