Diversity Scholarships for Plastic Surgery Subinternships: A National Review of US Residency Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residency programs have developed monetary initiatives for students underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Our team sought to provide a centralized resource for URiM students seeking plastic surgery subinternships with funded opportunities.

Methods

A cross sectional analysis of URiM scholarships offered by US integrated plastic surgery programs (n = 91) between July and September 2023. The study used residency program web domains. Investigators collected information on the monetary value of scholarship, eligibility criteria, and required application documents. Inferential analyses were conducted to investigate whether programs' geographic region or Doximity ranking played a role in likelihood of scholarship existence.

Results

The study found that approximatel

SUBMITTER: Antezana LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11410328 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature