Location, Location, Location: The Geographic Impact of Medical School on the Plastic Surgery Match.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This resident application cycle posed academic leadership and applicants with an unprecedented challenge: how to virtually match applicants to mutually beneficial programs. The authors sought to refer to previous years' data, specifically geographic trends, to better inform both program directors and applicants. The authors hypothesized that geography, as it pertains to the transition from medical school to residency, impacts match patterns.

Methods

The study was designed as a cross-sectional analysis including all current integrated plastic surgery residents. The independent websites of all accredited integrated plastic surgery programs were then queried for the desired demographic resident information. Additionally, as an illustrative endpoint, geospatial heat m

SUBMITTER: Glener AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8057751 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature