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Background:

Although nearly all medical students pursuing integrated plastic surgery residency participate in elective rotations away from their home medical school, the value and costs of these “away” rotations have not been well studied.

Methods:

The authors surveyed all integrated plastic surgery program directors and all applicants in the 2015 National Residency Matching Program.

Results:

Forty-two program directors and 149 applicants (64 percent and 70 percent response rate, respectively) completed the survey. Applicants reported 13.7 weeks spent on plastic surgery rotations during medical school, including a mean of 9.2 weeks on away rotations. Average reported cost for away rotations was $3591 per applicant. Both applicants and program directors most commonly reported “making a good impression”(44.6 percent and 36.6 percent, respectively) or finding a “good-fit” program (27.7 percent and 48.8 …