Evaluating the Plastic Surgery Match: The Impact of Geography and Prestige

Abstract

Fig. 1. Survey responses from 2020 integrated plastic surgery residency applicants on attitudes toward virtual interviews.interview process has a financial advantage and most applicants do not have a preference between virtual and in-person interviews. Virtual components of graduate medical education and meetings remain popular after having become normalized during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recently published a positive experience with a virtual visiting professor program from both the professor and resident perspective. 5 With the efficiency and financial advantage that virtual interviews offer, it is possible they can remain a part of the residency selection process after the pandemic restrictions are lifted. Given these findings, residency programs should work on optimizing the virtual interview process.