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  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Specialties
  • Career Development

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  • Most medical students identify their specialty before clerkship.
  • Understanding factors attracting students to plastic surgery is crucial for recruitment and dispelling myths.
  • Identifying career values driving interest in plastic surgery is essential for targeted outreach.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors influencing medical students' interest in plastic surgery.
  • To determine the career values that attract students to the specialty.
  • To compare students ranking plastic surgery in their top 3 choices with those not interested.

Main Methods:

  • Survey administered to first- and second-year medical students at a Canadian institution (2018-2025).
  • Data analyzed using multivariate logistic regression to identify factors associated with interest.
  • Comparison between students interested in plastic surgery and those not interested.

Main Results:

  • 608 students responded; 65.0% were female.
  • Students valuing high income potential, colleague status, immediate intervention results, and research opportunities were more likely to consider plastic surgery.
  • Similar trends observed for students expressing strong interest (Likert 4 or 5).

Conclusions:

  • Perceptions and misconceptions about plastic surgery persist among medical students.
  • Attraction to high income, immediate results, research, and limited long-term follow-up influences interest.
  • Medical education should address these perceptions to promote a more accurate understanding of plastic surgery.