Evaluation of the Current Perspectives on Letters of Recommendation for Residency Applicants among Plastic Surgery Program Directors

Table 4

Subject characteristics according to type of program (mean ± SD are listed).

Question	Integrated (𝑁 = 11)	Independent (𝑁 = 10)	Both (𝑁 = 3)	None (𝑁 = 4)	𝑃 value***
Q1*	3.0±1.0	3.0±0.5	4.3±0.6	2.8±1.0	1.0000
Q1**	3.0±1.0	3.0±0.5	4.3±0.6	3.3±0.5	1.0000
Q2	2.6±0.9	3.1±0.7	3.7±0.6	2.3±0.5	0.2463
Q3	2.7±1.1	2.6±0.8	4.0±0.0	2.5±1.0	0.7105
Q4	4.6±0.5	4.4±0.7	4.7±0.6	4.3±0.5	0.4672
Q5	4.0±0.8	3.9±1.1	4.3±1.2	4.5±0.6	0.8748
Q6	4.1±0.8	3.7±1.1	4.0±0.0	4.0±0.8	0.2921
Q7	3.7±1.3	3.3±0.8	4.3±0.6	3.3±0.5	0.2158
Q8	3.3±1.1	3.3±1.5	4.0±1.0	4.0±0.8	0.7698

*2.5 was considered as 2.
**2.5 were considered as 3.
*** 𝑃 value to compare integrated and independent programs.