Show Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship programs the clinician behind your application

Question practice

Questions drawn from the realities of Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship

Practise explaining the clinical decisions, patient conversations and career experiences that matter in Plastic Surgery Hand Fellowship—then handle follow-ups that ask for evidence behind your first answer.

1. 01

   How have you actively pursued knowledge or experience in hand and upper extremity surgery during your plastic surgery residency, beyond standard rotations?

2. 02

   A patient with a crush injury to the thumb requiring revascularization is brought to the OR; what are the critical steps for successful microsurgical replantation and what are common pitfalls?

3. 03

   During a busy clinic, a patient expresses cultural beliefs about healing or pain management that conflict with standard Western medical practices for their hand injury; how do you approach this?

4. 04

   During a hand surgery conference, you overhear a colleague making disparaging remarks about a difficult patient; how do you address this professionally?

5. 05

   What specific area of hand surgery research—be it nerve regeneration, biomechanics of tendon repair, or outcomes of replantation—interests you most, and what questions would you pursue?

6. 06

   Our program has a strong track record in academic productivity; how do you plan to leverage our research resources to further your own scholarly interests in hand surgery?