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Table 2 Average Ranking of Perceived Most Competitive Surgical Discipline based on a 10 point Likert scale (1 = most competitive, 10 = least competitive)

From: Securing an OTL-HNS residency: how competitive is it? Comparing medical student perceptions to actual Canadian statistics

Surgical Discipline

Average Score

Plastic Surgery

2.4

Ophthalmology

3.2

OTL-HNS

4.8

Neurosurgery

5.0

Vascular Surgery

6.2

Urology

6.3

Cardiac Surgery

6.4

Orthopedic Surgery

6.6

General Surgery

7.0

Obstetrics and Gynecology

7.0