PREP 2026 Instructor Interest Form

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Website: https://garnessociety.org/prepped/
Open: October 26, 2025

Due: November 18, 2025

Plastic Surgery Research, Education, and Preparation Program

We are proud to be offering the fifth annual PREP workshop, an immersive national educational program aimed at providing plastic surgery education and resources to rising fourth year plastic surgery students.

Event Date: Thursday February 12, 2026 7am - 6pm and Friday February 13, 2026 7am - 12pm

Event Location: Nashville, TN

This event is set to be leading up to the ACEPS Winter Retreat that starts Friday February 13, 2026 in Nashville, TN. See website for more information on the ACEPS Winter Retreat: https://acaplasticsurgeons.org/Winter/

The purpose of the PREP Program is to prepare students of disadvantaged backgrounds or with limited resources for sub-internships and the residency application process for plastic surgery. Through our programming, we will address multiple factors shown to be relevant to improving performance in sub-internships and broadening opportunities. The format will comprise interactive learning through small groups, lectures, case-based presentations, and hands-on workshops to expose medical students to the diverse field of plastic surgery. An additional component will be provision of mentors and networking to guide those who would not otherwise have the opportunity to interact with the plastic surgery community. We look forward to your participation in this exciting forum! If you are selected as an instructor, you will be responsible for reviewing the CVs/ personal statements of 3-4 students.

Instructor Eligibility: Instructors must be plastic surgery or general surgery residents or faculty who are able to attend the entirety of the PREP event in person and support their travel as well as lodging.

We are so grateful for your interest! Unfortunately, we will only have room for 21 instructors this year. We will let you know by the end of November whether you have been accepted as an instructor. We will prioritize having instructors of a diverse training and from a diverse geographic distribution, and including instructors who have not attended prior.

Email *

Name (First, Last) *

Gender

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Male

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Non-binary/ Gender Neutral

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Other:

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Preferred Pronouns

She/her

He/his

They/their

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Other:

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Race (Check all that apply)

American Indian/ Alaska Native

Asian

Black or African American

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

White or Caucasian

Multiracial

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Other:

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino

Non Hispanic or Latino

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Other:

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Do you identify with any other of the following groups?

First generation low income/ low socioeconomic status

LGBTQIA+

UIM (Under-represented in medicine)

Other:

Institution / Practice Affiliation (Please write name of academic institution, hospital, or practice) *

Position *

Faculty/ Attending Plastic Sureon

Fellow

Resident (Plastic Surgery)

Resident (other)

Other:

If I am unable to participate in being an instructor at PREP, I am still interested in:

Being listed as an available mentor for PREP students

Helping with mock interviews

Helping with 1:1 Personal Statement/ Application review

Other:

Why are you interested in serving as a PREP instructor? (150 words maximum) *

By signing my name here, I confirm that I am available the dates of the course February 12-13th, 2026 if selected as an instructor, and would be able to support my own travel and lodging to Nashville, TN. (Write full name) *

This year, PREP unfortunately isn’t able to cover student travel through industry sponsorship. Because access is a core part of our mission, we’re exploring ways to help students who wish to attend. Would you be open to sponsoring a student’s travel or inquiring whether your institution could provide travel support?

Yes, Please tell me how I can sponsor travel.

Yes, I will ask my institution if they would be interested in sponsoring

I cannot cover travel, but would be willing to donate a lesser amount.

No thank you, I cannot offer financial support at this time.

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