Rate of Plagiarism in Personal Comments Essays of Applicants to a US Allopathic Medical School: an Observational Study

Plagiarism is one type of a professionalism breach, and it has been reported to occur in the personal statements of residency applicants.1, 2 As there is no information in the literature about plagiarism in the personal comments essays of medical school applicants, the purpose of this study is to determine the rate of plagiarism in the personal comments essays of applications to an allopathic medical school in the United States (US).