Table 3  Top reason cited by survey respondents why visiting medical students do clerkships or electives at US and Puerto Rico allopathic medical schools with visiting medical student programs (n = 73)a.
Reason  No. (%) of Responses
Desire to do a residency at our institution  34 (47)
Reputation of our institution  16 (22)
Location of our institution  7 (10)
Learning opportunities at our institution  4 (5)
Word-of-mouth encouragement  3 (4)
Cost  2 (3)
Other reasons  2 (3)
Left item blank  5 (7)
a Responses to question 30 in Additional file 1.