Student quality-of-life declines during third year surgical clerkship.

Introduction: Choosing surgery as a career is declining among U.S. medical students.

Perspectives of third-year medical students toward their surgical clerkship and a surgical career.

Introduction: A deficit of surgeons currently exists in the health care workforce. We have designed a study that identifies predictors of students choosing a career in surgery. First, we conducted two feasibility studies, and on the basis of these data, designed a third study for addressing our specific aims.