Table 6.

“Other” Motivating Factors for Pursuing Orthopaedic Surgery as a Career

Effect orthopaedics has on patients' quality of life and return to work, hobbies, family

Medical mission trip

Prior career developing pediatric and adult spinal instrumentation

Tangible effect on improving patients' quality of life

To restore others' functionality

I feel like the camaraderie of orthopaedics speaks to who I am as a person. I felt like I found my people

Interest in musculoskeletal system and surgery

Job as a personal trainer, working with the musculoskeletal system

Personal experience in construction

Sports injury

The art of surgery and enjoyment of orthopaedic medicine

Upholding certain values growing up and seeing those values reflected in orthopaedic surgery

Ability to have a clear and direct effect on patients' quality of life

Career before medical school

Experience with patient base

Lack of orthopaedic surgeon in my town

Previous nursing experience as an orthopaedic registered nurse before medical school

Rough period in my country when orthopaedic trauma skills were essential

Working as a medical scribe in an orthopaedic clinic