The site is HonCode compliant and has no commercial ties. I also contemplate the development of an on-line survey to examine some of these same issues and others. This raises privacy concerns which would need to be carefully addressed. The amount of time would be flexible depending on the student's other commitments and level of interest. I plan to present the results at a national meeting, and the student would be eligible to submit the results for presentation at other meetings of their preference.
Publication depends on the quality of the analysis.
The student also would be able to get exposure to the practice of orthopedic surgery, if he or she was motivated in that direction.