Childbearing and Family Leave Policies for Resident Physicians at Top Training Institutions

Integrating career and family is challenging for physicians at all stages of professional development but especially during residency, which occurs during prime childbearing years and involves long, inflexible work hours. Parental leave policies can influence physician well-being and gender equity....

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 320; no. 22; pp. 2372 - 2374
Main Authors Magudia, Kirti, Bick, Alexander, Cohen, Jeffrey, Ng, Thomas S. C, Weinstein, Debra, Mangurian, Christina, Jagsi, Reshma
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 11.12.2018
Subjects
Careers
Fairness
Families & family life
Family leave
Gender equity
Gender inequality
Letter
Letters
Maternity & paternity leaves
Medical personnel
Physicians
Policies
Polls & surveys
Research Letter
Schools
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Summary:Integrating career and family is challenging for physicians at all stages of professional development but especially during residency, which occurs during prime childbearing years and involves long, inflexible work hours. Parental leave policies can influence physician well-being and gender equity. A recent report found that the mean paid childbearing leave for faculty physicians at 12 top US medical schools was 8.6 weeks in 2016-2017, but corresponding institution-level policies for residents have not been reported.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2018.14414