Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Barriers to increasing paid parental leave in U.S. neurology residencies: a survey of program directors
Originally published 2024-04-09 · BMC Medical Education
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s12909-024-05333-1 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Identifies staffing, equity and training concerns behind variation in leave provision, giving organizations a way to make leave promises operationally credible.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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Have we planned the coverage that makes parental leave possible?
Identifies staffing, equity and training concerns behind variation in leave provision, giving organizations a way to make leave promises operationally credible.
Study context
54 of 163 US adult neurology residency program directors contacted.
Age / stage: Adult residents and new parents.
Read with three questions
- How did permitted leave differ for childbearing and non-childbearing residents?
- Which barriers did directors identify for a 12-week paid policy?
- How might coverage planning address concerns without making a parent responsible for the whole staffing gap?
Keep the limits in view
A 33% response rate and directors’ perceptions limit representativeness; perceived neutral training effects are not measured competency outcomes.
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Sarah E Conway; Wei Wang; Sashank Prasad (2024). Barriers to increasing paid parental leave in U.S. neurology residencies: a survey of program directors BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05333-1
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