Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Are medical associations’ paid parental leave recommendations instituted for United States medical school faculty?
Originally published 2025-04-02 · Medical Education Online
Taylor & Francis · DOI 10.1080/10872981.2025.2487656 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Audits the gap between medical associations’ leave recommendations and their member institutions’ benefits, turning employer credibility into an inspectable policy question.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
Do the benefits we provide match the standards we publicly recommend?
Audits the gap between medical associations’ leave recommendations and their member institutions’ benefits, turning employer credibility into an inspectable policy question.
Study context
Retrievable faculty parental-leave policies from 134 of 156 US allopathic medical schools.
Age / stage: Institutional policies for birthing and non-birthing adults.
Read with three questions
- How were standalone leave, compensation and eligibility recorded?
- What share of policies offered at least 12 fully paid weeks for each parent group?
- How did school control and geography relate to leave duration?
Keep the limits in view
Document availability and policy wording do not establish uptake, enforcement or employee outcomes; the findings describe a particular institutional sample and time.
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Hannah Gurley; Rebecca S. Lufler; Brian J. Goldberg; Christopher Ferrigno; Adam B. Wilson (2025). Are medical associations’ paid parental leave recommendations instituted for United States medical school faculty? Medical Education Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/10872981.2025.2487656
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