Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Fellowship program directors and trainees across the United States find parental leave policies to be inconsistent, inaccessible, and inadequate
Originally published 2021-11-17 · PLoS ONE
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0260057 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Compares leadership and trainee views on whether leave rules are accessible and adequate, highlighting that a policy’s existence does not ensure trust in using it.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
Would an employee and their manager give the same answer about leave access?
Compares leadership and trainee views on whether leave rules are accessible and adequate, highlighting that a policy’s existence does not ensure trust in using it.
Study context
190 program directors and 236 trainees in US adult and pediatric medicine fellowships.
Age / stage: Adult trainees and new parents.
Read with three questions
- Where did respondents say policies could be found or requested?
- How did directors and trainees describe coverage and cultural barriers?
- What would an organization learn by testing policy access with both groups?
Keep the limits in view
Program-director and trainee response rates were limited and perceptions are self-reported; findings do not evaluate a standardized intervention or all training programs.
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Daniel Sabido Jamorabo; Amrin Khander; Vasilios Koulouris; Jeremy Eli Feith; William Matthew Briggs; Benjamin Dwight Renelus (2021). Fellowship program directors and trainees across the United States find parental leave policies to be inconsistent, inaccessible, and inadequate PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260057
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