Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Evaluation of Faculty Parental Leave Policies at Medical Schools Ranked by US News & World Report in 2020
Originally published 2023-01-23 · JAMA Network Open
American Medical Association (AMA) · DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50954 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Maps paid and unpaid leave, required use of other benefits and coverage for foster and adoptive parents, making policy dependability visible in detail.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
How much of a parent’s promised leave is truly paid parental leave?
Maps paid and unpaid leave, required use of other benefits and coverage for foster and adoptive parents, making policy dependability visible in detail.
Study context
87 of 90 US News-ranked medical schools with parental-leave policy data from 2019–2021.
Age / stage: Faculty parental-leave policies; no participant age group.
Read with three questions
- How often did institutions require vacation, sick or disability leave to be used?
- What differences appeared across birth, non-birth, adoptive and foster parents?
- How could an employer present the combined leave rules in one understandable account?
Keep the limits in view
Policy documents and institutional comparisons cannot establish a policy’s causal effects on burnout or retention; the ranked-school sample and dates limit generalization.
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Jessica Slostad; Shikha Jain; Marie McKinnon; Sukarn Chokkara; Neda Laiteerapong (2023). Evaluation of Faculty Parental Leave Policies at Medical Schools Ranked by US News & World Report in 2020 JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.50954
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