Parental Leave for Residents at Programs Affiliated With the Top 50 Medical Schools.
Journal
Journal of graduate medical education
ISSN: 1949-8357
Titre abrégé: J Grad Med Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101521733
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2019
Aug 2019
Historique:
received:
03
04
2019
revised:
03
06
2019
accepted:
04
06
2019
entrez:
24
8
2019
pubmed:
24
8
2019
medline:
29
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Of the top 15 medical schools with affiliated graduate medical education (GME) programs, 8 offer paid parental leave, with an average duration of 6.6 weeks. It is not known how other GME programs approach parental leave. We searched for the parental leave policies for residents in programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools. In 2019, we identified the top 50 medical schools designated by Of 59 schools, 25 (42%) described paid parental leave policies with an average of 5.1 weeks paid leave; 11 of those (44%) offer ≤ 4 weeks paid parental leave. Twenty-five of 59 (42%) programs did not have paid parental leave, but 13 of these specify that residents can use sick or vacation time to pay for part of their parental leave. Finally, 13 of 59 (22%) offered state mandated partial paid leave. One school did not have any description of parental leave. While paid parental leave for residents has been adopted by many of the GME programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools, it is not yet a standard benefit offered to the majority of residents.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Of the top 15 medical schools with affiliated graduate medical education (GME) programs, 8 offer paid parental leave, with an average duration of 6.6 weeks. It is not known how other GME programs approach parental leave.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
We searched for the parental leave policies for residents in programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools.
METHODS
METHODS
In 2019, we identified the top 50 medical schools designated by
RESULTS
RESULTS
Of 59 schools, 25 (42%) described paid parental leave policies with an average of 5.1 weeks paid leave; 11 of those (44%) offer ≤ 4 weeks paid parental leave. Twenty-five of 59 (42%) programs did not have paid parental leave, but 13 of these specify that residents can use sick or vacation time to pay for part of their parental leave. Finally, 13 of 59 (22%) offered state mandated partial paid leave. One school did not have any description of parental leave.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
While paid parental leave for residents has been adopted by many of the GME programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools, it is not yet a standard benefit offered to the majority of residents.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31440344
doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-19-00227.1
pii: JGME-D-19-00227R1
pmc: PMC6699547
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
472-474Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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