Women now make up 50% of the Canadian medical student population, and 36% of women
physicians and 12% of men physicians are married to a physician. 10 Parental leave should …

Objectives: to examine medical faculty's actual and ideal parental leave arrangements with
the aim of informing policy decisions. Leave lengths, effect on career, financial …

The United States is the only industrialized nation without guaranteed paid parental leave
for employees. 1 Additionally, there is no federal law guaranteeing comprehensive …

Importance With the substantial increase in the proportion of women graduating from
medical school, factors surrounding family leave require careful attention. Although many …

Background. Approximately 37% of all medical stu dents and 36% of family medicine
residents in training in the United States are women. The American Acad emy of Family …

The toughest years of medical training sometimes overlap with the period that trainees start
families. But parental leave policies for resident doctors vary and may be less generous than …

Parents taking leave after the birth of a child is associated with significant benefits for infants,
mothers, and fathers. Although nearly 40% of residents have or plan to have children during …

Background Despite the advantages of having a child as a medical resident, the transition
back to residency after parental leave can be challenging. This study is the first to investigate …

In 1919, the International Labor Organization (ILO) fought to establish legislation for the first
global workforce standards for protected maternity leave. A century later, the ILO maintains …

Objective: To investigate the gender gap in parental leave uptake among physicians and
explore the burden of childcare on female physicians compared with their male …