Physician mothers face unique challenges related to family planning, pregnancy, childcare,
work-life integration, inequities, and biases that may have serious widespread implications …

Background Despite constituting half the population, women represent a minority of active
physicians and hold a small proportion of faculty leadership positions in North America …

Objectives Gender inequities are deeply rooted in our society and have significant negative
consequences. Female physicians experience numerous gender-related inequities (eg …

In recent years, breastfeeding has been prominently in the public eye in relation to debates
on issues ranging from parental leave policies, work− family balance, public decency, the …

Attitudes toward women in surgery appear to be shifting in a positive direction. Why, then, do
women still represent only 27% of surgeons in Canada? The answer may, at least in part, lie …

Background In recent decades, the gender makeup of Canadian medical residents has
approached parity. As residency training years coincide closely with childbearing years and …

Background Previous studies demonstrate female under-representation in top medical
school leadership and dermatology departments, although separately. Here, we investigate …

Purpose For decades, there have been calls to implement parental leave policies for
physicians. However, few studies have examined parental leave in surgical specialties …

Issues confronting doctor-parents include the impact of parenting on career choice, special
challenges faced by women doctor-parents, leave entitlements, and the unique strengths …

Context Many medical students take leaves of absence (LOA), both planned and unplanned.
Unplanned LOA relate to personal or academic situations which arise and create the need …