ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2014
"Pregnant and Operating": Evaluation of a Germany-wide Survey Among Female Gynaecologists and Surgeons.
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- [Working pregnant in urology! : Assessments by chief physicians and presentation of liability risks].Der Urologe. Ausg. A · 2021Article
- Surgery during pregnancy - results of a German questionnaire.Innovative surgical sciences · 2020Article
- Duty Rosters and Workloads of Obstetricians in Germany: Results of a Germany-wide Survey.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2017Article
- Career intentions of female surgeons in German liver transplant centers considering family and lifestyle priorities.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2017Article
- Senology in Gynaecology Specialist Training: a Baseline Survey from 2014.Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde · 2016Article
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Abstract
The current law on the protection of expectant and nursing mothers largely rules out surgical activities during pregnancy for female doctors who perform surgical roles in hospitals. The proportion of female junior staff in gynaecology amounts to 80 %, and, for many of these women, surgical further training is not possible following official notification of an existing pregnancy. In a Germany-wide survey of female gynaecologists and surgeons using a questionnaire, it was determined to what extent female doctors worked in surgery during pregnancy, whether it led to complications in the pregnancy, when the employer was notified about the pregnancy, and what desire for change there is with regard to the law on the protection of expectant and nursing mothers. The data from 164 female doctors, of which 136 are gynaecologists and 28 surgeons, was evaluated. On average, the pregnancy was announced during the 14th week of pregnancy (WOP), and the doctor was not allowed to perform surgical activities in the 21st WOP. Female doctors in higher professional roles tended to announce the pregnancy later and ended their surgical activities later. There was no link between the time of ceasing surgical activities and an increased occurrence of complaints or complications during the pregnancy. In total, only 53 % of respondents had an appraisal during pregnancy and 75 % wanted a change in the law on the protection of expectant and nursing mothers.
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