ArticlePostgraduate medical journal2018
Childbearing and maternity leave in residency: determinants and well-being outcomes.
Article in Postgraduate medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06014892 (The 4th Trimester Initiative), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The 4th Trimester Initiative: The Impact of Parental Support on Pregnant Trainee Wellbeing
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Formal Parental Leave Policies and Trainee Well-Being in US Graduate Medical Education: A Systematic Review.Journal of graduate medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Association between maternity leave policies and postpartum depression: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2023Pooled it
- Length of Maternity Leave Impact on Mental and Physical Health of Mothers and Infants, a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Pooled it
- Supporting graduate medical trainees through parental leave: Best practices for program success.Journal of hospital medicine · 2026Article
- Empowering Transitions: Developing an Elective to Support Psychiatry Trainees Returning from Parental Leave.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Nurturing the Nurturer: How to Understand and Support the Needs of Academic Women Child Psychiatrists.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Path to parenthood for medical residents and fellows: the impact of leave policies on parent trainees at Oregon Health and Science University.Postgraduate medical journal · 2026Article
- Parental Leave Benefits and Maternal Postpartum Mental Health in Sweden.JAMA network open · 2025Article
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- Very Few ACGME-accredited Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Programs Have Web-accessible Leave Policies Dedicated to Parental Leave for Residents, Despite ACGME Requirements.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2024Article
- Impact of Policy Changes and Program Support on Family Planning Goals among Plastic Surgery Trainees.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- Barriers to increasing paid parental leave in U.S. neurology residencies: a survey of program directors.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Maternity and family leave experiences among female ophthalmologists in the United States.PloS one · 2023Article
- Association Between Parental Leave and Ophthalmology Resident Physician Performance.JAMA ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Are Psychiatry Programs Providing Adequate Parental Leave to Their Residents?Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2022Article
- Pregnancy in physicians: A scoping review.American journal of surgery · 2022Article
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- Gender and Racial Disparity Among Liver Transplantation Professionals: Report of a Global Survey.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2022Article
- A cross-sectional survey study of United States residency program directors' perceptions of parental leave and pregnancy among anesthesiology trainees.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeTo characterise determinants of resident maternity leave and their effect on maternal and infant well-being. Among non-parents, to identify factors that influence the decision to delay childbearing STUDY
designIn 2016, a survey was sent to female residents at a large academic medical centre on their experiences with maternity leave, the impact of personal and programme factors on length of leave, reasons for delaying childbearing and measures of well-being.
resultsForty-four percent (214/481) of residents responded. Fifty (23%) residents were parents, and 25 (12%) took maternity leave during training. The average maternity leave length was 8.4 weeks and did not differ across programme type, size or programme director gender but was longer for programmes with fewer women than men. The most common self-reported determinant of leave was financial. Residents with
conclusionsThis study suggests that multiple aspects of resident wellbeing are associated with longer maternity leaves, yet finances and professional relationships hinder length of leave and lead to delayed childbearing. These issues could be addressed at a programme level with clear policies describing how work is redistributed during parental leave and at an institutional and state level through provision of paid family leave.
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