Even in 2020 BC (Before COVID), stress reduction and burnout in the workplace were
becoming increasingly common content of medical publications and e-mails from …

Background The increase in female surgeons has resulted in scrutiny of widely variable
parental leave policies. We hypothesized that academic and private practice surgeons have …

OBJECTIVE Surgical trainees who welcome a new child during residency often face
challenges related to appropriate parental leave. To address this, we instituted a …

Background As women become a larger part of the surgical workforce, policies surrounding
maternity and parental leave play a role in professional practice. Little is known about leave …

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

The ABS wholeheartedly agrees that flexibility around leave during training is crucial, and
that normalizing parental leave is necessary and right. The authors make several good …

Background: The number of surgical residents experiencing childbearing during residency
training is increasing, and there is an absence of clarity with respect to parental-leave …

Over the past several decades, the fields of medicine and surgery have experienced an
increase in the number of trainees and attending physicians who are female. 1 This is …

Background The aim of this study is to evaluate the components of current parental leave
policies in surgical practice and evaluate surgeon perceptions of parental leave. Methods …

Background There is a lack of information regarding the provision of parental leave for
surgical careers. This survey study aims to evaluate the experience of maternity/paternity …