Paid Family and Childbearing Leave Policies at Top US Medical Schools
Riano N.S., Linos E., Accurso E.C., Sung D., Linos E., Simard J.F. and Mangurian, C., 2018. Paid Family and Childbearing Leave Policies at Top US Medical Schools. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 319(6), pp.611-614.
Abstract
Retaining women in academic medicine is challenging, despite gender parity in medical training. Child-rearing and differential preferences on work-life balance may contribute to sex differences in retention in medicine.1 Retaining women during childbearing years is central to gender parity, as even short workforce interruptions can have long-term consequences—and may partially explain the gender wage gap. Our goal was to examine variations in childbearing and family leave policies at top US medical schools.