Barriers to increasing paid parental leave in U.S. neurology residencies: a survey of program directors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) require that residency programs allow at least 6 weeks of parental leave. The American Medical Association (AMA) recommends 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Despite these recommendations, there is little information about parental leave policies across U.S. neurology residencies. The objective of our study was to assess parental leave policies in U.S. adult neurology residencies and barriers to increasing the duration of leave.

Methods

We distributed an anonymous online survey to U.S. adult neurology program directors (PDs) to assess demographics, components and length of parental leave, perceived impact on residents' clinical training and aca

SUBMITTER: Conway SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11003009 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature