Parenting While in Training: A Comprehensive Needs Assessment of Residents and Fellows.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parenting issues can affect physicians' choice of specialty or subspecialty, as well as their selection of individual training programs, because of the distinctive challenges facing residents and fellows with children. Specific information about how residents perceive these challenges is limited.

Objective

We sought to better understand the challenges associated with parenting during residency and fellowship training in order to inform policy and research.

Methods

In 2017, a voluntary online questionnaire was distributed to all 2214 Partners HealthCare graduate medical education trainees across 285 training programs. The survey queried attitudes of and about trainees with children and assessed needs and experiences related to parental leave, lactation, and

SUBMITTER: Magudia K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161335 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature