Experiences of breast feeding at work for physicians, residents and medical students: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review and summarise the available literature regarding breastfeeding experiences of medical students, residents and physicians.

Eligibility criteria

Articles of any design, including non-peer reviewed data that examine the experiences of breast feeding of medical students, residents and staff physicians.

Information sources

Ovid MEDLINE(R) and Epub Ahead of Print, In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations and Daily, Ovid EMBASE, Scopus and Web of Science.

Risk of bias

All peer-reviewed studies underwent risk-of-bias assessment using relevant tools, depending on the study design.

Included studies

We included 71 citations; 51 surveys, 3 narrative descriptions, 9 editorials or letters to the editor, and 3 reviews.

Synthesis of results

In

SUBMITTER: Frolkis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7566725 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature