Pregnancy and parental leave policies at Australian and New Zealand medical schools.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research into how medical schools support students who are pregnant or with current parental responsibilities has been mostly limited to the US context.

Objectives

To review pregnancy and parental leave policies for students at Australian/New Zealand medical schools.

Design

A cross-sectional survey.

Methods

Data were collected between June and September 2021. Websites of Australian/New Zealand medical schools (n = 23) were searched for freely available information on pregnancy and parental leave policies. Each school was contacted to provide supplementary information on the processes to support students who apply for pregnancy and/or parental leave. Outcome harvesting techniques were used to analyse the key attributes and processes used by medical sc

SUBMITTER: McGrath C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9751152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature