Paternity Leave

The emergency department clinical environment is unique, and guidelines for promoting supportive and equitable workplace cultures ensure success and longevity for pregnant persons and parents in emergency medicine. There is paucity, variability, and dissatisfaction with current parental (historically referred to as maternity and paternity) leave policies. This paper describes the development of consensus-derived recommendations to serve as a framework for emergency departments across the country for incorporating family-friendly policies...

PURPOSE: To explore the current trends in burnout, career choice regret, and well-being needs among urology residents and fellows, with specific emphasis on identifying key factors associated with burnout. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The American Urological Association (AUA) Workforce Workgroup collaborated with the AUA Data Team to analyze data from the 2021 AUA Census, comprising a total of 243 residents and fellows. Key demographics, benefits and resources, career choice and debt, and burnout levels were analyzed, focusing on variables like gender, postgraduate year (PGY) level, debt burden, and personal health appointments...

BACKGROUND: Orthopedic surgery continues to have one of the lowest rates of female trainees among all medical specialties in the United States. Barriers to pursuing a surgical residency include the challenges of family planning and work-life balance during training. METHODS: A systematic literature search of articles published between June 2012 and December 2022 in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases was performed in January 2023 according to PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis)...

Medical school, residency, and fellowship occur during peak reproductive years for most trainees. This poses certain challenges for medical trainees as they approach family-building decisions. While the demands of residency have been well-elucidated, attempts at mitigating these demands alongside parenthood have long been neglected across various specialties. These challenges are perhaps most pronounced in Obstetrics and Gynecology residency programs, which are made-up of an 85% female-identifying workforce and whose training focuses on prenatal and postpartum health...

Parental leave is often an initial barrier to achieving family-career integration, and thus discussing this issue within the broader academic pharmacy community may have important implications for policy development and change. This commentary aims to reveal the implications of inadequate parental leave policies on faculty while highlighting the benefits well-developed policies can have for both parents and their children. Additionally, we put forth a call to action for additional research into the availability and structure of parental leave policies at pharmacy institutions and the effects such policies have on faculty wellbeing, retention, and job satisfaction...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a well-recognized psychiatric condition characterized by distressing obsessions and compulsions. While the perinatal period is a known trigger for OCD in women, less attention has been given to its occurrence in men, particularly new fathers. This case report examines the unique presentation of postpartum-onset OCD (ppOCD) in a first-time father. A 33-year-old father presented eight months after the birth of his first child with distressing intrusive thoughts related to harming his eight-month-old daughter...

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the causes and treatment of off target of the distal interlocking screws when short cephalomeduallry nails were installed through jig-guided targeting device, and to put forward the technical points to prevent off target. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 9 patients with intertrochanteric fractures treated between July 2014 and June 2023 was conducted, in which off target occurred during the insertion of the distal interlocking screw by jig-guided targeting device in short cephalomedullary nailling (<24 cm)...

Background: Paid maternity leave benefits all of society, reducing infant mortality and providing economic gains. It is endorsed by international treaties. Paid maternity leave is important for breastfeeding, bonding, and recovery from childbirth. Not all mothers have access to adequate paid maternity leave. Key Information: Paid leave helps meet several of the 17 United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10), including fostering economic growth. A family's expenses will rise with the arrival of an infant...

The Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) seeks to understand factors that can enhance or hinder Singaporean children's early childhood development with an aim to inform public policies that can help each child reach his or her potential. SG-LEADS is a nationally representative household survey that focuses on Singaporean households with children aged 0-6 at the baseline. It adopts a multi-stage probability sampling - clustered and stratified sampling strategy - with an oversample of the low-income households residing in 1-3-room HDB (Housing Development Board) public housing units...

BACKGROUND: Despite numerous initiatives attempting to enhance BF across Asia, recent studies show that exclusive BF rates remain alarmingly low. With globalization, society has shifted from traditional family roles towards more egalitarian marriages, where Asian fathers are now more involved in parenting. As fathers' involvement in breastfeeding is highly complex and context-sensitive, evaluation of a wide range of concepts and evidence within the Asian context is necessary. OBJECTIVE: This review aims to consolidate and appraise empirical studies exploring fathers' breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, and involvement within the Asian context...

BACKGROUND: Many physician trainees plan pregnancy during residency and fellowship. A study of internal medicine program directors (PDs) demonstrated frequent misinterpretation of American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) leave policies applied to parental leave. The primary aim was to investigate how infectious disease (ID) PDs interpret current ABIM leave policies. METHODS: We surveyed 155 ID PDs in an online anonymous questionnaire about knowledge of ABIM leave policies and application toward trainee leaves...

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BACKGROUND: Prospective residents use program websites to glean information regarding parental leave policies. This study investigates the online availability and content of parental leave policies for general surgery residency programs. METHODS: Parental leave policy information was collected from general surgery residency program and Graduate Medical Education (GME) websites. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression were used for analysis. RESULTS: Of the 344 general surgery residency programs, parental leave policies were found on 6% of program and 52% of GME websites...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Organelle genomes are usually maternally inherited in angiosperms. However, biparental inheritance has been observed, especially in hybrids resulting from crosses between divergent genetic lineages. When it concerns the plastid genome, this exceptional mode of inheritance might rescue inter-lineage hybrids suffering from plastid-nuclear incompatibilities. Genetically differentiated lineages of Silene nutans exhibit strong post-zygotic isolation due to plastid-nuclear incompatibilities, highlighted by inter-lineage hybrid chlorosis and mortality...

INTRODUCTION: Negative early-life experiences (e.g. having an aggressive father) can leave long-lastingimpacts on the behavior. However, it is not clear if they influence learning and memory. METHODS: In this study, we investigated the influences that the presence of an aggressive father had on the level of passive avoidance learning and spatial memory. We also studied the changes in the dopamine receptor D2 ( DRD2 ) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-α ( PGC-1α ) gene expression in the hippocampus...

INTRODUCTION: Despite national policy changes, perspective changes on pregnancy and parenting in training are often lacking. We evaluated current viewpoints regarding pregnancy, parenthood, leave needs, and perceptions of support across trainees at our institution. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was sent to all residents and fellows at a tertiary care academic center with >700 trainees. Demographic information, opinions on maternity and paternity leave, and opinions on institutional support and career goals were collected...

The Qiang ethnic group is one of the oldest ethnic groups in China and is the most active ethnic group among all the populations along the Tibetan-Yi corridor. They have had a profound impact nationally and internationally. The paternal and maternal genetic feature of the Qiang ethnic group has been revealed, leaving the question of the genetic characteristics from autosomes and X chromosome not answered. The aim of this study was to explore the potential of 36 A-STR (Microreader™ 36A ID System) and 19 X-STR (Microreader™ 19X System) for application in the Qiang population and to elucidate their genetic diversity in southwest China...

Navigating planned and emergent leave during medical practice is very confusing to most physicians. This is especially challenging to the trauma and acute care surgeon, whose practice is unique due to overnight in-hospital call, alternating coverage of different services, and trauma center's staffing challenges. This is further compounded by a surgical culture that promotes the image of a 'tough' surgeon and forgoing one's personal needs on behalf of patients and colleagues. Frequently, surgeons find themselves having to make a choice at the crossroads of personal and family needs with work obligations: to leave or not to leave ...

Purpose: Peak fertility commonly occurs during medical training, and delaying parenthood can complicate pregnancies. Trainee parental leave policies are varied and lack transparency. Research on the impacts of parenthood on trainee education is limited. Methods: A Qualtrics-based survey was distributed via e-mail/social media to program directors (PDs) within oncologic specialties with a request to forward a parallel survey to trainees. Questions assessed awareness of parental leave policies, supportiveness of parenthood, and impacts on trainee education...

When assessing the value of new drugs regulatory authorities across the world frequently make different decisions even though their decisions are based on the same evidence package. In this perspective we argue that even in today's world regulatory and medical decision making is framed by conflicting philosophical schools of thought, namely the liberal tradition of the Anglo Saxon countries pioneered by the Scotsman Adam Smith and the continental European tradition of paternalism that roots back to the German philosopher Georg Friedrich Hegel...