Angela M Mercurio, Olivia L Lynch, Beth E Shubin Stein, Elizabeth G Matzkin, Jo A Hannafin, Dawn LaPorte, Brittany M Ammerman
BACKGROUND: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires that all graduate medical education (GME) programs provide at least 6 paid weeks off for medical, parental, and caregiver leave to residents. However, it is unclear whether all orthopaedic residency programs have adapted to making specific parental leave policies web-accessible since the ACGME's mandate in 2022. This gap in policy knowledge leaves both prospective and current residents in the dark when it comes to choosing residency programs, and knowing what leave benefits they are entitled to when having children during training via birth, surrogacy, adoption, or legal guardianship...
April 25, 2024: Clinical Orthopaedics and related Research