Gottenborg Emily, Rock Lindsay, Sheridan Alison
J Grad Med Educ. 2019 Aug;11(4):472-474. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-19-00227.1.
Of the top 15 medical schools with affiliated graduate medical education (GME) programs, 8 offer paid parental leave, with an average duration of 6.6 weeks. It is not known how other GME programs approach parental leave.
We searched for the parental leave policies for residents in programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools.
In 2019, we identified the top 50 medical schools designated by in the research and primary care categories (totaling 59 schools), and identified the associated GME programs. For each school, we accessed its website and searched for "GME Policies and Procedures" to find language related to maternity, paternity, or parental leave, or the Family Medical Leave Act. If unavailable, we e-mailed the GME office to identify the policy.
Of 59 schools, 25 (42%) described paid parental leave policies with an average of 5.1 weeks paid leave; 11 of those (44%) offer ≤ 4 weeks paid parental leave. Twenty-five of 59 (42%) programs did not have paid parental leave, but 13 of these specify that residents can use sick or vacation time to pay for part of their parental leave. Finally, 13 of 59 (22%) offered state mandated partial paid leave. One school did not have any description of parental leave.
While paid parental leave for residents has been adopted by many of the GME programs affiliated with the top 50 medical schools, it is not yet a standard benefit offered to the majority of residents.
在排名前15位且设有附属毕业后医学教育（GME）项目的医学院校中，有8所提供带薪育儿假，平均时长为6.6周。目前尚不清楚其他GME项目如何安排育儿假。
我们查找了排名前50位医学院校附属项目中住院医师的育儿假政策。
2019年，我们确定了在研究和初级保健类别中被[具体机构]指定的前50位医学院校（共59所学校），并确定了相关的GME项目。对于每所学校，我们访问其网站并搜索“GME政策与程序”，以查找与产假、陪产假或育儿假，或《家庭医疗休假法》相关的内容。如果未找到，我们会给GME办公室发电子邮件以确定政策。
在59所学校中，25所（42%）描述了带薪育儿假政策，平均带薪休假时长为5.1周；其中11所（44%）提供的带薪育儿假≤4周。59个项目中有25个（42%）没有带薪育儿假，但其中13个项目规定住院医师可以使用病假或休假时间来支付部分育儿假。最后，59个项目中有13个（22%）提供州政府规定的部分带薪休假。有一所学校没有任何关于育儿假的描述。
虽然排名前50位医学院校附属的许多GME项目都采用了为住院医师提供带薪育儿假的政策，但这尚未成为大多数住院医师可享受的标准福利。
