Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Womens Health (Lond). 2020 Jan-Dec;16:1745506520949417. doi: 10.1177/1745506520949417.
Parenthood during medical training is common and impacts trainee well-being. However, current graduate medical education parental health policies are often limited in scope. We explored current fellowship trainees' knowledge of/satisfaction with current policies as well as interest in potential changes/additions to existing policies.
Fellowship program directors/coordinators at a three-site academic institution were surveyed and information was collected from 2015 to 2019 regarding fellow demographics and parental health policies. We distributed an electronic survey to fellows containing Likert-type-scale questions rating knowledge/level of satisfaction with current parental health policies and interest in potential additions/modifications to current policies.
Thirty-five of 47 (74%) fellowship programs responded. An average of 11% of female fellows and 15% of male fellows took parental leave during the study period. Three (9%) of the programs had at least one additional parental health policy beyond institutional graduate medical education policies. In the fellow survey, 175 of 609 fellows responded (28.7%), of which 84 (48.6%) were female. Although 89.1% agreed/strongly agreed that parental health is an important part of health and well-being for fellows, only 32% were satisfied/very satisfied with current policies (no significant sex-related differences). Fellows reported the following potential interventions as important/very important: 79.2% increased (paid) maternity leave (72.7% male, 86.7% female, = 0.02), 78% increased (paid) paternity leave (76.4% male, 81.9% female, = 0.37), 72.3% part-time return to work (60.2% male, 84.3% female, = 0.0005), 63% coverage for workup/management of infertility (52.3% male, 74.7% female, = 0.002), and 79.9% on-site day care (70.7% male, 89.2% female, = 0.003).
Parental health includes multiple domains, not all of which are covered by current policies. Fellows feel that parental health is an important part of overall health and well-being, but most are not satisfied with current policies. Expanded access to parental leave and new policies (part-time return to work, infertility management, and on-site day care) are opportunities for innovation.
在医学培训期间成为父母是很常见的,这会影响培训生的幸福感。然而,目前的研究生医学教育父母健康政策往往范围有限。我们探讨了目前研究员对当前政策的了解/满意度,以及对现有政策的潜在变化/增加的兴趣。
对一个三站点学术机构的研究员计划主任/协调员进行了调查,并在 2015 年至 2019 年期间收集了研究员的人口统计数据和父母健康政策信息。我们向研究员分发了一份电子调查问卷,其中包含对当前父母健康政策的了解/满意度的李克特量表问题以及对当前政策的潜在增加/修改的兴趣。
47 个研究员计划中有 35 个(74%)做出了回应。在研究期间,平均有 11%的女性研究员和 15%的男性研究员休了育儿假。其中 3 个(9%)项目除了机构研究生医学教育政策外,还有至少一项额外的父母健康政策。在研究员调查中,609 名研究员中有 175 名(28.7%)做出了回应,其中 84 名(48.6%)是女性。尽管 89.1%的人同意/强烈同意父母健康是研究员健康和幸福感的重要组成部分,但只有 32%的人对当前政策感到满意/非常满意(无显著性别差异)。研究员报告了以下潜在干预措施作为重要/非常重要的措施:79.2%增加(带薪)产假(72.7%男性,86.7%女性,=0.02),78%增加(带薪)陪产假(76.4%男性,81.9%女性,=0.37),72.3%兼职返回工作岗位(60.2%男性,84.3%女性,=0.0005),63%报销生育检查/管理费用(52.3%男性,74.7%女性,=0.002),79.9%提供现场日托(70.7%男性,89.2%女性,=0.003)。
父母健康包括多个领域,而目前的政策并未涵盖所有领域。研究员认为父母健康是整体健康和幸福感的重要组成部分,但大多数人对当前政策不满意。扩大育儿假和新政策(兼职返回工作、生育管理和现场日托)的机会,为创新提供了机会。