Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
J Surg Res. 2023 Aug;288:A1-A8. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.02.042. Epub 2023 Apr 11.
Although surgical training programs have nearly reached gender parity, pregnancy and parenthood remain challenging for female surgeons, with obstetric risks related to occupational demands, stigma, inconsistent and brief parental leaves, a paucity of postpartum support for lactation and childcare, and little mentorship on work-family integration. This work environment causes many to postpone starting a family, which leads to higher risks of infertility among female surgeons compared to their male peers. Perception of work-family incompatibility jeopardizes recruitment and retention of our surgical workforce, as it deters medical students from the profession, increases risk of resident attrition, and leads to burnout and career dissatisfaction. The challenges of parenthood for female surgeons was the focus of a Hot Topics session during the 2022 Academic Surgical Congress, the discussion of which is presented herein with recommendations for policy change to better support maternal-fetal health and the needs of surgeons with young children.
尽管外科培训项目已几乎实现性别均等，但妊娠和育儿仍然是女外科医生面临的挑战，与职业需求相关的产科风险、耻辱感、不连贯和短暂的育儿假、缺乏产后哺乳和儿童保育支持，以及在工作-家庭融合方面几乎没有指导。这种工作环境导致许多人推迟组建家庭，这使得女外科医生比男外科医生面临更高的不孕风险。对工作-家庭不兼容的看法危及我们外科劳动力的招聘和留用，因为它阻止医学生从事该职业，增加住院医师流失的风险，并导致倦怠和职业不满。2022 年学术外科大会的一个热门话题会议的重点是女外科医生育儿的挑战，本文介绍了相关讨论，并就政策变革提出了建议，以更好地支持母婴健康和有年幼子女的外科医生的需求。
