Kemp Austin, Garland Katie, Graham Elise, Simpson Andrew, Symonette Caitlin
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Plast Surg (Oakv). 2024 Nov;32(4):728-734. doi: 10.1177/22925503221151187. Epub 2023 Jan 17.
Despite increasing advocacy for family leave policies, few studies have described the current landscape and attitudes around family planning in Canadian plastic surgery. The purpose of this study was to survey Canadian plastic surgeons and trainees to examine their experience with family planning, parental leave, and breastfeeding. An anonymized survey was distributed to all members of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and all Canadian Plastic Surgery residents through their program administrators. Survey responses were recorded and analyzed through a customized REDCap™ database. Results were reported using descriptive statistics. A total of 87 plastic surgeons and trainees completed the surgery. We found 72.3% of respondents had children; 67.8% felt their colleagues were supportive of parental leave; 45.6% felt that financial concerns affected their decision to take parental leave; 61.6% felt that their career did not influence the number of children they chose to have; 21.0% accessed fertility services and 9.8% used assisted-reproductive technologies; 80% of respondents who breastfeed felt they did not have enough time to pump at work, however, 79% did not experience any discrimination or criticism for pumping at work. Canadian plastic surgeons most often have children after completing training and choose to take shorter parental leaves as their careers progress. Parental leave and breastfeeding practices in the workplace are reported to have increased support from colleagues compared to previous literature. However, Canadian plastic surgeons continue to struggle with infertility and seek fertility services at rates higher than the general population.
尽管对产假政策的倡导日益增多，但很少有研究描述加拿大整形手术领域目前围绕计划生育的现状和态度。本研究的目的是对加拿大整形外科医生和实习生进行调查，以考察他们在计划生育、育儿假和母乳喂养方面的经历。通过项目管理人员向加拿大整形外科协会的所有成员以及所有加拿大整形外科住院医师发放了一份匿名调查问卷。通过定制的REDCap™数据库记录和分析调查回复。结果采用描述性统计报告。共有87名整形外科医生和实习生完成了调查。我们发现，72.3%的受访者育有子女；67.8%的人认为同事支持育儿假；45.6%的人认为经济担忧影响了他们休育儿假的决定；61.6%的人认为他们的职业没有影响他们选择生育的子女数量；21.0%的人接受过生育服务，9.8%的人使用过辅助生殖技术；80%进行母乳喂养的受访者认为他们在工作中没有足够的时间挤奶，然而，79%的人在工作中挤奶时没有受到任何歧视或批评。加拿大整形外科医生大多在完成培训后生育子女，并随着职业发展选择休更短的育儿假。与以往文献相比，据报告职场中的育儿假和母乳喂养做法得到了同事更多的支持。然而，加拿大整形外科医生在不孕问题上仍然面临困难，寻求生育服务的比例高于普通人群。
