Meeting
Abstract Number: 98
SHM Converge 2023
Background: A frequently cited challenge to parenting as a clinician relates to family leave policies. Taking parental leave may negatively affect clinicians’ income, research, career, and relationships with colleagues. Parental leave policies may be unfair, vague, or poorly communicated. We sought to describe the parental leave experiences and approaches used to support parental leave and […]
Abstract Number: 194
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: With gender inequalities decreasing in the Western Hemisphere, the number of women physicians has increased. However, women are not equally represented in leadership roles in academic medicine. One heoryabstract?te referenc es isubmissionseukocytosiser’petition were selected. ors than female mentors. l then be determined iOOn theory in literature to explain this discrepancy is that women have […]
Abstract Number: F20
SHM Converge 2022
Background: The benefits of breastfeeding for infants and women are well established with the recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics to breastfeed for at least 1 year. However, balancing clinical responsibilities with the mental, physical, and time load for breastfeeding physician mothers returning from parental leave proves extremely difficult and contributes to gender disparities […]