Parental leave in GME: Two physicians recognized for research

Two physicians will conduct one of the first studies in more than 20 years on present-day parental leave across medical specialties in graduate medical education (GME). They were awarded the Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women grant for their work, announced Wednesday in conjunction with Women in Medicine Month. The AMA  Women Physicians Section (WPS) hostsWomen in Medicine Month each September to acknowledge pioneering women, celebrate their accomplishments and help cultivate future women physicians. TheJoan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women was established by the AMA-WPS and theAMA Foundation to offer funding specifically for health care researchers to identify and address the issues that affect women physicians and medical students.Shobha W. Stack, MD, PhDJennifer Best, MD The winners of this year ’s award are Shobha W. Stack, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Best, MD, acting instructor and associate professor, respectively, in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington. They are the principal investigators for the research project, “Childbearing among physicians in training: A cross -sectional survey of trends and factors.”Investigating the factors that influence parental leave About 40 percent of physician traineesplan to have a child during their GME training, a study in the July issue of Academic Medicine found. Drs. Stack and Best have dug into a more focused aspect of family building in their research. Leading up to their...
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