Advice to a pregnant surgical resident

As a profession, we ’ve yet to standardize maternity leave and breastfeeding allowances for women. Given the length of medical training (seven-plus post-graduate years), timing (prime reproductive years) and slow increase in the ratio of female to male surgical residents, females choosing to start families during tra ining are particularly afflicted. We just celebrated my son’s first […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 6, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/lauren-a-umstattd" rel="tag" > Lauren A. Umstattd, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician OB/GYN Surgery Source Type: blogs