It’s About Time: An Evaluation of Parental Leave Within Military Graduate Medical Education
This study demonstrates that parental leave durations of 10 weeks or greater have been successfully incorporated into military GME programs. Trainees commonly prefer durations of parental leave in-line with current Department of Defense policy, with minimal perceived effect on quality of medical education. However, challenges persist regarding training interruptions, extensions in training and military-specific impact of training graduation delays.
Authors
- Sami Abuhamdeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4809-6921)
- Tasha R. Wyatt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0071-5298)
- Elizabeth V. Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7976-274X)
- Paolo C. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7720-5667)
- Theodora C. Dworak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3620-5070)
- Caitlin M. Drumm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5648-3927)
Institutions
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf605
- Primary Topic
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00