In both years, survey respondents rated the supportiveness of other female residents and female faculty and program directors higher than that of male residents or superiors. And the supportiveness of program directors and chiefs overall was rated higher in 2015 than in 2008, according to the results online now in The American Journal of Surgery.
In Canada, residents can take three months maternity leave and return to the program, Tenenbaum noted.
“When we have happy balanced surgeons they tend to be better surgeons,” Tenenbaum said. “I think that we should have reasonable rules in place that allow for a maternity leave.”
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