Alignment of United States Emergency Medicine Programs’ Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation Policies With Recent Consensus Recommendations
Laura G. Shepherd, Michelle D. Lall, Shivam Champaneria, Justin Davis, Michael Dinh, Carney Flinn, Kristen Helmsdoerfer, Rasim Kazic, Kellsa Mbah, Alycia N. Montgomery, Seyjil Morrow, Jeffery Peters, Ryan Shepherd, Rebecca Sobolewski, Michael Ysit, William Manning, Jin H. Han · 2026
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Laura G. Shepherd and a large team report a 2026 survey of parental leave rules in United States emergency medicine training sites. New consensus advice now urges stronger support for pregnancy, leave and lactation, meaning milk feeding after birth. The team asked how well site rules match that advice for trainees and senior doctors.
A fifty three item survey went to all two hundred eighty two listed sites. About one third of training sites and just under one third of doctor groups replied. Most sites cut night shifts late in pregnancy, but fewer did so early on. Paid leave for non birthing, adoptive and surrogate parents varied a lot. Milk feeding rooms and time away from care also varied, so match with advice was uneven.
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| CREATOR | Laura G. Shepherd, Michelle D. Lall, Shivam Champaneria, Justin Davis, Michael Dinh, Carney Flinn, Kristen Helmsdoerfer, Rasim Kazic, Kellsa Mbah, Alycia N. Montgomery, Seyjil Morrow, Jeffery Peters, Ryan Shepherd, Rebecca Sobolewski, Michael Ysit, William Manning, Jin H. Han |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37969 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |