American College of Radiology Paid Family/Medical Leave Policy: A Call to Action for the House of Medicine.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
; 32(3): 255-259, 2023 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2188103
ABSTRACT
The American College of Radiology (ACR) passed a historic paid family/medical leave (PFML) resolution at its April 2022 meeting, resolving that "diagnostic radiology, interventional radiology, radiation oncology, medical physics, and nuclear medicine practices, departments and training programs strive to provide 12 weeks of paid family/medical leave in a 12-month period for its attending physicians, medical physicists, and members in training as needed." The purpose of this article is to share this policy beyond radiology so that it may serve as a call to action for other medical specialties. Such a PFML policy (1) supports physician well-being, which in turn supports patient care; (2) is widely needed across American medical specialties; and (3) should not take nearly a decade to achieve, as it did in radiology, especially given increasing physician burnout and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Supported by information on the step-by-step approach used to achieve radiology-specific leave policies and considering current and normative policies at the national level, this article concludes by reviewing specific strategies that could be applied toward achieving a 12-week PFML policy for all medical specialties.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Radiology
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
Journal subject:
Gynecology
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Women's Health
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Jwh.2022.0442
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