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Ben-Zion S, Lehmann A, Price L, Burnett HQ, Michelson CD. The Use of Parenting Electives in Pediatric Residency. Acad Pediatr. 2021 Dec 02; doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.11.017. Epub 2021 Dec 02. PMID: 34864134.
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Acad Pediatr. 2021 Dec 02; doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.11.017. Epub 2021 Dec 02.

The Use of Parenting Electives in Pediatric Residency.

Academic pediatrics

Sabrina Ben-Zion, Amalia Lehmann, Lori Price, Honora Quinn Burnett, Catherine D Michelson

Affiliations

  1. Akron Children's Hospital (S Ben-Zion), Akron, Ohio. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Indiana University School of Medicine (A Lehmann and L Price), Indianapolis, Ind.
  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of California (HQ Burnett), San Francisco, Calif.
  4. Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center (CD Michelson), Boston, Mass.

PMID: 34864134 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2021.11.017

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Financial considerations and the desire to not prolong training often influence residents' parental leave length. Some residencies offer parenting electives. These primarily self-directed electives can extend parental time at home, support transition back to work, and allow residents to remain in training and be paid during these transitions.

OBJECTIVE: Describe the prevalence and structure of parenting electives within pediatric residency programs from 3 geographic regions of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD).

METHODS: All 66 pediatric residency program directors in the Western, Mid-America, and Northeastern regions of APPD were invited to participate in a phone interview regarding existence of and structure of their programs' parenting elective.

RESULTS: Thirty-six programs responded (55%). Of those, 24 (67% of responding programs) offer a specific parenting elective and an additional 5 (14%) offer a generic elective that can be tailored to new parents. Curricular elements shared by almost all programs offering specific parenting electives include self-reflective exercises, exploration of a community resource, and parenting articles/book review. Most programs incorporate clinic but not call into these electives.

CONCLUSION: Parenting electives are increasingly available in pediatric residency programs to support new resident parents. Sharing common curricular elements may help other programs implement and/or enhance this elective offering.

Copyright © 2021 Academic Pediatric Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: fifth trimester; parental leave; parenting electives; pediatric residency

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