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Table 3 Medical Student Responses According to Answers to the Question “Do You Anticipate You or Your Partner Will Have a Child During Residency?”

From: Parental leave policy information during residency interviews

Item

No n (%) (n = 67)

Yes n (%) (n = 111)

Total n (%) (n = 178c)

P value

Effect Size

Do you expect parental leave policies will be formally presented at residency interviews?

.71a

 

 Definitely not

1 (1.5)

3 (2.7)

4 (2.2)

  

 Probably not

18 (26.9)

24 (21.6)

42 (23.6)

  

 Might or might not

17 (25.4)

31 (27.9)

48 (27.0)

  

 Probably yes

18 (26.9)

29 (26.1)

47 (26.4)

  

 Definitely yes

13 (19.4)

24 (21.6)

37 (20.8)

  

Would you appreciate if information related to parental leave was formally presented at residency interviews?

.74 b

 

 Don’t care

5 (7.5)

6 (5.4)

11 (6.2)

  

 No

2 (3.0)

2 (1.8)

4 (2.2)

  

 Yes

60 (89.6)

103 (92.8)

163 (91.6)

  

During interviews, do you anticipate you would be comfortable asking the PD about the parental leave policy?

.44a

 

 Extremely uncomfortable

17 (25.4)

19 (17.1)

36 (20.2)

  

 Somewhat uncomfortable

28 (41.8)

56 (50.5)

84 (47.2)

  

 Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable

11 (16.4)

11 (9.9)

22 (12.4)

  

 Somewhat comfortable

8 (11.9)

21 (18.9)

29 (16.3)

  

 Extremely comfortable

3 (4.5)

4 (3.6)

7 (3.9)

  

Why do you anticipate you would be uncomfortable? Select all that apply

 

 Awkward topic

5 (7.5)

14 (12.6)

19 (10.7)

  

 Power imbalance (candidate asking PD or other physician)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  

 I am worried it will lessen my chance of acceptance

37 (55.2)

69 (62.2)

106 (59.6)

  

 Don’t want to talk about leave at an interview

27 (40.3)

44 (39.6)

71 (39.9)

  

 Other

2 (3.0)

2 (1.8)

4 (2.2)

  

When evaluating residency programs, do you anticipate parental leave policy will impact your ranking of programs? (N = 174)

 < .001 b

.33

 Not at all

22 (33.3)

19 (17.6)

41 (23.6)

  

 Somewhat

27 (40.9)

49 (45.4)

76 (43.7)

  

 Very much

2 (3.0)

27 (25.0)

29 (16.7)

  

 Unsure

15 (22.7)

13 (12.0)

28 (16.1)

  

Given 2 equivalent programs, would a difference in parental leave policy impact your decision on ranking the programs? (N = 175)

.001 b

.30

 Not at all

9 (13.6)

8 (7.3)

17 (9.7)

  

 Somewhat

28 (42.4)

42 (38.5)

70 (40.0)

  

 Very much

15 (22.7)

52 (47.7)

67 (38.3)

  

 Unsure

14 (21.2)

7 (6.4)

21 (12.0)

  

How would you like to receive information about parental leave during the residency application?

 

 During the formal presentation about the program at the time of the interview

48 (71.6)

87 (78.4)

135 (75.8)

  

 Handouts distributed to me at the time of the interview

35 (52.2)

68 (61.3)

103 (57.9)

  

 Training program’s website (available to applicants)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  

 Personal unofficial conversations with current residents

25 (37.3)

44 (39.6)

69 (38.8)

  

Were parental leave policies formally discussed or presented during residency interviews? (N = 32)

.16 b

 

 Never

2 (20.0)

6 (42.9)

8 (33.3)

  

 Sometimes

8 (80.0)

6 (42.9)

14 (58.3)

  

 Always

0 (0.0)

2 (14.3)

2 (8.3)

  

Were parental leave policies informally discussed during residency interviews? (N = 32)

.54 b

 

 Never

1 (10.0)

4 (28.6)

5 (20.8)

  

 Sometimes

8 (80.0)

9 (64.3)

17 (70.8)

  

 Always

1 (10.0)

1 (7.1)

2 (8.3)

  
  1. a Cochran-Armitage trend test for ordinal variables. Associated effect size is Cliff’s Delta
  2. b Pearson χ2 test. Associated effect size is Cramer’s V
  3. c Smaller sample sizes (because of no response or smaller survey group) are indicated for specific items