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 |
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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) |