May 15, 2019
Dr. Proffitt talks with a panel
of Super Doctor Mammas about the art and challenge of mamma
docing. The panel openly
discusses challenging topics in an attempt to demystify and destigmatize the daily
struggles all of us mammas in medicine face throughout medical
school, residency and beyond. Listen as we discuss topics such
as when to disclose your
pregnancy, the lack of firm maternity leave policies in residency,
and touch briefly on dealing with miscarriage and infertility
during medical training.
Host: Tiffany Proffitt DO, MABS PGY-3 Lakeland Health @ProMammaDoc
Guests:
Meenal Sharkey: Core Faculty at Doctors Hospital Core Faculty @MdSharkattack
Tatiana Moylan: PGY-1 at Yale @tatianamoylan
Mackensie Yore: PGY-2 at UC Fresno
Leah Bauer: PGY-3 at UC
Fresno
References:
ACGME Institutional requirements: https://www.acgme.org/Portals/0/PFAssets/InstitutionalRequirements/000InstitutionalRequirements2018.pdf?ver=2018-02-19-132236-600
Greenfield NP. Maternity and medical leave during residency: Time to standardize?. Int J Womens Dermatol. 2015;1(1):55. Published 2015 Feb 20. doi:10.1016/j.ijwd.2014.12.009
Humphries, LS, Lyon, S, Garza, R, et al. Parental leave policies in graduate medical education: A systematic review. American Journal of Surgery. 2017; Oct;214(4):634-639.
Key Points:
- In the era of Times Up Healthcare, I hope concrete ACGME policy change to accommodate moming in medicine is on the docket.
- You need to sit down with your PD and make a concrete policy for your individual pregnancy and maternity leave because there are few well laid out policies in general in GME.
- When planning maternity leave during residency, do not just look at it as the short time frame of delivery to first few months post-partum. Plan it in the context of your entire 3-4 years of residency (depending on the program) and have early discussions with your PD on how to arrange your blocks over those 3-4 years.
- MAMMAS IN MEDICINE: YOU ARE AMAZING!!!! AND YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!!