A new policy directs the AMA to investigate solutions for innovative childcare policies and flexible working environments for all HCPs, but particularly for medical students and physician trainees. MedTwitter
Elizabeth Hsu, 29, a first-year medical student at Rush University College of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, said Rush's onsite daycare is a huge benefit as she and her husband navigate her medical school, his full-time work, and parenting a 6-month-old. Neither has family in the area.Her schedule is more predictable than Kahoud's in her first years, so she is able to work within the daytime hours the center offers for children under 5 years.
"If institutions are mandated to provide such services, they may attempt to recoup costs with higher tuition or lowered salaries,” the Council on Medical Education report noted.AACOM President and CEO Robert A. Cain, DO, told Medscape,"Helping all our students realize their dreams of becoming physicians is a top priority. AACOM leadership will be working with our schools and our entire community to develop best practices and recommendations.
There are few student parents at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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