Proposes a policy framework for perinatal care to protect pregnant surgeons and improve talent retention in surgery.
A clear, translatable, and enforceable policy addressing perinatal care of surgeons was proposed, citing evidence of the risks reviewed from the literature. A framework of protection for pregnant individuals is essential for attracting talented students into surgery, retaining talented surgical trainees and faculty, and protecting pregnant surgeons and their fetuses.
Glazer et al. (Wed,) studied this question.
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