Parental Leave and Neuroradiology Fellowships

Frequency of arrangements for parental leave in responding neuroradiology fellowship-versus-diagnostic radiology residency programs. Histogram shows the frequency of arrangements for maternal (red) and paternal (blue) leave for fellowship (bold color) versus residency (pale color) programs. The continuous line is the trend line for fellowship programs, while the dotted line represents the trend in residency programs. Radiology residency program data were adopted with permission from Sherbaf et al.⁸

The current status of parental leave policy among responding neuroradiology fellowship-versus-diagnostic radiology residency programs. Bar charts representing the status of a written/unwritten policy for parental leave (A) and the offer of paid and additional unpaid paternal leave among neuroradiology fellowship programs (B) (n = 66/87; response rate, 76%) versus diagnostic radiology residency programs (n = 74/200; response rate, 37%) (adopted with permission from Sherbaf et al⁸) (red, maternal leave; blue, paternal leave). Most programs have a policy in place: fellowship, 94% with maternal and 77% with paternal policy; residency, 88% with maternal and 80% with paternal policy. Graph B shows PD responses as to whether the leave time is paid. Eighty-five percent of maternal and 76% of paternal leave is paid among fellowship programs, while 77% and 75% of maternal and paternal leave, respectively, is paid among residency programs. Please note that the percentage of programs without a policy in place (graph A) and without an offer of paid leave (graph B) includes nonresponding programs as well. Radiology residency program data were adopted with permission from Sherbaf et al.⁸