Physicians pay price for parental leave: Increasing workload in early pregnancy, returning soon after childbirth

Physicians experiencing pregnancy often maintained or increased their workload in the first and second trimesters, then reduced it in the third, according to a new research study from ICES and Unity Health Toronto. The study also found that surgeons returned to work sooner than other specialties after childbirth—typically within about 19 weeks. The work appears in JAMA Network Open.

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