Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Parental Leave Perceptions Among Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty in India: A Multicenter Observational Study
Originally published 2026-07-22 · Cureus
Cureus Inc. · DOI 10.7759/cureus.113151 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Examines whether residents and faculty know their parental-leave rules and perceive practical support, making policy visibility an employer–parent trust question.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Trust
Can a new parent find our leave policy and safely ask to use it?
Examines whether residents and faculty know their parental-leave rules and perceive practical support, making policy visibility an employer–parent trust question.
Study context
157 emergency-medicine residents and faculty responding at tertiary hospitals in India.
Age / stage: Adults in medical training; some parents of children under 18.
Read with three questions
- How many respondents knew whether written maternity and paternity policies existed?
- How did resident and faculty views on support and covering clinical duties differ?
- Which communication failures could a workplace check before changing leave duration?
Keep the limits in view
A voluntary survey with 44.9% response describes perceptions in Indian emergency-medicine training; it does not test a policy intervention or represent all employers.
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Saumya K Shanmugathai; Narendra Jena; Joseph D Pauly; Nancy M Saral; Janice Blanchard (2026). Parental Leave Perceptions Among Emergency Medicine Residents and Faculty in India: A Multicenter Observational Study Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.113151
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