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There are no national studies on medical students who are parents and very little information about what medical schools are doing to support these students, a review finds.
In fact, there isn’t even an accurate measure of exactly how many such students there are: According to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2020 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire, 7.3% of graduating medical students reported “having at least one non-spouse dependent” an inclusive phrase that covers, but doesn’t differentiate, parents of children.
Without data on these students, it’s harder for medical schools to provide the support they need when they need it, says Shayla Durfey, coauthor of a new scholarly perspective piece on pregnant and parenting medical students. She cites longitudinal studies of PhD students showing that beginning to support pregnancy and parenting at the faculty level, rather than at the student level, creates a “leaky pipeline” that can cause trainees to
Any Lifespan-CNE merger layoffs will be met with ‘full force,’ union leader promises Alexa Gagosz © Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff Providence, RI - 2/24/2021 A exterior of the Miriam Hospital .(Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
PROVIDENCE If Lifespan Corp. and Care New England merge successfully, the newly formed entity could very well become the state’s biggest employer.
While advocates for the merger note that the latest deal, in which the two health systems would join forces with Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School, could increase access to care for consumers and start to reduce care disparities, critics warn that a merger of this size in such a condensed market could lead to mass layoffs.