PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tobin-Tyler, Elizabeth
AU  - Adashi, Eli Y.
TI  - The ACGME’s New Paid Family and Medical Leave Policy: Just the Beginning
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220246R1
DP  - 2023 Feb 08
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 190--192
VI  - 36
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/1/190.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/36/1/190.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2023 Feb 08; 36
AB  - The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare a problem that many people have managed behind the scenes for years: how to balance work and family caregiving responsibilities. For physicians, many of whom were already experiencing burnout prior to the pandemic, the extra burden of COVID-19-related work stress combined with fewer options for childcare and other support has made coping all but untenable. In early 2022, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) promulgated new paid family and medical leave policy for residents and fellows. This editorial considers the importance of this step by the ACGME as well as the remaining gaps in paid leave policy in medical education, graduate training, and practice.