CAEP position statement on pregnancy and parental leave: executive summary

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada. eeb1@queensu.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada.
³ University of British Columbia, Saanitchton, BC, Canada.
⁴ Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
⁵ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁷ Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada.
⁸ Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.

Review

Erin Brennan et al. CJEM. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;27(6):426-430.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00901-w. Epub 2025 Apr 17.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada. eeb1@queensu.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada.
³ University of British Columbia, Saanitchton, BC, Canada.
⁴ Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada.
⁵ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁶ University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
⁷ Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada.
⁸ Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority, Yellowknife, NT, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Gender equity; Human resources; Parental leave; Physician well-being; Pregnancy leave; Workplace accommodations.

Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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