Highlights
- •Leadership and parental leave are not mutually exclusive events.
- •Successfully taking parental leave as a leader is an opportunity to effect change and advance workplace culture.
- •Being prepared and having strategies to address microaggressions is an important step in their mitigation.
Abstract
Navigating parental leave can be challenging in all fields of medicine, but it can
be especially challenging for leaders balancing clinical, research, and administrative
duties. As women take on more leadership roles, we have the opportunity to better
define the current challenges and identify potential strategies for navigating successful
parental leave while balancing the demands of leadership. This manuscript provides
a commentary on the challenges and strategies for navigating parental leave in leadership
positions in radiology, an important topic for shaping how parental leave is both
viewed and valued in the future. Specifically, we highlight challenges and strategies
for administrative responsibilities, reporting personnel, emails, microaggressions,
research, empowerment, and prioritization.
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Publication history
Published online: November 04, 2021
Accepted:
October 11,
2021
Received in revised form:
October 4,
2021
Received:
August 2,
2021
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