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School-day schedule enables hospitalist moms to balance work with family

Medical Staff Briefing, June 1, 2010

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For many hospitalist parents, one of the biggest factors that determines where?or whether?they work is the schedule. Moms and dads may find it difficult to coordinate childcare around a traditional seven-on/seven-off schedule or feel they are missing out on everyday family activities when they have a part-time schedule that requires them to work 12-hour shifts three days per week. 

To accommodate a growing number of hospitalist-turned-moms, Victor Morris, MD, associate chief of staff and administrative director of physician and patient access services at Yale-New Haven (CT) Hospital, implemented a school-day schedule in 2006. The schedule allows parents (moms or dads) to work from 9 a.m. to 1 or 2 p.m. and spend the afternoons at home. 

HLA caught up with Morris and Anita Karne, MD, a hospitalist participating in the school-day schedule at Yale-New Haven, to answer some questions hospitalist program leaders may have about this scheduling option.

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