Female physician and pregnancy- effect of the amended German maternity protection act on female doctors’ careers

Abstract

In Germany, the 2018 amended Maternity Protection Act frequently leads to fundamental restrictions for female physicians, especially surgeons, and now even also for students impeding the progress of their careers. Our goal was to assess the current situation for pregnant female physicians and students, respectively, and their perspective on this amendment regarding their career path.

Keywords

• career
• female medical student
• female physician
• maternity protection act
• pregnancy
• surgery