Support all students with children
Editor-Anna
Down and Kirsty Le Doare's well written article is pertinent and
correctly
timed.1
Many women medical students face similar situations around the world.
Childcare facilities, if available on campus, would go a long way in
allowing mums to peacefully pursue their academic goals.
Combining family responsibilities and careers, especially one as
demanding and exacting as medicine, is a challenge in itself. With an
increasing number of mums and dads as students, medical schools need to
think about providing childcare
facilities.
BUBBLES PHOTO LIBRARY/ALAMY
Mum, I salute thee
It is time to
acknowledge, salute, and encourage these mums in every way for their
sheer grit and commitment to study medicine in the face of logistic,
financial, and emotional ups and
downs.
Pragna Rao, professor
of biochemistry, Kamineni Institute of
Medical Sciences, Narketpally, Andhra Pradesh, India
Email: mnaprag@hotmail.com
studentBMJ 2007;15:1-44 January ISSN 0966-6494
- Down
A, Le Doare K. Mums in medicine. studentBMJ
2006;14:460-2. (December
2006.)
