When to Scale Back Your Professional Obligations

Provincial Policies for Pregnant Physicians

Each province and program has unique contractual requirements regarding on-call and extended shifts during pregnancy. The table below shows the number of gestational weeks at which a pregnant physician is no longer required to fulfill extended shifts and on-call duty in each province. Links to each province’s complete requirements are also given.

Table 1: Summary of Provincial Policies on Reduced Workload for Pregnant Physicians