John Lister Postgraduate Centre

Study Leave for Doctors in Training Grades

Study Leave Guidelines
Please read these notes before filling in an application form.

RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED

Application Forms

• Application forms are available from: Medical Staffing and the Postgraduate Centre (see our downloads page)
  
  
• Study leave applications should be:
  
  
  • Received by the Study Leave Officer, completed and signed, at least one month before the proposed leave starts.
  • Accompanied by course details.
  • Contain an adequate statement of the educational suitability of the proposed course/exam by the applicant's Consultant and Specialty Tutor; particular attention should be paid to the applicant's readiness to sit the exam.
    
    
• Separate application forms should be completed for each period of study leave, i.e. exams, private study and courses should be on separate forms.

Expenses

• If expenses for travel and/or subsistence are not completed on the study leave application form, retrospective claims may not be considered.
• Claims for expenses must be submitted on a yellow claim form one month after the study leave has been taken.
• All receipts, for subsistence, travel and registration fee, must be submitted with the expenses claim form before payment can be made.
• Expenses for study leave overseas are at the discretion of the Clinical Tutor.

Please Note

• If financial assistance has been, or may be, made from any other source, please give details on the application form.
• Study leave beginning in your present hospital and finishing in a different hospital, must be approved by both hospitals/trusts before study leave can be taken.

Completed applications should be sent to:

• Study Leave Officer
  The John Lister Postgraduate Centre, Wexham Park Hospital, Slough, SL2 4HL

• If you have any queries please telephone 01753 - 634384 or Ext 4384 or alternatively drop us an email