KSS Regional Teaching Calendar
Your Hub for Regional Training & External Events!
Explore a comprehensive list of regional training days across KSS, alongside valuable events from external organisations like the London School of Paediatrics, Royal Society of Medicine, and RCPCH. Your next learning opportunity awaits!
Please note: we don't organise the Regional Study Days ourselves. We support the regional teaching team by hosting and promoting them. Reviewing the archive helps ensure we have a varied teaching programme.
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Applying for Study Leave
A quick guide to help you get the most of your study leave.
Importance for Your Portfolio & ARCP
Attending and learning from training/education days is crucial for demonstrating your progression at ARCP.
While the formal requirement to attend 4 educational days per year is no longer mandatory, it remains a good minimum target. Crucially, focus on demonstrating and reflecting upon your learning, linking it directly to the RCPCH Progress Curriculum within your e-portfolio. You should also aim to attend a minimum of 1 x simulation day per training year although there are no requirements.
ARCP panel members consistently emphasise the value of completing a development log for every study day you attend, as this is considered more important than just an attendance certificate.
Step 1: Request & Organise
a) Choose your course or study day.
Check our regional teaching calendar for options. We also occasionally list study days in nearby regions.
b) Submit your study leave request.
Find the course code and complete your trust’s study leave form. It needs approval by your ES (and TPD if ‘aspirational’), ideally six weeks in advance. The Medical Education's study leave team will then process it.
c) Sort your rota.
Check your rota and inform your rota coordinator as early as possible (ideally when you first identify the date) so they can make adjustments if needed. Arrange swaps with colleagues if required.
d) Book and confirm.
Once your leave is approved, book the course and any travel/accommodation needed. If you can’t attend, let organisers know ASAP — places often have waiting lists.
Step 2: Attend & Reflect
- Make the most of the day to learn and develop yourself - having study leave is a training perk, so make the most of it.
- You can use your portfolio to take notes during the day and reflect on what you're learning. Save the form as draft and attach your attendance certificate later.
- These days are also excellent for networking with fellow trainees across the region and catching up with past (and possibly future!) colleagues
- Make sure to fill in feedback for the day you attend. If something was great, it helps organisers justify running it year on year. If it was suboptimal, tell them why so they can improve.
Step 3: Claim & Share
- Upload your attendance certificate and finalised reflection to your portfolio.
- Send any receipts (course fees, mileage & parking, train tickets, accomodation) along with your attendance certificate to your Medical Education team for reimbursement, the process will vary trust to trust.
- Any approved courses will be reimbursed in full, and up to £120/night for accommodation. You can claim up to £1000 for a discretionary course (including course fee, accommodation/travelling and subsistence costs). For international events from Jan 2025 onwards, NHSE will reimburse the lower amount of either the course fee or the travel/accomodation.
Key Information
- You’re entitled to 30 study leave days per year (pro-rata for LTFT trainees).
- Study leave on a weekend or day off means you get that time back as Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) — make sure you claim it! Trusts don't tend to automatically allocate it as a day off.
- Mandatory courses (e.g., EPALS, NLS) can often be claimed for in advance so you aren't out of pocket.
- Don’t let rota gaps prevent you from taking your entitled study leave! This is a contractual right.