Out of Programme Experience (OOPE) The General Medical Council (GMC) advises that time and competences gained in Out of Programme Experience posts cannot be counted towards your training and will...

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Out of Programme Career Break (OOPC) Out of programme career break cannot be counted towards your training and will therefore extend your certification date. Periods of OOPC are undertaken by...

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Maternity and Paternity Leave Maternity / Paternity Leave cannot be counted towards your training and will therefore extend your certification date. This also applies to shared parental leave and...

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Long Term Leave Long Term Leave cannot be counted towards your training and will therefore extend your certification date. If you have undertaken a period of long term leave, you must let the JCST...

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Out of Programme Pause (OOPP) Time out of programme for a pause (OOPP) is applicable to postgraduate doctors in training in NHS England only. OOPP is a new form of “out of programme” (OOP)...

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Less Than Full Time Training If you are considering undertaking less than full time training you will need to: Discuss your intention with your Training Programme Director (TPD) and Deanery to...

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Acting Up as a Consultant ‘Acting up’ under supervision provides final year trainees with experience to help them make the transition from trainee to consultant. A period of acting up offers...

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Review of an SAC decision If you are not happy with a decision made by the SAC in relation to an outcome of an application, you may wish to have it reviewed further. Further review of the decision...

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Certification for Higher Surgical Training Process of recommendation for the award of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) The JCST works on behalf of the General Medical Council (GMC) and...

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*Please note the information below is now historic. Current information for StR trainees is available under “UK Trainees>StR Trainees”* SpR Trainees Those who are undertaking approved surgical...

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