Time out of training should reflect days absent from the training programme since your last ARCP or since initial registration to the programme. This is considered by the ARCP panel in recalculation of the date you should end your current training programme. This is a requirement of the GMC for if you have taken more than 20 days’ absence when you would normally be at work.
TOOT should include:
short- and long-term sickness absence
unpaid/unauthorised leave
maternity/paternity leave
compassionate paid/unpaid leave
jury service
career breaks within a programme (OOPC)* and
non-training placements for experience (OOPE)*
TOOT should not include:
study leave
paid annual leave
prospectively approved Out of Programme Training/Research (OOPT / OOPR)*
periods of time between training programmes
(e.g. between core and higher training)
*Formally known as TOFP (Time Out of Foundation Programme)
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