Article 8: Educational Leave
8.01
When a Resident is granted an educational leave from a Residency Program to attend short-term educational program(s) or conferences the Employer will grant a leave of absence with pay.
If a Resident is required/mandated to attend conferences then that Resident’s registration fee shall be paid by the Employer. A Resident may be reimbursed for reasonable related travel expenses.
Where the Residency Program establishes that a particular training is mandatory, for example ATLS, then course fees will be paid by the Employer.
It is not a regular expectation that Residents will provide clinical management while on an approved educational leave; however, Residents must respond to urgent clinical referrals.
8.02
A Resident shall be granted leave of absence with pay, including reasonable travel time, to sit qualifying or licensing examinations within the medical profession at the nearest possible location. The qualifying or licensing examinations covered are those of the Medical Council of Canada (LMCC), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Corporation Professionnelle des Medecins du Quebec.
A Resident shall be granted unpaid leave for the purpose of taking American professional certification examinations. Requests for such unpaid leave shall be made in writing. The Resident shall give at least four (4) months’ notice of intention to sit examinations and three (3) weeks’ notice of the actual dates of the examinations.
A Resident may request up to a maximum of seven (7) consecutive days without on-call duties, immediately prior to sitting the exam in order to study for qualifying or licensure examinations of the Medical Council of Canada, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Corporation Professionnelle des Medecins du Quebec, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Such requests will be approved except in those cases where coverage cannot be arranged.
8.03
Leave referred in Article 8.01 and 8.02 shall not be deducted from vacation entitlement.
