Would you like to consider a year combining some clinical work with time to learn more about education, leadership or global health?

Are you completing a foundation training programme or want a break later in your training?

In 2017 only 43%of trainees completing their foundation training programmes applied for specialist training compared to 83% in 2010. Research, including a questionnaire sent to trainees in EOE and national GMC surveys, suggests a number of reasons that young doctors take time out (see below)

Foundation – and other trainees – are organizing their own elective year before applying for further specialist training programmes. HEE-EOE is keen to support these doctors and provide them with opportunities to gain further clinical experience together with personal development. We believe that young doctors want time out of a structured programme to explore different specialties (is it right for me?) and enhance their CVs with other linked experience. They want flexibility and a chance to “step off the treadmill”, with opportunities to work overseas, in education or to enhance their leadership skills.