Study Leave
Guide to study leave application and claim processes for Dental Core and Specialty trainees
Study Leave
Dental Core and Specialty trainees can apply for funded study leave
The Scotland Deanery operates a national process and system to ensure that all applications for study leave are considered on a fair, equitable and consistent basis
Applications must be made via Turas, NHS Education for Scotland’s (NES) single unified digital platform
Study leave must be made in advance of the activity / event
Applications will NOT be accepted retrospectively
Once you have signed into Turas, click on the Training Management box (in orange), then click on the Study Leave icon on the left hand side of the screen. This will take you to your Study Leave applications page. Click on the Create Application button on the top right of the screen, complete all the fields in the application, click save and submit. An email is then automatically sent to your Programme Director asking them to review the application.
If you are having any issues logging in to Turas please use the green helpdesk button on the right hand side of the screen to submit a helpdesk request.
Old-style paper application forms are no longer accepted.
Planning Study Leave
Consider the training year you have ahead of you.
Discuss with your educational supervisor and/or programme director any ideas you have in relation to your training and development.
Refer to the Dental Gold Guide and the Scotland Deanery webpage for more information and policies about the appropriate use of study leave.
Study Leave Claims
The link to the claim form is at the bottom of the study leave approval email (in a blue box).
You will be sent the approval email as soon as your Programme Director approves your application with funding.
Click on this emailed link, using Google Chrome, complete the form and return with all receipts by email.
Claims must be emailed to dentalstudyleave@nes.scot.nhs.uk
