Trainee Courses
The SuppoRTT team organises a variety of courses to support trainees with their return to training and the clinical environment. Our courses can be accessed by all trainees who are absent from training, whatever the reason and whatever the absence length. You can also attend courses within the first three months of returning to training.
Most of our courses are delivered virtually and are accessible to new parents. Unless otherwise specified on a course booking page on Maxcourse, you are welcome to bring children under the age of two.
Information about available courses can be found below as well as instructions for viewing the dates of upcoming courses on our course booking site, Maxcourse.
If you have a particular training need to support your return which isn't addressed in our courses, you may wish to consider applying for SuppoRTT CPD Funding.
Available Courses
The SuppoRTT team is currently working hard to organise the courses that will be available from May 2025 onwards. Details of available courses will be advertised on this webpage as soon as possible, and will be included in the monthly SuppoRTT Course Bulletin.
In the meantime, if you need to access training and development provision to support your return to training, please consider applying for SuppoRTT CPD Funding.
Maxcourse accounts
SuppoRTT courses are booked using the LSFD Maxcourse site.
Before booking any SuppoRTT courses, please check that the Profession and Personal Details sections of your account details have been completed. For help updating your account details or creating an account, please see LSFD Maxcourse help.
Finding upcoming courses
To find dates for upcoming SuppoRTT courses, please use the course calendar or course list on Maxcourse. Links to the course calendar and course list are on the homepage and sidebar. A search tool is also available in the sidebar and homepage.
To improve the results when viewing the course calendar, use the subject filter to show only SuppoRTT courses.
To improve the results when viewing the course list, use the subject filter to show only SuppoRTT courses. Also use the date range filter to show the desired period.
Expenses when attending face-to-face courses
Travel and subsistence (if applicable) expenses for attending face-to-face SuppoRTT courses can be claimed via study leave.
To claim, a study leave application must be submitted on ALM and approved before the event. When submitting your application on ALM, please select ‘Study’ as the leave type and ‘NHSE SuppoRTT Course’ from the event list.
Please see the Study Leave pages for more information about the process.
SuppoRTT CPD Funding
There may be some instances where a training need is identified that cannot be addressed by our provision. Where this is the case, trainees may be able to apply for CPD funding.
CPD funding is available to all trainees who have been absent from clinical training for three months or more. Examples of activities that the funding can be used for include, but are not limited to:
- Bootcamps
- Speciality Specific Training Days
- Mixed Speciality Courses
- Conferences
Funding must be applied for in advance and is only available for courses or events that are taking place within six months of the Trainee's planned return to practice, or three months after their return. In exceptional circumstances, for example, OOPRs who have been out of training for 3-4 years, if the course/activity does not fall between these periods then approval by the SuppoRTT Associate Deans will be required.
Trainees wishing to apply for SuppoRTT CPD funding should read our funding guidance in full before making any application. Funding requests will only be approved if they comply with the policy.
Trainees can apply for CPD funding using our online application form. Please see Study Leave Expense Allowances for details on what expenses can be claimed.