Vacation Leave

A resident requesting days off their assigned rotation for any given reason (stat, personal, conference, illness, study, flex, rural clinic absence) must ensure that the Request for Leave form is completed and signed. Stat days worked and being taken in lieu must be taken during the same rotation that the stat was worked. This should be arranged at least 14 days in advance of the stat day taken.

Leave requests for conferences, flex, or study days must be applied for 30 days in advance. 

Vacation leave must be applied for 8 weeks in advance.

The process for leave requests is as follows:

• Complete a leave request form which can be found in the forms section of this website

• Forward completed form to the Program Coordinator (Linda Semper at mednneph@ualberta.ca)

• Linda will seek approval and let you know results within 2 weeks

As per PARA agreements, you are entitled to the following:

• 4 Flex Days

• 20 Vacation Days

• 5 Study Days for each Canadian Qualifying Exam

• 1 Lieu Day for every named holiday that is worked