PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION. 36.1 Professional Development (a) The employers recognise the importance of actively encouraging their employees to undertake professional development and education. (b) Employees are entitled to use their accrued continuing medical education expenses to support secondments (Clause 36.4) and sabbaticals (Clause 36.5). (c) Where a DHB agrees that employees may use their accrued CME expenses to purchase and own laptops and electronic aids this shall be where the main purpose is to support their continuing medical education and not provided under Clause 53. (d) The provisions of this clause shall not apply to locums or fixed term employees who are engaged for six months or less.
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Samples: Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement, Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement, Senior Medical and Dental Officers Collective Agreement
