I just got volunteered to generate the work schedules for my group of four physicians. We have one person who is always "on service" covering inpatient responsibilities. We have weekend and holiday call. We have several clinics that are shared among us--some can be done by those on-service but others can't.
I need a program where I can input things like vacation requests, dates of clinics, etc., a simple set of rules (i.e. if this person is on-service then they aren't available for 'x' clinic that week), and a way to take into account that certain people may be expected to do more of one event than others (i.e. I may do 8 weeks of service time while one of my colleagues is only expected to do 4 weeks). I then want the program to magically spit out a calendar that takes all of this info into account and generates a schedule for us.
Does such a program exist?
I need a program where I can input things like vacation requests, dates of clinics, etc., a simple set of rules (i.e. if this person is on-service then they aren't available for 'x' clinic that week), and a way to take into account that certain people may be expected to do more of one event than others (i.e. I may do 8 weeks of service time while one of my colleagues is only expected to do 4 weeks). I then want the program to magically spit out a calendar that takes all of this info into account and generates a schedule for us.
Does such a program exist?