Question 1

What is ACGME compliant scheduling software?

Accepted Answer

ACGME compliant scheduling software is a tool or service that generates residency and fellowship schedules while mathematically enforcing ACGME duty hour requirements, including the 80-hour weekly limit, minimum rest periods, and the 24-hour hard cap on continuous duty. Scheduling Wizard goes further by building subspecialty-specific ACGME rules directly into its optimization engine, so compliance is guaranteed at the moment the schedule is generated rather than checked manually after the fact.

Question 2

How does Scheduling Wizard guarantee ACGME compliance for subspecialties?

Accepted Answer

Scheduling Wizard's proprietary mathematical optimization engine has subspecialty-specific ACGME duty hour rules encoded directly into the constraint set. When a schedule is generated, every rotation, call shift, and clinic assignment is validated against those rules simultaneously. Violations cannot exist in the output because the engine prevents them at generation time, rather than flagging them after a human has already built the schedule.

Question 3

Does Scheduling Wizard handle the 2026 ACGME duty hour changes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The 2026 ACGME changes, including home call counting toward the 80-hour weekly limit and the 24-hour hard cap on continuous duty, are incorporated into the compliance engine. Programs do not need to manually track or reconfigure rules when regulatory requirements change, as those updates are reflected in how schedules are generated.

Question 4

Do I need to replace Amion or QGenda to use Scheduling Wizard?

Accepted Answer

No. Scheduling Wizard handles schedule creation and optimization, while Amion and QGenda are used for day-to-day schedule viewing and access. Many Scheduling Wizard clients continue using Amion or QGenda alongside the service. Scheduling Wizard delivers finished schedules as Excel files, which programs can upload directly to their existing viewing platform.

Question 5

Who at a residency program typically works with Scheduling Wizard?

Accepted Answer

Scheduling Wizard works with chief residents, program directors, program coordinators, and GME offices. Chief residents and coordinators typically submit constraints and review delivered schedules. Program directors and GME offices benefit from the institutional continuity the service provides, ensuring that ACGME compliance knowledge and scheduling rules persist across annual chief rotations rather than being lost when leadership changes.

Question 6

What types of schedules does Scheduling Wizard produce for residency programs?

Accepted Answer

Scheduling Wizard produces Block or rotation schedules, Call schedules with fairness optimization, Clinic schedules, and Attending schedules. All four schedule types are optimized simultaneously by the same engine so that changes in one propagate correctly across the others. Finished schedules are delivered as Excel spreadsheets ready for upload to the program's existing schedule viewing tool.

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