Residency scheduling for family medicine simplified

Thrawn's optimization engine treats block rotations and continuity clinic as one interconnected scheduling system. Both are factored in simultaneously when generating schedules, so inpatient rotation assignments never create gaps in clinic coverage and clinic obligations never conflict with block assignments. The result is a finished schedule where both requirements are satisfied without manual reconciliation.

Yes. ACGME duty hour rules are hard constraints in Thrawn's Scheduling Programming Language, meaning violations are prevented at the time of schedule generation rather than detected afterward. This applies across all three PGY years simultaneously. When the schedule is delivered for review, it is already compliant, reducing the risk of violations at ACGME site visits.

Resident vacation requests, elective preferences, and individual scheduling constraints are submitted as inputs before optimization begins. Thrawn's engine incorporates them as weighted constraints during schedule generation, balancing individual preferences against program requirements and fairness across the cohort. There is no manual reconciliation required from coordinators or chief residents.

Yes. Thrawn operates as a done-for-you managed service, which means programs do not need dedicated scheduling staff or any software expertise. Thrawn's scheduling specialists handle configuration and onboarding for each program. Coordinators and program directors send their constraints and receive a finished schedule for review, regardless of program size or internal administrative capacity.

Amion publishes and displays schedules but does not create or optimize them. Spreadsheets require manual construction with no compliance checks. Thrawn's Scheduling Programming Language generates complete, mathematically optimal schedules from your program's constraints. The difference is not a better interface on top of the same process — it is a fundamentally different approach where the finished schedule is produced for you.