Doctors and schedules

Users vs. doctor profiles

Each dentist has:

1. A user account, used to sign in. Created in Users, or from the doctor form.
2. A doctor profile, their professional details and working hours, so patients can be booked with them.

Adding a doctor

Clinic Admins only.

1. Go to Doctors → Add Doctor.
2. Account: under User account, pick a user with the Doctor role who doesn't have a profile yet, or click Create new user to make the account on the spot. ("Only users with the Doctor role and no existing profile can be selected.")
3. Professional information
   • Registration number, for example your State Dental Council or DCI number (DCI-2019-04512).
   • Qualification, for example BDS, MDS (Orthodontics).
   • Experience, for example 8 Years.
   • Consultation duration (minutes): the default length of this doctor's appointments.
   • Specializations: pick from the list, or type a new one in Add a specialization that isn't listed…
   • Public profile slug and Biography: used on your clinic website.
4. Save. You'll see "Doctor added."

The registration number and qualification print on prescriptions and letters.

Setting working hours

Open the doctor and find Weekly availability. Until it has at least one window, the doctor shows "No availability configured — Add a weekly schedule so this doctor can be booked."

1. Click Add availability.
2. Tick the Day(s) of week. The same hours apply to every day you tick, so pick Monday to Friday together for a typical week.
3. Enter Start and End in 24-hour format (09:00, 13:30).
4. Optional:
   • Consultation duration override (minutes): a different appointment length during this window.
   • Effective from / Effective to: limit the window to a date range (for example a summer schedule). Leave both blank for "always".
5. Save.

Split shifts are separate windows: add 10:00–13:30 and 17:00–21:00 for the same days.

To change a window, click Edit. To stop it, click Deactivate. "This window will stop accepting new bookings. Existing appointments are not affected."

Doctors managing their own schedule

Doctors can open My Schedule in the sidebar to see and edit their own weekly hours. If it says "Your account isn't linked to a doctor profile yet", ask the Clinic Admin to add your doctor profile.

Doctors update their professional details in Settings → Professional profile.

Leave and leaving the clinic

On the doctor's page:

When a doctor leaves, also deactivate their user account in Users so they can no longer sign in.

Doctor statuses

Active · On leave · Inactive · Retired. Filter the Doctors list by status.