Scheduling Physician Working Periods of A Chemotherapy Outpatient Unit

Abstract Treatment of cancer diseases is hard to support for patient. An overloaded day can easily cause stress and others mental trouble which deteriorate patient's health. A well balanced workload is an advantage both for the patient and the staff of hospital. In this paper we propose a scheduling method for physician working period. It is based on e new integer linear program model that takes into account all relevant constraints such as patient treatment protocols, bed capacity and physician planning. Numerical results on data sets derived from real life instances clearly prove the interest of a better physician planning for a well balanced workload. It opens the way for many future research opportunities.