Practice Management on Embodia - Part 2: Scheduling - Adding breaks to your schedule
You've set your availabilities, but you want to add short, 'non-permanent' breaks to your schedule. Below are some examples.
To add breaks, click on My breaks under Consults > My Schedule in the top bar:
Click on 'Add a break' and fill out the form.
The 'Description' field is just for internal use and will not shown to patients.
The 'Colour' field is also for visual and internal use and will be used in the calendar view to differentiate different types of breaks.
What you select for the 'End date' field can vary depending on your use case. Here are some examples:
- No end date (ex. recurring lunch break)
- Non-recurring event/break (ex. a one-off appointment)
- Recurring break with an end date (ex. a professional development course)
Note: Recurring breaks are meant for something that is not 'permanent', just recurring for a short period (for example, you might have a course scheduled every Monday from 9 am-11 am for the next 10 weeks and would like to make that time slot unavailable in your calendar). If you would like to add a permanent break, this is best accomplished by adding your availability as outlined in the help article, Adding your availability.
Once a break is added, you can also exclude certain days or date range from the break by clicking on the '+' icon next to 'Excluded days':
