Dr Diary for iOS

Dr Diary is designed for BMA members who are consultants or SAS (staff, associate specialist and specialty) doctors in the UK, on the latest versions of their contracts.

Its a work diary that enables you to record programmed activities as part of your job plan, on the go. Its for doctors who want to understand their working patterns and take control of their professional development.

Use the app to accurately reflect the reality of your work and how much time you spend on different PAs (programmed activities / sessions). Identify patterns to help plan future work and demonstrate areas for negotiation at your appraisals and job plan review meetings.

Key features include:

Personalise the list of activities to fit the nature of your work, including DCC (direct clinical care), SPA (supporting professional activities), academic work and more

Add details from your job plan to compare it against your actual workload in reports

Select work categories in your contract, as well as details of private practice and leave

Record on-call periods and work done while on call

Track your work for more than one employer

Choose either 30-minute or 15-minute time slots

Duplicate a whole day or week of activities

Update your diary while offline.

The Dr Diary app is designed for use with the web app. Once you have added at least a week of activities, log in at doctordiary.bma.org.uk to create and download reports. Add at least six to eight weeks of data to view up to six reports, showing the type of work you do and what it means in terms of PAs/sessions.