Doctors
Random Picker for Clinical Teams
Rotas and teaching both run on perceived fairness. Who takes the weekend, who presents at journal club, which notes get pulled for this cycle's audit — all of these go smoother when the selection is visibly impartial rather than something the rota coordinator decided on a Friday afternoon. A wheel on the screen in the meeting settles it in seconds and leaves nothing to relitigate.
Paste your list — registrars, teaching cases, clinic slots, or note references — one per line, and weight anything that should come up more often. Remove each entry as it is drawn so a rotation completes fully before anyone repeats. Every draw lands in the results log with a timestamp and can be exported, which is enough to evidence how an audit sample was selected. Critically, nothing is uploaded: the list stays in your browser session, so you should still avoid entering patient-identifiable data and stick to case numbers or anonymised references, which the wheel handles just as well.
How to use it
- Paste your list — use case numbers, not patient identifiers.
- Spin to select the next presenter, slot, or sample.
- Remove each entry to complete a fair rotation.
- Export the results log as an audit trail.
Good for
- On-call and weekend rota draws
- Choosing journal club presenters
- Selecting teaching cases for the week
- Randomising notes for clinical audit
- Allocating clinic and theatre slots
Frequently asked questions
Is it safe to use with patient data?
Nothing is uploaded, but you should still enter anonymised case numbers or references rather than identifiable details.
Can I evidence how a sample was picked?
Yes. Draws are timestamped in the results log and export to CSV.
Does it need an account or install?
No — it is a plain web page that works on hospital browsers with no sign-in.
Is my data private?
Yes. Your wheels and your list are stored locally in your own browser and are never uploaded to our servers. The site stays free through third-party ads such as Google AdSense, which may set their own cookies under their own privacy policies — see our Privacy Policy for details.
Is the wheel truly random?
Yes. Every spin uses your browser's built-in cryptographic random generator (crypto.getRandomValues), not the weaker Math.random(). The winner is picked fairly in proportion to each entry's slice size, and each result is independent of previous spins.
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