Keys to successful management of your medical consultation

Time is one of the resources that we all like to take advantage of, optimize and get the most out of since we know that our time is limited and we have to do many tasks in a short period of time.

In addition, time management is essential to meet our objectives and not get stressed along the way.

And it is even more important in the world of medicine.

Efficient time management not only improves productivity, but also contributes to providing quality care to your patients.

Would you like to know some tips to better manage your time?

Keep reading, because we are going to reveal the keys to why it is so important to have your daily routine well organized, how you can optimize your tasks, and we will also give you 6 suggestions if you have been a short time and do not want everything to be difficult for you above.

Why is it so important?

Health professionals are subjected daily to a frenetic routine that, in the long run, can harm their health. This is why proper time management can improve both the service you offer and your quality of life and thus avoid work stress.

This can help you avoid delays in consultations, improve your patients' medical care, and take care of your own mental health.

 There are always last minute tasks, unforeseen events, complicated situations... But with good planning you can minimize the risks and ensure better effectiveness of the tasks.

Procrastination... Does it sound familiar to you?

To postpone the tasks that we have to do compulsorily despite having the opportunity to do them. And this can have quite a few consequences.

Procrastination can cause important tasks to be delayed and you are wasting valuable time. Still, you can take a few steps to stop procrastinating.

Setting clear and realistic goals can make you fight against excessive perfectionism and not put off tasks for fear of not performing them correctly.

Focus on the process, enjoy it and celebrate when you meet any new goal.

To avoid distractions, make sure you focus on one task at a time. Even though you have many things to do, it is best if you try to avoid getting distracted by other tasks.

To do this, we recommend that you write down the tasks you must do during the week and repeat the action for several weeks. This will help you identify possible areas for improvement, routines to find the right breaks, and a rhythm that allows you to carry everything more calmly.

Besides, we give you more tips:

• Set a schedule and divide your tasks.

•  Avoid multitasking.

•  Establish periods of intense work.

• Set your breaks too.

• Put away or turn off devices that you are not going to need and that can distract you.

If you optimize your tasks, you reduce the time you spend on them and it can make managing time in your office much easier.

 Here are some ideas to optimize your daily tasks:

• Analyze your schedule. Spend some time reviewing your schedule, either daily or weekly.

• Have everything prepared. If possible, try to avoid going out in the middle of the consultation to grab any tool or document that you need for the consultation. Thus, you will not expose yourself to interruptions that you could have avoided.

• Organize your space. Visual noise can stress you out and distract you, so having everything organized will help you be more efficient.

• Review the patient's medical history. Optimize the time of future visits and have the medical history at hand.

• Be realistic with the time you have. Being realistic will help you avoid frustration and be aware of what you can and cannot do.

• Implement online consultations. There are more and more consultation calls or video calls. It can be useful to save time.

• Be strict with breaks. Don't let them go. Rest and set limits to get back on track.

• Work as a team. Two are better than one, and it is important to coordinate with the rest of the staff to distribute tasks.

• Build a good relationship with your patients. This will give you peace of mind, help you prepare better for visits and optimize the time spent in consultation.

We all have our beginnings: at work, in studies, in personal and professional relationships. Sometimes they can be a bit difficult and make us insecure.

It is good to review certain tips to prepare well and ensure that the route is not so complicated, especially in a demanding profession such as that of a healthcare professional.

We review some tips that you can take into account to start off on the right foot, organize yourself well and arrive at the end of the day with a feeling of satisfaction for the work done:

1. Prioritize tasks: You can do it by urgent, non-urgent, important and not important. Start with the urgent and important, then the urgent and not important, the non-urgent and important, and finally the non-urgent and not important.
2. Set goals: Every week set yourself some goals that you want to achieve. Watch your progress and applaud your achievements, however small.
3. Use tools that make your work easier: CareCloud for example, which helps you communicate and organize effectively.
4. Delegate: Delegate or share with the rest of the team. Show trust and build effective working relationships.
5. Learn to say no: We must know how to manage our time as health professionals and know our limits. It is also important to identify when we cannot handle more workload.
6. Keep training: A health professional must be up to date on new medical advances, new treatments for certain pathologies, new guides... For this we recommend that you find a space in your weekly or daily schedule to train and stay up to date on all these developments.