http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23373158

J Med Pract Manage. 2012 Nov-Dec;28(3):187-91.

Time management tips, tricks, and exercises for busy medical practice employees.

Hills L.

Source

Blue Pencil Institute, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA. lhills@bluepencilinstitute.com

Abstract

Working in a busy medical practice requires excellent time management skills and an ability to handle those unanticipated emergencies, urgencies, and monkey-wrenches that can and often do throw a well-planned day out of whack. This article offers busy medical practice employees 50 time management tips to help them manage their time well. It focuses specifically on eliminating time wasters, working more efficiently, and developing personal goals and habits that can increase productivity, reduce stress, and make working in the practice more enjoyable. This article also offers several hands-on time management exercises, including a time management self-assessment quiz, a multitasking exercise, and a time drain exercise. These can be completed individually or collaboratively with other members of the medical practice team. Finally, this article explores 12 popular time management myths and how a medical practice employee can increase his or her productivity by identifying and harnessing his or her productivity "happy hour(s)".