The consultation is winding down. You’re getting ready to move on, saying goodbye, and then you hear: “Doctor, one more thing…”

Or perhaps the patient who has a laundry list of issues to be addressed in the 15-minute consult slot.

What these consults have in common is that they are both certain to back you up.

By the end of the day, you are exhausted, cranky and overwhelmed, left with a pile of work to finish after hours.