How should dental consultation appointments be scheduled into the weekly calendar, and why avoid Mondays? Designate two blocks per week, one morning and one afternoon, on days that are not Mondays. Mondays carry the accumulated chaos of everything that needs attention on the first day back: emergencies, urgent callbacks, weekend message backlog, team huddles, schedule fires. Trying to run a focused consultation in that environment compromises both the consultation and the operational recovery. Tuesday through Thursday offer cleaner cognitive space for consultation work. Friday can work for some practices. The block format serves two purposes. It protects clinical procedure flow from [...]

How should dental consultation appointments be scheduled into the weekly calendar, and why avoid Mondays? Designate two blocks per week, one morning and one afternoon, on days that are not Mondays. Mondays carry the accumulated chaos of everything that needs attention on the first day back: emergencies, urgent callbacks, weekend message backlog, team huddles, schedule fires. Trying to run a focused consultation in that environment compromises both the consultation and the operational recovery. Tuesday through Thursday offer cleaner cognitive space for consultation work. Friday can work for some practices. The block format serves two purposes. It protects clinical procedure flow from [...]

How should dental consultation appointments be scheduled into the weekly calendar, and why avoid Mondays? Designate two blocks per week, one morning and one afternoon, on days that are not Mondays. Mondays carry the accumulated chaos of everything that needs attention on the first day back: emergencies, urgent callbacks, weekend message backlog, team huddles, schedule fires. Trying to run a focused consultation in that environment compromises both the consultation and the operational recovery. Tuesday through Thursday offer cleaner cognitive space for consultation work. Friday can work for some practices. The block format serves two purposes. It protects clinical procedure flow from [...]