Inbox stress as FM intern
I am about 2 months in to FM residency and the part I am struggling with the most so far is managing my inbox. I try to minimize taking work home from the hospital/clinic, but right now I am on an inpatient surgery block and the hours I can relay results and talk with patients over the phone are very limited.
It’s extra difficult because the way our clinic is run, it’s often other residents seeing each others patients but we get the results if we are their official PCP. This means that I sometimes get results back before a note is posted so I have no clinical context, and we are supposed to discuss abnormal results with patients same day. I’ve been having a lot of anxiety about making these kinds of decisions and figuring out next steps through the inbox. It’s also difficult because we frequently cover our co-residents inboxes, so then I am covering two inboxes.
What can I do to manage my inbox better and stop feeling so nervous about it?