Please try to talk briefly with these patients also. Talking to these patients will make them less hostile and very appreciative. The resident should be on duty from 8 a.m.until the work is completed. Notify the attending before leaving for conference. Decide if you need any additional films, and what your approach to the lesion will be.
Most procedures are in the morning, with a few in the afternoons.
Monday-Friday, so after you have reviewed the procedures for the day, you should hang and review films that have already been done that morning. Breast clinic is currently held in PCC every other Wednesday afternoons. We often have add-on procedures these days. Conferences are outlined above. Review all mammograms performed prior to review with the attending.