I had no idea just how few targets the e reps had until we incorporated them into our districts and saw their weekly schedule. 2, maybe 3 office visits in a day with almost no luncheons? Don't get me wrong, our e rep is one of the very best and sets an example of how things can be done, but many of the dcs teams are running around like crazy, with huge drive times and trying to hit more like 9-10 offices in a day, with a lunch almost every single day.
I think we should go to pods of 2, e reps help on high priority pcp and im targets and no more DEs. Had a high-profile doc take me aside recently and ask why we have a de coming to his office since they cannot meet with patients. Didn't have an answer for him. wasn't about to tell him that he needed help with disease state knowledge or identifying at risk pts.