JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/2/2022
B.C. vs. Ontario: Why one province's FPs are much happier
Dr. Steve Shore, a British Columbian family doctor, wrote about being fed up and not wanting to take it anymore. I think I know why docs in Ontario are so much happier. - 7/26/2022
89-year-old surgical assistant cries foul
I recently spoke with a doctor who after 47 years of a very comprehensive general practice, is still working at the age of 89 as a surgical assistant in the OR 15 days per month. - 7/11/2022
One internist's recipe for survival during residency
A young female Canadian general internist wrote this for me. As an emergency physician for 20 years, I get to see many specialties and one of the toughest was internal medicine. - 6/28/2022
How to best care for super seniors: A portrait of a favourite patient group
If you are thinking of taking on super-seniors as patients, I highly recommend it. They don’t Google, they respect doctors, they are not trying to bag work and they are living history, unfiltered by writers, historians or politicians. - 6/21/2022
We need to teach freshly minted physicians how to pace themselves
The fresh MD is never off the clock. This is a quick route to burnout. How do we fix it? - 6/2/2022
How to avoid college complaints
In a new video, Dr. John Crosby gives his preventative prescription for patient complaints. - 5/11/2022
There is no doctor shortage
Dr. John Crosby argues that fee-for-service is broken and that family doctors with well-run clinics in Canada wouldn't be so few and far between if capitation were the norm. - 5/8/2022
Financial atorvastatin
A cardiologist wonders whether he's made the right preventative moves to avoid a 'financial stroke' down the line. - 4/10/2022
You're fired: My criteria for ending things with a patient
I have a list of patients in the notes section of my iPhone who I’ve fired or have fired me over the last 50 years. When I get depressed, I read it and it cheers me up. They are happy without me and I without them. It is like a good divorce. - 4/4/2022
Never give up trying the change the system
There are lots of things in our healthcare non system that annoy me but I don’t dwell on them and I try to fix them.
