Compassion Fatigue

Dr. Jabir Jassam takes on the kind of co-worker in a clinic who slowly destroys the culture of a workplace.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on healthcare workers—and that obviously causes fatigue and stress. Take our poll of your colleagues.

Dr. Matt Poyner, who took a year off to travel with his wife and kids before the pandemic, is back in Canada and has some thoughts about returning to medicine or starting a new chapter in his life.

A new webinar looks at how violence escalates and what key vulnerabilities physicians face.

“I was having a shower and felt this lump” is the beginning of a conversation most doctors recognize. It comes with urgency, fear, and uncertainty. The silent communication: “I don’t know if this is really a thing or not. I need you to tell me to take this seriously or to relax.” It leads quickly to a physical exam—nothing else matters as much as the lump. 

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Making and enacting legislation would underline the serious nature of verbally or physically abusing a healthcare worker, said CMA president Dr. Katharine Smart.

Dr. Jabir Jassam examines two parts of his day as a family physician: the joy of the direct patient care and the soul-destroying paperwork.