1/21/2025 Sometimes as a physician, you're the patient. But what can you do if things are going horribly wrong with your care and no one is listening to you?
12/31/2024 In a small ER, as the only doctor, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes recalls taking control in a rare situation at her tiny hospital.
11/4/2024 No, not the TV show. In medicine, we have an ‘L’ word we all dread.
10/11/2024 We crave security but we can’t try new things without risk—so how to strike the balance?
10/10/2024 Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes writes that maybe the biggest mistake is losing friendship with other physicians.
9/26/2024 Among things Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes found while locuming in Newfoundland.
8/23/2024 More adventures and new phrases: Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes continues her locum in N.L.
8/9/2024 Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes takes a locum in N.L. but oh, the paperwork to get a license in another province!
7/29/2024 How do you nurture gratitude in your patients?
7/4/2024 Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes offers some take-home lessons after being chosen for QI project by her college of physicians and surgeons.
6/15/2024 When we swear to do no harm, it’s not only in our day-to-day interactions, writes, Dr. Yuan-Innes. We have to recognize systemic biases, not only in how we act but also those baked into our tools.
6/7/2024 Sure, Mother’s Day has passed this year but Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on the evolution of her feelings about working that day.