2/14/2025 There are so many purported health benefits of meditation—but it can be tricky for doctors to slow down and actively do an activity that feels like doing nothing. Here's how I approach meditation.
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.