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  • 2/13/2026

    My predictions for 2026

    Dr. John Crosby outlines his predictions in medicine for 2026, from two-tiered healthcare to ER wait times.
  • 1/30/2026

    Tales of emergency rooms past

    I remember driving into Kitchener from Cambridge on the fourth night, wishing I was a dermatologist.
  • 1/21/2026

    Why this rural family medicine resident loves his job

    I recently interviewed Dr. Anthony Miller, who’s in his second year of his family medicine integrated emergency medicine residency in Cape Breton, N.S.
  • 1/2/2026

    Doctor, do you procrastinate doing computer/paperwork?

    Here’s my suggestion for a key New Year’s resolution for 2026 for my fellow MDs.
  • 12/5/2025

    A Quebec FP explained to me why she's getting out

    Imagine lawyers or dentists or veterinarians or anyone else being treated like this?
  • 10/30/2025

    Halloween night in a Canadian ER

    Dr. John Crosby recounts spending Halloween at the emergency department in what he describes as the scariest night of his 78-year career.
  • 10/20/2025

    Avoiding PowerPoint purgatory: tips for making a good presentation

    As doctors, we are constantly sitting through boring and tedious presentations. Doctors have rarely been taught how to improve their speaking skills. But becoming a good presenter can be learned just like riding a bike.
  • 10/8/2025

    Medical marriages

    Doctors are people and people get tired, crabby, angry, hungry and frustrated just like all animals and humans. When you put that together with kids, a mortgage, in-laws, different sex drives, money quarrels and child rearing approaches, I can’t believe the divorce rate is only 50% for all couples.
  • 9/2/2025

    Ketamine

    Last November, I toured the offices of a private company that offers psychotherapy with the use of Ketamine. Here’s what I learned.
  • 8/13/2025

    A rapid fire chat about why LTC docs are so tired

    I recently spoke with Dr. Ben Robert, an Ottawa medical director of long-term care, who still practices comprehensive care in his family medicine office.
  • 7/21/2025

    We see young doctors struggling, so we wrote a book to help

    Together, Dr. Duncan Rozario and I have some advice about reframing the burnout discussion in the medical profession, particularly among surgeons.
  • 6/13/2025

    Burnout in the birthing unit

    Dr. John Crosby spoke with another regular contributor, Dr. Ginevra Mills, to get a picture of what is exhausting the country’s birthing specialists.
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