10/3/2022 A whopping 87% of Canadian emergency physicians are burned out vs. 25% of physicians overall. That is because they are trying to hold together our healthcare non-system.
9/12/2022 I've had patients tell me they hate my guts during my taper-down method. But it works.
8/18/2022 Is burnout the result of new factors impacting doctors' work and lives or did we just call it something different back in the day?
8/3/2022 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.
7/27/2022 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.
7/12/2022 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.
6/29/2022 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.
6/22/2022 The fresh MD is never off the clock. This is a quick route to burnout. How do we fix it?
6/3/2022 In a new video, Dr. John Crosby gives his preventative prescription for patient complaints.
5/12/2022 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.
5/9/2022 A cardiologist wonders whether he's made the right preventative moves to avoid a 'financial stroke' down the line.
4/11/2022 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.
