JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/29/2025
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. - 10/19/2025
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. - 10/7/2025
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. - 9/1/2025
Ketamine
Last November, I toured the offices of a private company that offers psychotherapy with the use of Ketamine. Here’s what I learned. - 8/12/2025
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. - 7/20/2025
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. - 6/12/2025
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. - 5/5/2025
We've heard of Uber Kitten—what about Uber Baby for insomnia?
After 50 years as a family doctor, Dr. John Crosby has a humorous take on the one cure for insomnia that never fails—taking care of a baby. - 2/10/2025
A Sarnia family doctor with 4,500 patients
One Ontario physician, with well above the average patient roster, discusses how he's well underway with leveraging his office's team to provide as much care as they can. - 1/9/2025
Are you a mentor or tormentor?
Dr. John Crosby outlines his strategies when it comes to mentoring doctors on time management
