JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 6/20/2024
I just had my teeth cleaned for $174
If you brush your teeth twice a year, see your dentist three times a day. Old dad joke by an old dad. - 6/2/2024
Can AI save family practice in Canada?
Dr. John Crosby describes watching his colleagues use an AI scribe tool—and he was more than impressed. - 5/14/2024
Am I the only doctor who actually likes paperwork?
Paperwork: you know . . . the stuff we do 19 hours a week or 49,450 hours a lifetime! - 4/21/2024
Meet the psychiatrist who never burned out
A career in one speciality doesn't have to mean boredom or burnout. Dr. John Crosby tells the story of a colleague whose career looked very different from year to year. - 2/12/2024
A Canadian on the pros and cons of practising in the U.S.
A Canadian doing her final-year of family medicine residency in the U.S., highlights concerns about the increasing dominance of mid-level practitioners in American healthcare. - 1/30/2024
My list: Why Canadian family doctors are collapsing
Here's my list of reasons—after all, it's a massive problem with far more than one cause to blame. - 11/20/2023
Help! My receptionist is in voicemail jail!
- 10/25/2023
A union for family doctors?
I spoke with Dr. Ramsey Hijazi, who is spearheading the (very) new Ontario Union of Family Physicians—which wants to see government funding for FPs rise dramatically. - 8/30/2023
Is perfectionism making your life as a doctor difficult?
Dr. John Crosby makes the case for anti-perfectionism when it comes to medicine, especially in the family physician's office. - 7/31/2023
My moment of truth
I couldn’t be a banker. I couldn’t balance a cheque book. I was useless with my hands. I would have been eaten alive as a teacher or lawyer.
