JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/11/2012
Attention hoarders! Tips for spring cleaning your office
How to get past "What if I need this 1924 phone bill?" and other cleanup excuses. - 3/27/2012
Do you 'Evel Knievel' your vacations?
Evel Knievel was a motorcycle riding daredevil who used to jump a line of parked buses by driving up a ramp and becoming airborne until he hit the down ramp on the other side. That's what I feel like when I try to take a vacation. - 3/21/2012
Doorstep diagnoses: when friends and neighbours want medical advice
The cottage season will be coming soon and I will have lots of people on my doorstep looking for advice or treatment, and wanting to avoid the long drive into town and the even longer wait in our northern Ontario emergency department. - 3/5/2012
‘Oldtimer’s disease’ and other creative patient conditions
Over my 38 years doctoring I have heard and read about many diseases and conditions given amusing malapropisms by patients. - 2/12/2012
How do you help your ER go with the flow?
We have tried to get all orphan patients in hospital hooked up with GPs to help prevent re-admission. A new nurse practitioner clinic just opened so we are using it for followup. - 1/23/2012
How to make your emergency department run faster
I was hired by the Cambridge Memorial Hospital 18 months ago for eight hours per week to help cut wait times in our ER. Like the rest of Canada, we suffer from too few beds and a crush of patients using the ER for primary care. I thought it would be a piece of cake. - 1/10/2012
Are little old ladies crashing the healthcare system?
Busy family members can feel guilty if they don’t see their loved ones as much as they would like. So, when a senior gets sick, the family often wants “everything done.” - 12/11/2011
What is harder: family practice or emergency medicine?
I just finished 19 years of family practice and before that, 19 years of emergency medicine. They both have their challenges and rewards, and over the years there have been game-changers on both sides. Here is a look at some of the areas of work for both family physicians and ER physicians, and how they compare. - 12/4/2011
Stressed out? Here's some help to change the process
Doctors have one of the most stressful jobs anywhere. We deal with life-and-death situations under the microscope of the media, our provincial colleges, patients and their families, as well as other healthcare workers. We work long, unsociable hours and deal with people often at their worst: in pain or frightened and often impaired by disease or external factors. It’s almost impossible to change ourselves—but we can change the process. - 11/23/2011
'Group therapy' can help doctors deal with stress
A lot of doctors are isolated in their offices so I recommend you go to the doctor’s lounge and grumble about the government as a group. Talk about non-medical topics as well. Share difficult cases and ask your colleagues for help.
