JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 5/23/2012
Tricks of the trade: lessons from 38 years in medicine
Here are some things I have learned (some the hard way) over the last 38 years of emergency medicine and general practice. - 5/16/2012
Would you fire your patient for non-compliance?
I recently read where a pediatrician fired a family for refusing immunizations. Also, a few years ago I read of a patient in Western Canada who was fired for smoking. - 4/25/2012
My best and worst educational experiences ever
I went to a talk last week and it was the best CME I've done in my 42 years as a medical student and doctor. The week before I had my worst one. What was the difference? - 4/18/2012
How two rite good
Stephen King wrote a great book on how to be an author and he makes the very good point that it is a job like any other—you have to devote time and concentration to it. - 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.
