JohnWyatt Crosby
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/17/2022
Was there burnout in the olden days?
Is burnout the result of new factors impacting doctors' work and lives or did we just call it something different back in the day? - 8/2/2022
B.C. vs. Ontario: Why one province's FPs are much happier
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. - 7/26/2022
89-year-old surgical assistant cries foul
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. - 7/11/2022
One internist's recipe for survival during residency
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. - 6/28/2022
How to best care for super seniors: A portrait of a favourite patient group
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. - 6/21/2022
We need to teach freshly minted physicians how to pace themselves
The fresh MD is never off the clock. This is a quick route to burnout. How do we fix it? - 6/2/2022
How to avoid college complaints
In a new video, Dr. John Crosby gives his preventative prescription for patient complaints. - 5/11/2022
There is no doctor shortage
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. - 5/8/2022
Financial atorvastatin
A cardiologist wonders whether he's made the right preventative moves to avoid a 'financial stroke' down the line. - 4/10/2022
You're fired: My criteria for ending things with a patient
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.
