Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 3/23/2025
Would you like some spice with your medicine?
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes considers Buddhist teachings about working with what you've got—including difficult colleagues. - 3/12/2025
Shoot the student down, or start crying: What kind of doctor are you?
What predicts intellectual humility? Not gender. Not left vs. right political leanings. Not years of education, which, if anything, might decrease it. - 2/13/2025
Meditation with Melissa
There are so many purported health benefits of meditation—but it can be tricky for doctors to slow down and actively do an activity that feels like doing nothing. Here's how I approach meditation. - 1/20/2025
A friendly reminder to stop killing people
Sometimes as a physician, you're the patient. But what can you do if things are going horribly wrong with your care and no one is listening to you? - 12/30/2024
Plane crash
In a small ER, as the only doctor, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes recalls taking control in a rare situation at her tiny hospital. - 10/10/2024
The risky doctor
We crave security but we can’t try new things without risk—so how to strike the balance? - 10/9/2024
Are you making the top clinical mistake?
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes writes that maybe the biggest mistake is losing friendship with other physicians. - 9/25/2024
The worst electronic medical record system!
Among things Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes found while locuming in Newfoundland. - 8/22/2024
Dr. Wineass in Newfoundland
More adventures and new phrases: Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes continues her locum in N.L.
