Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 11/10/2022
Welcome to the end of days
As Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes notes, platitudes don't help when you're slipping on vomit in the ER and there's no one left to help you up. - 10/25/2022
The sixth sense
As physicians, are we relying too much on imaging and not enough on instinct? - 10/10/2022
Are you caught in the perfect doctor trap?
Given that perfect doesn't feel as good as it looks, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes advocates for more fun. - 9/15/2022
When a nurse needs your help
It's a great day when you can help a beloved healthcare worker, says Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes. - 9/6/2022
There's a song for that
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes explores the song lyrics speaking to us now more than ever. - 8/22/2022
The end of the line
Doctors just can’t keep going on this way, says Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes. - 8/8/2022
Doctor, how bad is it?
In travelling cross-country to make people laugh, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on physician burnout. - 7/12/2022
The power of people
As a writer at the Winnipeg Fringe, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes got billeted with a family. Why not a hotel? Being billeted made her feel ‘nurtured and cared’ for. - 6/13/2022
Should we bother educating the public?
Physicians feel like the public doesn’t care. We quietly wish each other a happy doctor’s day while nurses loudly and proudly celebrate an entire nursing week. We don’t complain, we don’t petition, we don’t write to politicians, we don’t march on parliament. - 5/26/2022
Confessing our mistakes
In this safe space, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on what can go wrong—and sometimes does.
