Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 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. - 5/12/2022
Try a little tenderness
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes shares why nurses make her life better, even when they don't get along. - 5/12/2022
Don't be a hero
One of the hardest things to learn as a practising physician, says Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes, is figuring out the point at which to stop and put on your own oxygen mask before you go on to save the others. - 4/6/2022
Who hates forms?
'Why do people have forms for referrals?,' one doctor asked. 'I personally hate them. I often make referrals and the form is a total hold up. It is often not downloadable to my EMR.' Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes says 'hear! hear!' - 3/31/2022
What kind of doctor are you?
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes matches up the 6 different human archetypes with what kind of doctors they make.
