Compassion Fatigue

An FP shares how a message on a T-shirt helps patients shed shame, feel seen, and begin to understand that their suffering reflects deep sensitivity, care and resilience—not weakness.

It’s hard to go through a full career in medicine without moments that hit you so hard, they shift your entire trajectory. Some are amazingly positive insights, others downright painful. But ideally, they all lead to growth.

I recently spoke with Dr. Ben Robert, an Ottawa medical director of long-term care, who still practices comprehensive care in his family medicine office.

The survey, which is being conducted in partnership with the CFIB, asks doctors how much time they’re spending on paperwork and how much the administrative burden is affecting their wellbeing and professional fulfillment.

Together, Dr. Duncan Rozario and I have some advice about reframing the burnout discussion in the medical profession, particularly among surgeons.

Exposing the dark side of the efficiency myth in medicine.

Joy is a state of being that can coexist with challenges and persist during challenging times. It isn't just positive thinking—it's a practical tool for sustainable healthcare practice.

What is part-time for a family doctor these days? My three half days in the clinic seeing patients and doing clinical supervision, becomes almost three full days when you add in the paperwork, chasing up consultants and results, trying to make sure that my vulnerable patients don't fall through the cracks.