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  • 11/18/2022

    Who made you?

    Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on all the people (and pets) who have contributed to her evolution.
  • 11/11/2022

    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.
  • 10/26/2022

    The sixth sense

    As physicians, are we relying too much on imaging and not enough on instinct?
  • 10/11/2022

    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.
  • 9/16/2022

    When a nurse needs your help

    It's a great day when you can help a beloved healthcare worker, says Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes.
  • 9/7/2022

    There's a song for that

    Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes explores the song lyrics speaking to us now more than ever.
  • 8/23/2022

    The end of the line

    Doctors just can’t keep going on this way, says Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes.
  • 8/9/2022

    Doctor, how bad is it?

    In travelling cross-country to make people laugh, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on physician burnout.
  • 7/13/2022

    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.
  • 6/14/2022

    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.
  • 5/27/2022

    Confessing our mistakes

    In this safe space, Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes reflects on what can go wrong—and sometimes does.
  • 5/13/2022

    Try a little tenderness

    Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes shares why nurses make her life better, even when they don't get along.
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