9/16/2013 ERO isn't short for erotic; it stands for Event plus your Reaction = Outcome. This little mantra has made my life so much better since I started practising it years ago.
9/4/2013 Three years ago I got a letter from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (I hate when they arrive addressed to you and labelled “Private and Confidential”). The letter stated I would be undergoing a random peer review at one of the nursing homes I worked at. The college found the chink in my armour.
8/16/2013 I look forward to every day. Monday is call-ins only, Tuesday is busy but close to Wednesday, during which I take the afternoon off. Then it's TGI-Thursday, which is the new Friday. Saturday and Sunday are pure bliss. With eight weeks of paid vacation a year I am never more than two months from a holiday.
8/9/2013 I am always going on about how to manage others and how to delegate effectively, but others manage me all the time as well.
8/1/2013 Many of us have watched the American TV show “House.” It starred Hugh Laurie, an Englishman playing an American medical specialist. It was very well-acted and exciting but very different from my medical existence.
7/24/2013 Here are some ideas I have to make your next presentation enjoyable as well as informative, whether you are delivering it to the Kiwanis or at Grand Rounds.
7/12/2013 I have had hundreds of talks with patients and their families over the years about resuscitation, and only a few of these discussions ended up with a decision that I felt was wrong for the patient.
7/5/2013 Doctors want an interesting, challenging, rewarding job with good pay, perks, hours and working conditions, just like the rest of humanity.
6/27/2013 I haven't fired a patient in years. I guess we have gotten used to each other. When I first started general practice 21 years ago (after 20 years as an emergency physician), I found I had to fire a few.
6/21/2013 Not retiring is a great thing! Winston Churchill started as prime minister during the Second World War at age 65. Colonel Saunders started Kentucky Fried Chicken at 65.
Here is why you can’t retire: it is simple mathematics. Say you and your spouse are worth $3 million. Sounds great, easy street, fire up the Ferarri and hook up the trailer; we are going to drive to Arizona for the winter.
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6/13/2013 I have rarely lost my cool in 40 years of practising medicine, but two years ago a married couple pushed me over the brink.
