The Death And Life Of Canadian Medicine, Part Iv

What happens in med school doesn't stay in med school. Previously: Part I , Part II , Part III It's almost a miracle that Ca...

It's Time To Panic About Family Medicine

I could just cut and past my thoughts on this topic from last year, but where's the fun in that? The Canadian Resident Matching Serv...

A Revolution In The Culture Of Health Care?

Don't hold your breath for it. And bet your bottom dollar it won't be televised. Health care settings, particularly hospital...

The Eternally Valid Health Care Solution

I've solved the health care system, now and for all time. In an ever-changing world, it's getting harder and harder to keep up ...

Leaderitis

It's time to do away with another obsession that prevents meaningful improvements in health care. Who doesn't love a good leade...

When The Doctor Has Pain

I'm now walking a second mile in another man's moccasins, and it's no more enjoyable than my first mile. Many doctors cringe w...

Taking A Time Out

A brutally busy month of June has left my brain-tank on empty. I'm still easily reached on e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter, but no new blo...

A Dangerous Idea: A General Medical Licence

Because I can't afford to attend the Family Medicine Forum on a Coroner/househusband/author's salary. The Family Medicine Fo...

Does Family Medicine Have A Future? Part Iv

Don't prescribe the solution until you understand the problem. As I noted in my last post , Family Medicine is in deep trouble in C...

How Does This Matter?

Time away from the daily grind of practice has given me time to reflect. The results of that reflection are disquieting. People are sur...

Cancer: The Duduk Perkara Is Prevalence

Success is taking its toll. By most measures, we do a magnificent job as a society with cancer. Over the past 30-plus years, the overwhe...

Moving On Up...

Want to extend a BIG thanks to anyone that's bought a digital copy of the memoir so far. It's inside the top 10 of all three of its...

Need Holiday Reading?

The memoir is available for Kindle and Kindle app  or in trade paperback ! The Flame Broiled Doctor is a retrospective on my all too ...

The Flame Broiled Doctor, Episode 4: What Does Burnout Feel Like?

For transcript, click on the "A Flame Broiled Doctor?" tab at the top of the blog.

The Killer B's Of Burnout

Is it possible to break down a complex phenomenon like professional burnout into a simple triad? We do it for exotic diseases all the time, ...

The Flame Broiled Doctor Debuts

The podcast has arrived, with a new name and a new look for the blog! Find it here . Hello, and welcome to the first installment of...

So You're Saying We Need A New Approach?

The wrong answers to the wrong problems continue to be brought forward. It's been two weeks since Ontario's doctors sent a ...

Burning Down The House, Part Iv

A look at mid-career burnout to finish off the series. Like most medical specialists, my wife works preposterously hard at her job. She ...