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Happy New Year from Physicians Anonymous

Happy New Year from Physicians Anonymous – some haikus from us for 2026. Enjoy, relax, and join us for our anonymous meetings!

Anna Gyarmathy PhD, MSc, MPH 2025-12-31

Stop calling it resilience — we’re already resilient enough

Physicians aren’t struggling because they lack resilience. They’re burning out in a broken system. Here’s why doctors are already resilient—and what must change.

Dr Corrigan 2025-12-12

Doctor in scrubs sitting peacefully at dawn, surrounded by dissolving symbols of work — representing letting go of perfectionism in medicine.

Dropping Perfectionism In Medicine, While Maintaining Professionalism

Perfectionism in medicine is often mistaken for professionalism. Dr. John explores how letting go of “perfect” helps physicians stay human…

Dr John Crosby MD 2025-11-24

How to Survive the Endless Sea of Documentation

Paperwork & Charting: How Doctors Can Stay Sane

Drowning in charts and paperwork? Read practical tips to work smarter, save time, and protect your sanity as a physician.

Dr John Crosby MD 2025-11-17

How to Survive Medicine: Time, Boundaries & Sanity

Overwhelmed by paperwork, patients, and admin? Follow these practical strategies to survive medicine, protect your sanity, and work smarter.

Dr John Crosby MD 2025-11-10

ER wait times are soaring as primary care collapses. Why and how fixing family medicine can heal healthcare in Canada and the U.S.

Why ER wait times are exploding — and how to fix it

ER wait times are soaring as primary care collapses. Dr. John Crosby MD explains why—and how fixing family medicine can heal healthcare in Canada and the U.S.

Dr John Crosby MD 2025-11-03

Physician burnout and COVID-19

Dr Corrigan 2022-03-08

In this article, we illustrate how physician burnout has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, against a background of already high levels of physician distress.

This article discusses physician resilience programs that may enhance self-care and our ability to cope with the stresses of modern medicine.

Physician resilience programs designed by doctors

Dr Corrigan 2022-02-08

The idea of physicians boosting their own resilience seems reasonable – at least as this relates to the personal resilience required for being a doctor. Here we present a number of physician resilience programs designed by doctors

interventions for physician resilience -Coping skills can be learned for the inherent stresses of medicine, we will be better able to serve our patients. Evidence-based resources:

Interventions for physician resilience: The evidence base

Dr Corrigan 2022-02-01

The idea of physicians boosting their own resilience seems reasonable – at least as this relates to the personal resilience required for being a doctor. Here we summarize the evidence base of interventions for physician resilience

In this article, we present resources for enhancing physician resilience for the burned-out physician or medical leader.

Resources for physician resilience

Dr Corrigan 2022-01-18

If there’s one good thing about a pandemic, it’s increased public awareness of their healthcare workers as human beings under stress. In this article, we have pulled together a number of resources for physician resilience developed by professional organizations for the interested physician reader and physician leader.

Physician Burnout and Suicide Report makes for disturbing reading: 42% of us are burned out.

Physician burnout report 2021: “Death by 1,000 cuts”

Dr Corrigan 2022-01-01

Let’s talk about physician wellbeing in the COVID era. Burnout and depression are still serious problems among physicians, especially amid COVID-19. The 2021 Medscape National Physician Burnout and Suicide Report makes for disturbing reading. More than 12,000 doctors across 29 specialties responded to the anonymous survey which ran from August to December 2020.