COMMENT | The issues surrounding the welfare of house officers (HO) have been there since I was a HO in the 1980s. We knew how to tread carefully around certain towering and dictatorial personalities. This issue is nothing new. Everyone knew it but no one did anything about it.

However, the tables have turned and it is time that we no longer tolerate such a culture of abuse, especially within the medical community, the guardians of our physical, social, emotional and mental health and wellness.

Yet, several misconceptions continue to persist and they reach the level of becoming almost mythological within our collective medical minds. These myths have become entrenched in our culture and are a barrier to progress. I can think of at least five of these myths...