Cherry Monthly February 2026 | The Cognitive Load Crisis: Navigating Information Overload in Modern Practice
NewsletterToday’s reading time is 5 min. Inside: How to curate your information landscape to reduce cognitive overhead, intro to ready-made meals, latest jobs, and opportunities.
By the Numbers
🍒 Total Jobs: 7,361+
Physicians: 2,127 Jobs
Dentistry: 1,642 Jobs
Nursing: 1,062 Jobs
Pharmacy: 1,256 Jobs
Nurse Practitioners: 27 Jobs
Allied Health: 1,247 Jobs
The cognitive load crisis: Navigating information overload in modern practice
Canadian clinicians are trained to make high-stakes decisions under pressure. The challenge today is rarely a lack of information. It’s the volume, the pace of change, and the effort it takes to verify what’s trustworthy and relevant in a clinical moment.
Between evolving provincial guidance, new research, and the administrative work that surrounds patient care, information fatigue is becoming routine. When cognitive load rises, it’s harder to stay confident that what we’re using is current, well-sourced, and appropriate to our setting. Over time, that friction contributes to stress and burnout.
Reducing information fatigue doesn’t require following everything. It requires being deliberate about where we look and how we review.
Practical ways to reduce clinical information fatigue
1. Decide your sources in advance. Don’t wait until you are mid-consult to decide where to look. Create a short list of trusted, evidence-based sources you’ll use consistently (for example, Choosing Wisely Canada and relevant provincial or specialty guidelines). Keep it small, keep it current, and make it easy to access.
2. Review evidence outside of patient sessions. Trying to interpret new evidence in the middle of care increases cognitive load and disrupts focus. Build regular, protected time into your week for evidence revie - short blocks that help you stay current without doing that work in front of patients.
3. Prioritize region-aligned guidance. International evidence matters, but Canadian care is jurisdictional. Prefer resources that reflect local realities: what’s available, what’s reimbursed, and what’s standard practice in your province. Region alignment reduces confusion and prevents avoidable rework.
4. Use independent, citation-backed tools when manual searching slows you down. When manual searching becomes a bottleneck, it can help to use tools designed for clinical questions rather than general search.
This is where a solution like Heidi Evidence is built to bring independent clinical answers into the clinical context, so questions don’t stall care. It is completely ad-free and commercially independent, and it is designed to be transparent - showing where evidence comes from and allowing clinicians and organisations to control the sources and guidelines that matter to them.
Every response from Heidi Evidence is intended to be citation-backed and region-aligned, supporting clinical work without replacing clinical judgement.
If you want a faster way to check what the evidence says - and see the sources clearly - try Heidi Evidence here or at heidihealth.com/evidence.
Find more information on Heidi Health on the Cherry Hub (here).
Partner Spotlight
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Whether you are looking to sustain energy levels during a busy clinic day or support specific wellness goals like weight management or GLP-1 support, Factor serves as a reliable partner in clinician health—delivering "convenience without compromise" so you can focus on your patients, not your pantry.
Learn more about Factor on the Cherry Hub here.
Upcoming Events
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The Wealthy PC: Complimentary Dinner Seminar exclusively for Medical Professionals. An educational seminar hosted by top financial planners, focused on practical tax, corporate, and Estate & Retirement planning strategies for incorporated physicians.
- When and Where: March 12th, 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM @ NOtaBLe – The Steakhouse, 4611 Bowness Rd NW #133, Calgary
- RSVP: call 587-718-8001 or email info@financialadvise.ca. Early registration recommended, due to limited seating.
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