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Observation and learning in family practice

Grant Russell and Alan Ng
Canadian Family Physician September 2009; 55 (9) 948-950;
Grant Russell
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and a Clinician Investigator at the CT Lamont Primary Health Centre at the Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa
MB BS FRACGP MFM PhD
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Unit Medical Director at the Primrose Family Medicine Centre in Ottawa and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa
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vol. 55 no. 9 948-950
PubMed 
19752265

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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online September 14, 2009.

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  1. Grant Russell, MB BS FRACGP MFM PhD⇑
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and a Clinician Investigator at the CT Lamont Primary Health Centre at the Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa
  1. Correspondence Dr Grant Russell, CT Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, 43 Bruyère St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5C8; e-mailGRussell{at}bruyere.org
  1. Alan Ng, MB ChB MRCGP CCFP
  1. Unit Medical Director at the Primrose Family Medicine Centre in Ottawa and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa

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