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Developing the evidentiary basis for family medicine in the global context

The Besrour Papers: a series on the state of family medicine in the world

David Ponka, Katherine Rouleau, Neil Arya, Lynda Redwood-Campbell, Robert Woollard, Basia Siedlecki and Lynn Dunikowski
Canadian Family Physician July 2015; 61 (7) 596-600;
David Ponka
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and Lead of the Besrour Papers Working Group.
MD CM CCFP(EM) FCFP MSc
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Katherine Rouleau
Associate Professor and Director of the Global Health Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto in Ontario, and Director of the Besrour Centre at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
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Neil Arya
Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Ont.
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Lynda Redwood-Campbell
Professor and Global Health Coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
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Robert Woollard
Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
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Basia Siedlecki
Emergency physician and Chief of Hospitalist Service at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland, Ont, and Global Health Coordinator for the Faculty of Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
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Lynn Dunikowski
Director of Library Sciences for the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont.
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vol. 61 no. 7 596-600
PubMed 
26380849

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
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  • Published online July 14, 2015.

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  1. David Ponka, MD CM CCFP(EM) FCFP MSc⇑
  1. Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario and Lead of the Besrour Papers Working Group.
  1. Correspondence: Dr David Ponka; e-mail dponka{at}bruyere.org
  1. Katherine Rouleau, MD CM CCFP MHSc
  1. Associate Professor and Director of the Global Health Program in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto in Ontario, and Director of the Besrour Centre at the College of Family Physicians of Canada.
  1. Neil Arya, MD CCFP FCFP D Litt
  1. Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University in London, Ont.
  1. Lynda Redwood-Campbell, MD FCFP DTM&H MPH
  1. Professor and Global Health Coordinator in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
  1. Robert Woollard, MD CCFP FCFP
  1. Professor in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
  1. Basia Siedlecki, MD PhD CCFP
  1. Emergency physician and Chief of Hospitalist Service at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland, Ont, and Global Health Coordinator for the Faculty of Medicine at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
  1. Lynn Dunikowski, MLS
  1. Director of Library Sciences for the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Mississauga, Ont.
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