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Snapshot of family medicine around the world

Introducing the global family medicine website

Neil Arya, Michael Geurguis, Celine Vereecken-Smith and David Ponka
Canadian Family Physician May 2023; 69 (5) 330-336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6905330
Neil Arya
Family physician at and Founder and Director of the Centre for Family Medicine Refugee Health Clinic in Kitchener, Ont; Fellow at the Balsillie School for International Affairs in Waterloo, Ont; President of the PEGASUS (Peace, Global Health, Sustainability) Institute; Founding Director of the Office of Global Health at Western University in London, Ont; Scholar-in-Residence and Fellow at the International Migration Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo; and Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
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Michael Geurguis
Medical student at the University of Toronto in Ontario and a master’s student in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
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Celine Vereecken-Smith
Third-year medical student in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University.
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David Ponka
Family doctor and Director of the Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine at the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.
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vol. 69 no. 5 330-336
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6905330
PubMed 
37172985

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The College of Family Physicians of Canada
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0008-350X
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1715-5258
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  • Published online May 12, 2023.

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  1. Neil Arya, MD CCFP FCFP DLitt
  1. Family physician at and Founder and Director of the Centre for Family Medicine Refugee Health Clinic in Kitchener, Ont; Fellow at the Balsillie School for International Affairs in Waterloo, Ont; President of the PEGASUS (Peace, Global Health, Sustainability) Institute; Founding Director of the Office of Global Health at Western University in London, Ont; Scholar-in-Residence and Fellow at the International Migration Research Centre at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo; and Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
  1. Michael Geurguis, BSc(Hons)
  1. Medical student at the University of Toronto in Ontario and a master’s student in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
  1. Celine Vereecken-Smith, BSc
  1. Third-year medical student in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University.
  1. David Ponka, MDCM CCFP(EM) FCFP MSc⇑
  1. Family doctor and Director of the Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine at the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.
  1. Correspondence Dr David Ponka; email dponka{at}cfpc.ca
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