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The use of social-networking sites in medical education

Peter CartledgeYorkshire School of Paediatrics, UK; DR PETER CARTLEDGE, BSc, MBChB, MRCPCH is a Specialty Registrar at the Yorkshire School of Paediatrics. The project was completed whilst completing a Fellowship at the Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) National University of Rwanda (NUR) – Imperial College London health link.Correspondence[email protected]
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Michael MillerNational University of Rwanda, Rwanda; DR MICHAEL MILLER, DO is Acting Head of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the National University of Rwanda, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver.
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Bob PhillipsUniversity of York, UK; DR ROBERT PHILLIPS, MA, BM BCh, MRCPCH, MMedSci is an MRC Research Fellow at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, UK.
Pages 847-857 | Published online: 10 Jul 2013

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