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Qualitative study of motivators and outcomes of Sri Lankan doctors achieving MRCGPInternational

Luisa M PettigrewDirector of Postgraduate GP Education and Head of GP School, Mersey Deanery, RCGP Workplace Based Assessment Clinical LeadCorrespondence[email protected]
, MBChB DFFP DRCOG DCH MRCGP MSc,
Dinusha PereraLecturer in Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
, DFM DipMedEdu MRCGP[INT] &
Val WassProfessor of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Keele University
, BSc FRCGP FRCP MHPE PhD
Pages 251-257 | Published online: 07 Oct 2015

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