Going against the status quo in screening: Call to action to improve teaching in preventive health care

Affiliations

¹ Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. viola.antao@utoronto.ca.
² Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Que.
³ Academic Lead for the Physicianship Component and Director of Pedagogy at Outaouais Medical Campus in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.
⁴ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
⁵ Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
⁶ Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and in the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at CancerCare Manitoba; he is also Adjunct Scientist at the CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute.
⁷ Medical student at McGill University.
⁸ Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Director of the Centre for Health and Culture in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.
⁹ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.

Viola Antao et al. Can Fam Physician. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;68(5):340-344.

doi: 10.46747/cfp.6805340.

¹ Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Ontario. viola.antao@utoronto.ca.
² Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Que.
³ Academic Lead for the Physicianship Component and Director of Pedagogy at Outaouais Medical Campus in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University.
⁴ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
⁵ Associate Director of Research in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
⁶ Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and in the Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology at CancerCare Manitoba; he is also Adjunct Scientist at the CancerCare Manitoba Research Institute.
⁷ Medical student at McGill University.
⁸ Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Director of the Centre for Health and Culture in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.
⁹ Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alberta.

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