Preface to This Supplemental Issue: Select Proceedings of the 2016 Congress on Continuing Professional Development

Curtis A Olson1, Tanya Horsley, Joan Sargeant

  • 1Dr. Olson: Editor-in-Chief, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH. Dr. Horsley: Assistant Editor, Associate Director, Research Unit, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Sargeant: Senior Associate Editor, Professor and Head, Division of Medical Education Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. Stevenson: Guest Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of European CME.

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