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Point-of-care testing in primary care: needs and attitudes of Irish GPs

Laima Varzgaliene, Adrienne Heerey, Charlie Cox, Tomas McGuinness, Genevieve McGuire, Jochen WL Cals, Eamonn O'Shea and Maureen Kelly
BJGP Open 2018; 1 (4): bjgpopen17X101229. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101229
Laima Varzgaliene
1 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
MD, MICGP
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  • For correspondence: laima.varzg{at}gmail.com
Adrienne Heerey
2 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
PhD, MICGP
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Charlie Cox
3 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
MCEM, MICGP
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Tomas McGuinness
4 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
MICGP
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Genevieve McGuire
5 GP and Programme Director, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
MRCGP, MICGP
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Jochen WL Cals
6 GP and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Institute, Maastricht University, , The Netherlands
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Eamonn O'Shea
7 GP and Assistant Programme Director, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
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Maureen Kelly
8 GP and Assistant Programme Director, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, , Republic of Ireland
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vol. 1 no. 4 bjgpopen17X101229
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https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X101229

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History 
  • Received May 24, 2017
  • Accepted August 29, 2017
  • Published online January 23, 2018.

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  1. Laima Varzgaliene, MD, MICGP1,*,
  2. Adrienne Heerey, PhD, MICGP2,
  3. Charlie Cox, MCEM, MICGP3,
  4. Tomas McGuinness, MICGP4,
  5. Genevieve McGuire, MRCGP, MICGP5,
  6. Jochen WL Cals, MD, PhD6,
  7. Eamonn O'Shea, MICGP, M Occ Med7 and
  8. Maureen Kelly, PhD, MICGP, FRCGP8
  1. 1 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  2. 2 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  3. 3 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  4. 4 GP Registrar, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  5. 5 GP and Programme Director, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  6. 6 GP and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht , The Netherlands
  7. 7 GP and Assistant Programme Director, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  8. 8 GP and Assistant Programme Director, Western Training Programme in General Practice, Irish College of General Practitioners, Dublin , Republic of Ireland
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
     laima.varzg{at}gmail.com
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