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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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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
MICGP, M Occ Med
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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
PhD, MICGP, FRCGP
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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, Maureen Kelly
BJGP Open 2018; 1 (4): bjgpopen17X101229. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen17X101229

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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, Maureen Kelly
BJGP Open 2018; 1 (4): bjgpopen17X101229. DOI: 10.3399/bjgpopen17X101229
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