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Clinical adaptations for advanced career emergency physicians: an approach to support practice transition

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Acknowledgements

We thank the members of the Vancouver Acute Emergency Physicians Association for their vision in supporting the ACWG process and the resulting recommendations for progressive changes in our group. We also gratefully acknowledge the support and perspective provided by Dr. Louise Rang, and the Queen’s University Department of Emergency Medicine, during the work of the ACWG and the planning of this commentary.

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    Riyad B. Abu-Laban, Nicholas G. W. Rose, David Migneault, Erin Fukushima, Kerry E. Walker & Jill McEwen

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Abu-Laban, R.B., Rose, N.G.W., Migneault, D. et al. Clinical adaptations for advanced career emergency physicians: an approach to support practice transition. Can J Emerg Med 25, 931–934 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00591-2

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