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CanFOAMed: Canadians can do FOAM too
  1. Ken Milne1,
  2. Brent Thoma2,
  3. Chris Bond3,
  4. Eve Purdy4,
  5. Stella Yiu5,
  6. Elisha Targonsky6,
  7. Teresa Chan7
  1. 1Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  3. 3Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  4. 4Department of Undergraduate Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  5. 5Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  6. 6Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  7. 7Clinical Scholar, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, McMaster Clinic, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Teresa Chan, Clinical Scholar, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Rm 254, McMaster Clinic, Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 2X2; teresa.chan{at}medportal.ca, teresamchan{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2013-203341

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    • Contributors WKM conceived the letter and recruited us as coauthors. WKM, BT, CB, EP, SY, ET and TC all participated in the authorship of the letter collaboratively and also actively participated in editing the document for content, clarity and brevity. TC finalised the formatting and submitted the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.