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CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE - DECEMBER 2008

Osman Ali, Professor of Public Health and Dean, School of Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Ana Maria Almaraz Serrano, Junction Service, Substance Misuse Directorate, Imperial College, London, UK Simon Atkinson, Medical Education Developer, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust & Lecturer in Medical Education, University of Bristol, UK Peter Barling, Professor of Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Charlotte Barrett is a Medical Student, St Georges, University of London, UK Taruna Bindal is a Specialist Registrar in paediatrics at Russells Hall Hospital, West Midlands, UK Mitch Blair, Department of Paediatrics, Imperial College, London, UK Kim Blake, Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Paul Booton, Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK Deborah Bowman is Senior Lecturer (Ethics and Law) and Associate Dean, St Georges, University of London, UK Elizabeth Calton is a medical student, St Georges University of London, UK Helen Cameron, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK Dr. Rosemarie Cannarella is the Assistant Dean for Student Services at West Virginia University, Eastern Division, USA Angela Carragher, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Dr Lynn Clouder, Director of the Centre for Interprofessional e-Learning at Coventry University, UK Dr. Scott Cottrell is the Assistant Dean for Medical Education-Eastern Division and Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at West Virginia University, USA Jill Curley, Division of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Jane Essex is an Academic FY1 Doctor, Borders General Hospital, Scotland, UK Michael Ford, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK Helen Goodyear is a Consultant Paediatrician at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and an Associate Postgraduate Dean in the West Midlands Deanery, UK Jenny Higham, Head of Undergraduate Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK Bruce Holmes, Learning Resources Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr. Mitch Jacques is the Associate Vice President for Health Sciences and the Dean of the Eastern Division at West Virginia University, USA Fanney Kristmundsdottir, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK Naomi Low-Beer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College, London, UK Martin Lupton, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Imperial College, London, UK Catherine Matheson, Research Associate, East Midlands Workforce Deanery, University of Nottingham, UK George Masterton, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK Annmarie McShane, Foundation Year 2 Doctor, Mater Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Stephen Morley, Computing Services MedIT, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Shirley Murray, Northern Ireland Regional Haemovigilance Service, Northern Ireland, UK Mark ODonnell, Department of Surgery, Belfast City Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK Lisa Pritchard is a journalist based in London, UK Perumal Ramasamy, Professor of Biochemistry, Head, Biomedical Sciences and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Sabah Mohsin Rashid, Paediatric Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr. Jamie Shumway is the Associate Dean for medical education at West Virginia University, USA John Spencer, Professor in Primary Care and Medical Education at Newcastle University, UK Liz Spencer, Consultant Anaesthetist, Director of Medical Education, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, UK Dr. Satid Thammasitboon is a Paediatric Critical Care specialist and an Associate residency director for Paediatrics, West Virginia University, USA Jill Thistlethwaite, Professor of Clinical Education and Research, Director of the Institute of Clinical Education, University of Warwick, UK David Wall is Deputy Postgraduate Dean and Professor of Medical Education in West Midlands Deanery, UK James Warner, Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK

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