Anti-racism in CanMEDS 2025

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Kannin Osei-Tutu, University of Calgary

MD MSc, CCFP

University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine

Nathalie Duchesne, Collège des Médecins du Québec

MD, MScM, MPH

Collège des Médecins du Québec

Cheryl Barnabe, University of Calgary

University of Calgary

Saleem Razack , McGill University

MD, FRCPC

McGill University 

Jerry M Maniate , University of Ottawa

MD, M.Ed, FRCPC, FACP, CCPE

University of Ottawa

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Osei-Tutu K, Duchesne N, Barnabe C, Richardson L, Razack S, Thoma B, Maniate JM. Anti-racism in CanMEDS 2025. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2023 Mar. 21 [cited 2024 Nov. 5];14(1):33-40. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/75844

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