O’Regan, Andrew
Cullen, Walter
O’Gorman, Clodagh
Hickey, Louise
O’Neill, Eimear
O’Doherty, Jane
Hannigan, Ailish
Article History
Received: 12 March 2018
Accepted: 6 December 2018
First Online: 18 December 2018
Ethics Approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the study was granted by the Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP). Medical students involved in data collection were trained and supported in the process by faculty and all data were de-identified at source and stored appropriately. Accordingly, consent for accessing clinical records was not required which was in line with the ICGP research guidelines at the time of the study. The data collection procedure which did not involve seeking consent was approved by the ICGP research ethics committee.
: Not applicable.
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