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Department of Family Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Membership of General Practitioner (MRCGP INT), Royal college of general practitioner, London, United Kingdom
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Arab Board of Family Medicine, Saudi Board of Family Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Department of Nursing, University of Perpetual Help System Philippines, Binan, Philipines
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Department of Nursing, University of La Salette, Santiago, Isabla, Philippines
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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
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