About the Authors

Finlay A McAlister

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Finlay.McAlister@ualberta.ca

Affiliation The Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Sean van Diepen

Affiliation The Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Rajdeep S Padwal

Affiliation The Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Jeffrey A Johnson

Affiliations The Institute of Health Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada , The School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Sumit R Majumdar

Affiliation The Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Competing Interests

FAM is co-chair of the Central Review Committee for the Canadian Hypertension Education Program and RSP is a member of the Canadian Hypertension Society Education Program Central Review Commitee.

Author Contributions

FAM had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. FAM conceived the study. FAM and SvD designed the study. FAM, SvD, RSP, JAJ, and SRM were involved in the acquisition of data and analysis/interpretation of the data. FAM wrote the first draft of the manuscript; FAM, SvD, RSP, JAJ, and SRM participated in revising the manuscript. FAM, SvD, RSP, JAJ, and SRM have approved submission of the final draft.