Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation


Our mission: providing health professionals and their patients with the necessary skills to promote shared decision-making throughout the healthcare continuum.

News

You will find in the present section the latest news regarding the Canadian Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation

Publication

Prostate cancer: to be tested or not?

In the October 28 issue of La Presse, Isabelle Hachey writes about prostate cancer screening and the potential benefits and risks of getting tested or not. The two charts that accompany this column illustrate this ambivalence.
The article is available here.

By Carole Thiébaut, 28/10/2024

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Publication

Prostate cancer: to be tested or not?

In the October 28 issue of La Presse, Isabelle Hachey writes about prostate cancer screening and the potential benefits and risks of getting tested or not. The two charts that accompany this column illustrate this ambivalence.
The article is available here.

By Carole Thiébaut, 28/10/2024

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Dr France Légaré cites collaboration as being key to her success in an interview published in Canadian Family Physician

Interview published in July 2024 in Canadian Family Physician titled Early interest in shared decision making contributed to fruitful research career: Dr France Légaré cites collaboration as being key to her success.

By Carole Thiébaut, 13/08/2024

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Dr France Légaré cites collaboration as being key to her success in an interview published in Canadian Family Physician

Interview published in July 2024 in Canadian Family Physician titled Early interest in shared decision making contributed to fruitful research career: Dr France Légaré cites collaboration as being key to her success.

By Carole Thiébaut, 13/08/2024

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France Légaré Among the top 50 most cited primary care researchers in Canada

The Canadian Family Physician journal has just published a study on the 50 most cited researchers in 1st-line care in Canada.
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By Carole Thiébaut, 24/05/2024

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France Légaré Among the top 50 most cited primary care researchers in Canada

The Canadian Family Physician journal has just published a study on the 50 most cited researchers in 1st-line care in Canada.
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By Carole Thiébaut, 24/05/2024

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Award

Congratulations to Dalil Asmaou Bouba, who has just been awarded a Master degree in Epidemiology!

Bravo Dalil for this great achievement!

By Carole Thiébaut, 10/05/2024

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Award

Congratulations to Dalil Asmaou Bouba, who has just been awarded a Master degree in Epidemiology!

Bravo Dalil for this great achievement!

By Carole Thiébaut, 10/05/2024

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Activity

The oral communication by our colleague Odilon Assan on the process of co-development of informed decision support tools for population screening in Quebec is available online on the ACFAS website!

At the 91st ACFAS conference, to be held in Ottawa from May 13 to 17, 2024, our colleague Odilon Assan will give a free talk on the process of co-developing informed decision-making tools for population screening in Quebec. 

By Carole Thiébaut, 10/05/2024

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Activity

The oral communication by our colleague Odilon Assan on the process of co-development of informed decision support tools for population screening in Quebec is available online on the ACFAS website!

At the 91st ACFAS conference, to be held in Ottawa from May 13 to 17, 2024, our colleague Odilon Assan will give a free talk on the process of co-developing informed decision-making tools for population screening in Quebec. 

By Carole Thiébaut, 10/05/2024

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Tools and training

You will find in the present section the tools and trainings developed by the team of the Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation

Shared decision making tools

In order to facilitate shared decision making implementation in different health contexts, these tools are available in different formats and for different types of knowledge users.

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Professional training


Our team specializes in training healthcare professionals by helping them developing the skills that will allow them to promote patient participation in decision making.

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Our team


Research team: Chairholder, Master's students, Doctoral students, Postdoctoral students, Research professionals, Collaborators ...

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Our mission

Providing health professionals and their patients with the necessary skills to promote shared decision-making throughout the healthcare continuum.

Vision

Acting as a premier training and support center and to be a cutting-edge implementation research group that helps healthcare professionals, both across Canada and abroad, to implement shared decision-making in a clinical setting.

Objectives
  • To identify primary healthcare professionals needs in order to promote strategies that encourage patients to participate in decision-making. In other words, to foster shared decision-making;

  • To assess the impact of shared decision-making on healthcare professionals and on patients.

Values
  • Professional integrity and ethics

  • Excellence and continued improvement

  • Innovation and creativity

  • Rigor and respect


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