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    Congratulations to our colleague Felly Bakwa who made the final submission of her Master's thesis entitled: Évaluation de l’impact d’une formation de développement professionnel continu chez des médecins (Evaluating the impact of a continuing professional development program on physicians).

    By Carole Thiébaut - 21/03/2023

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Chairholder

France Légaré, B. Sc. Arch, MD, MSc, PhD, CCFP, FCFP

Titulaire de la Chaire
  • Tier 1 Chairholder, Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation
  • Full Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval
  • Clinical Investigator, Population Health and Practice-Changing Research, CHU de Québec - Université Laval
  • Co-director, Learning Health System Core, Learning Health System Axe Gestion du changement--LHS-Quebec SUPPORT Unit.
  • Co-Lead Knowledge Translation Axis for VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable
  • Clinician-teacher, UMF Saint-François d'Assise
  • Affiliate Investigator, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI)

VITAM - Research Centre in Sustainable Health - CHU de Québec - Université Laval

418 663-5313

france.legare@fmed.ulaval.ca

@SDM_ULAVAL

Formation académique

  • 2021/9 - … Certificate, Philosophy, Université Laval
  • 2000/9 - 2005/1 Doctorate, Population Health, Population Health, University of Ottawa
  • 1990/9 - 1995/2 Master's Equivalent, Community Health - Masters, Community Health, Université Laval
  • 1993/9 - 1994/9 Diploma, Family Medicine - Fellow, Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
  • 1988/9 - 1990/6 Certificate, CCFP, Family Medicine, Université Laval
  • 1984/9 - 1988/5 Doctorate, M.D., Family Medicine, Université Laval
  • 1980/9 - 1984/5 Bachelor's, Architecture, Architecture, Université Laval
  • 1979/9 - 1980/5 Diploma, Pre-medicine, Pre-medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Professional experience

First trained as an architect, France Légaré has been practising family medicine in Quebec since 1990 and is a full professor in the Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine Department at Université Laval, Quebec. She is an internationally recognized leader in shared decision making (SDM) and knowledge translation research. In 2005, she obtained her PhD in Population Health from the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Dr. Annette O’Connor. The same year, she was awarded a clinical investigator grant by the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ) for her research program entitled "Health professionals in primary care: From knowledge brokers to decision brokers." From June 2006 to May 2016, Dr. Légaré held the title of Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Primary Care. Since June 1st 2016, she has held the title of Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Translation. She was also the Canadian Cochrane Network Site representative at Université Laval (the CHU de Québec Research Centre) from 1999 to 2013 and, from 2013-15, its inaugural scientific director. She now acts as its scientific co-director. She is a clinical researcher at VITAM Centre de recherche en santé durable and at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval. Dre Légaré supervises students at all levels: 25 postdoctoral fellows (15 hold scholarships), 9 doctoral students (5 scholarships) and 37 Masters (13 scholarships). She is also mentor 16 young researchers (10 scholarships). She is nominated PI/co-PI on 47 grants (˃$48 M) and Co-I on 62 grants (˃$57 M) for a total of ˃$105 M in the past 7 years. She has published more than 423 peer-reviewed papers, with 400 PubMed indexed; my h-index is 80 with ˃34 661 citations (Google Scholar). 2017-2018-2019-2021, she have been listed annually as one of the top 1% most cited scientists (https://hcr.clarivate.com/), indicating that her work has been repeatedly judged by her peers to be of notable significance and utility. Dre Légaré was named Grande Québécoise in the health sector by the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Québec (CCIQ), 2022 edition, which recognizes the exceptional merit of people who have distinguished themselves throughout their careers and who contribute to the dynamism and growth of Quebec society, she is 2020 recipient of Dr. Léo-Paul Landry Medal of Service awarded to a CMA member who has made exceptional contributions to the advancement of health care in Canada and recipient of the 2020 AFMC President’s Award for Exemplary National Leadership in Academic Medicine from the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. Her research program aims to implement shared decision making in clinical practice with a focus on home care and prenatal screening programs. In addition to SDM, primary care and knowledge translation, she is also an expert in implementation science and scale-up science. With her colleagues, she has developed several SDM interventions for various contexts and trained a large number of healthcare professionals. For example, she has trained more than 270 family physicians in SDM and optimal use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections. More recently, she trained more than 600 healthcare professionals in an interprofessional approach to SDM in home care. Lastly, her team was the first to create an online inventory of SDM training programs which is updated on a regular basis.

Research projects:

  • Acceptability and adaptation for emergency departments of a tool to foster shared decision-making in the use of antibiotic therapy to treat acute respiratory infections, Grant, Fondation de l'Université Laval, from 2015-07-01 to 2017-06-30
  • Applying Methods of User-Centered Design to Achieve Patient-Centered Care, Grant, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Improving Methods for Conducting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR), from 2014-02-01 to 2017-08-30
  • Support for research in evaluation of advanced technologies and practices in university hospitals, Grant, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, from 2015-07- 01 to 2020-06-30
  • Ethics Research Centre (CRÉ), Grant, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Society and culture, Strategic groups, from 2014-04-01 to 2020-03-31
  • Co-design of infrastructure to support and coordinate research partnerships with patient-citizens, Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Patient-Oriented Research Strategy Support Units (SPOR), from 2016 -03-01 to 2017-03-31
  • Development of knowledge transfer tools for the delivery of first-line care and services for the elderly patient with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Grant, Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science, Promotion and transfer support program (PSVT) - Component 2: Support for social innovation and structuring projects in promotion and transfer, from 2015-05-01 to 2018-06-01
  • Pilot study: Mobilization of health professionals, decision-makers and citizens to improve health care and services in rural emergencies in Quebec., Grant, Fondation de l'Université Laval, from 2015-05-01 to 2017 -03-31
  • Fostering the participation of individuals in health decisions: dissemination of research results in shared decision-making in the Quebec library network. Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Planning and dissemination grants - Community support program for institutes , from 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
  • Implementing shared decision making in interprofessional home care teams. Grant, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating grant, from 2014-07-01 to 2018-06-30
  • Improving the decision process about location of care with the frail elderly and their caregivers. Grant, Secrétariat Inter-Conseils (Canada) (CRSH, CRSNG, CIHR), Network of Centres of Excellence (RCE), from 2014-04-01 to 2016-09-30
  • Institut Technologies de l’information et Sociétés (ITIS), Grant, Institutional - BDR, BDR - Institutes, from 2005-06-01 to 2019-04-30
  • Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux. Grant, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture, Support for research infrastructures of institutes and affiliated university centres in the social sector, from 2014-04-01 to 2019-03 -31
  • Knowledge translation to optimize mobility independence in older adults: Improving cognitive and joint health network (ICON). Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Catalyst Grant for the formation of networks, from 2014-04-01 to 2017-03- 31
  • The WikiDécisionTDM study: adaptation of a shared decision support tool on the decision to have a computed tomography (CT) scan in victims of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and development of training, Grant, Fund de recherche du Québec - Santé, Consortium for the development of research in trauma, from 2016-05-01 to 2019-04-30
  • Moving Knowledge into action for more effective practice, programs and Policy: A research program focusing on integrated knowledge translation, Subvention, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Volet Fondation, from 2015-07-01 to 2022-06-30
  • PEGASUS: Personalized Genomics for prenatal aneuploidy screening using maternal blood, Grant, Genome Canada, Large-scale applied research projects, from 2013-04-01 to 2017-03-31
  • Portrait of trauma in rural emergency units in Quebec and identification of priority intervention needs to improve the quality of care., Grant, Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, Consortium for the development of research in trauma, from 2015-05-01 to 2018-04-30
  • Promoting implementation of evidence-based care, Subvention, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Component, from 2015-07-01 to 2022-06-30
  • Realist review of strategies and impacts of service user and family engagement in collaborative mental health care., S, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, Grant on knowledge synthesis, from 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
  • Réseau-1 Québec (Research network in primary health care and services
All projects

Research Interests

  • Implementation of shared decision making in clinical practice

Publications

Link to PubMed

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Adresse postale

VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale (CIUSSS-CN)
2480, chemin de la Canardière
Québec (Québec)
G1G 2G1

© Tous droits réservés.(2019)

Chaire de recherche du Canada
en décision partagée et l'application des connaissances
Dénégation Nous joindre KT Canada

Adresse postale

VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable
Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale (CIUSSS-CN)
2480, chemin de la Canardière
Québec (Québec)
G1G 2G1

© Tous droits réservés.(2019)

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