Primary Health Care and Services

• Brief description
• Objectives of the Axis
• Team Members of the Axis
• Overview of activities and projects
• Publications

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Brief description

Following the efforts of Paul Lamarche for cooperative action on the front line, the goal of the PHCS Axis is now focusing on developing research capacity in primary care. This strategic priority is supported by Pierre Tousignant and aims to foster partnerships between clinical settings interested in research and researchers, both for planning and carrying out research projects in clinical settings as in the transfer and appropriation of knowledge ( Frontline Clinical Research Network (RRMCPL)).(guidance document in french)

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Objectives of the Axis

1. Encourage the development of multicentre collaborative research on the organization and the effects of PHCS.
   
   
2. To contribute to the development of a culture of scientific research at the frontline of clinical care.
   
   
3. To promote the development of environments favorable to clinical research focusing on the organizational and evaluative aspects of PHCS.
   
   
4. To promote the development of researchers sensitive to the realities and needs the first line of clinical settings.
   
   
5. To inform policy makers interested in PHCS.
   

Are you interested in primary care research? Whether you're a health care professional working in clinical care or a researcher of the PHCS Axes, the RRMCPL Network can help you complete projects that are dear to your heart (contact Pierre Tousignant).

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Overview of activities and projects

Accomplishments for 2009-2010 (Operations began: Fall 2009)

1. Activation of the Executive Committee
   
2. Team building
   
3. Clarification of guidelines and priorities
   
4. Presentations at several locations (conference, Public Health Department, meetings of Family Physicians)

2010-2011 Work Plan

1. Increase the number of participants in clinical settings
   
2. Continue to support clinical settings already involved
   
   
3. Target the offer of services to specific contexts (including training needs)
   
   
4. Facilitate exchanges between researchers and clinical settings
   
   
5. To prepare a PopHealth Note edition
   
   
6. Identify the approaches, tools and techniques and technology potentially useful in the planning and execution of research projects
   
   
7. Identify sources of additional financial support to implement the proposed action plan

Current Activities

• In August 2010, meetings were conducted with several clinical settings that have approached us with research questions, based either on a deeper understanding of their customers or on the evaluation of programs initiated within their communities. Our support to these clinical settings in their approach is in progress.

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Team Members of the Axis

Axe Leader
Pierre Tousignant, M.D., M. Sc., ptousi@santepub-mtl.qc.ca
Direction de santé publique
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
1301, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal (Québec) H2L 1M3
Tél.: (514) 528-2400 poste 3569


Team Members
Danielle Larouche, M.Sc., danielle.larouche@umontreal.qc.ca
Direction de santé publique
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
1301, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal (Québec) H2L 1M3
Tél.: (514) 528-2400 poste 3339

Martine Remondin, M.Sc., mremondi@santepub-mtl.qc.ca
Direction de santé publique
Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de Montréal
1301, rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal (Québec) H2L 1M3
Tél.: (514) 528-2400 poste 3952


Executive Committee
Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, M.D., FCMF, marie-dominique.beaulieu@umontreal.ca
Jeannie Haggerty, Ph.D, jeannie.Haggerty@mcgill.ca
France Légaré, M.D., Ph.D, france.Legare@fmed.ulaval.ca
Jean-Frédéric Levesque, M.D., Ph.D., jean-frederic.levesque@inspq.qc.ca
Alain Vanasse, M.D., Ph.D, FCMF, alain.vanasse@usherbrooke.ca

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Publications

Abstracts

• Remondin M et coll. Favoriser la production d'indicateurs de qualité dans les réseaux cliniques de première ligne - Résultats d'un projet pilote impliquant un réseau de recherche en milieu clinique. 4e Rendez-vous de la gestion des maladies chroniques : les défis de la comorbidité, Montréal, 27-28 septembre 2012.(Accepted)
  
  
• Remondin M, Tousignant P, Rancourt JF et coll. Promoting the production of quality indicators in primary care clinical settings using the participative approach - Results of a pilot project with the Réseau de recherche en milieu clinique de première ligne (RRMCPL). Canadian Association for Health Services ans Policy Research Conference, Montréal, 28-30 may 2012.(Accepted)
  
  
• Tousignant P, Larouche D. Capacity Building in Primary Care Research: Development of a Practice-Based Research Network. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy 20th Anniversary Conference, Winnipeg, 8-9 mars 2010.
  
  
• Tousignant P, Larouche D. Capacity Building in Primary Care Research: Development of a Practice-Based Research Network. CIHR Primary Healthcare Summit. The Hilton Toronto, Toronto, January 18-19, 2010.

For more details on the Frontline Clinical Research Network, please click here.