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 2011-2012

1. Organization of the First Conference (plenary sessions and discussion groups) on Primary Health Care and Services,untitled 'The clinical setting, a powerful lever for research on Primary health Care and Services' held in Montreal, october 2011 (see details in PHCS Axis Activities section)
2. Support of the adoption of tools and methods by the settings already involved
3. Participation at the Bridging the Gaps : a canadian primary healthcare electronic medical record conference held in Toronto and organized by the CREATE-PHC Team, Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, U Western Ontario
4. Presentations at several locations (conference, Public Health Department, meetings of Family Physicians)
5. Stimulation of collaborations between clinical settings and researchers (letters of support, research of experts..)

2012-2013 Work Plan

1. To increase the number of participants in clinical settings
2. To continue to support clinical settings already involved (research enquiries -research projects development)
3. To target the offer of services to specific contexts (including training needs)
4. To facilitate exchanges between researchers and clinical settings
5. To promote transfer and appropriation of knowledge (PopHealth Notes-Posters communication-Event organization)
6. To continue participation in the creation of research ideas or policy recommendations to address the identified gaps in the Primary Health Care Electronic Medical Record domain
7. To identify the approaches, tools and techniques and technology potentially useful in the planning and execution of research projects
8. To identify sources of additional financial support to implement the proposed action plan

Current Activities

1. Support to the 1st GMF involved
2. Completion of the report on the The clinical setting, a powerful lever for research on Primary health Care and Services conference
3. Completion of the PopHealth Notes 'A participatory approach for a research rooted in the Primary Care practice'
4. Posters presentations

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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

Reports

• Tousignant P, Remondin M, Laurendeau M-C et Bergeron P, 2012.Une approche participative pour une recherche ancrée dans la pratique en première ligne. Carnet-synthèse No 11 du Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec.

Poster presentations

• Remondin M, Tousignant P, Rancourt J-F. 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.(Click here)
  
  
• Remondin M, Tousignant P, Rancourt J-F 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 and Policy Research Conference, Montréal, 28-30 may 2012 .(Click here)
  
  
  
• 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.