June 19, 2013
New online publication in the Medical Decision Making journal
Our team just published the paper "Validation of SURE, a Four-Item Clinical Checklist for Detecting Decisional Conflict in Patients" in Medical Decision Making.
Authors: Audrey Ferron Parayre, Michel Labrecque, Michel Rousseau, Stéphane Turcotte and France Légaré.
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June 18, 2013
Our team will be presenting at the North American Primary Care Research Group/Practice-Based Research Network Conference
Dr Légaré will be presenting at North American Primary Care Research Group /Practice-Based Research Network Conference on June 19 in Bethesda, Maryland. On tuesday, June 18th, she hosts a plenary concerning shared decision-making : Opportunities to Implement Comparative Effectiveness Research in Clinical Practice and the issue of Knowledge Translation efforts in Canada.
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June 17, 2013
Four team members participate to the 7th International Shared Decision Making Conference, in Lima, Peru
Team members, Renée Drolet, Mireille Guerrier, Marie Claude Lord and Philippe Thompson-Leduc, will be presenting our work at the 7th International Shared Decision Making Conference, on June 17 to June 19 in Lima, Peru. They will be presenting on different aspects of shared decision making and participating to posters sessions, oral presentations and symposiums.
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June 10, 2013
A new publication in BMJ Quality & Safety Online First, by Dre Trudy van derWeijden
Our team congratulates Dre Trudy van derWeijden for a new article. The article is now available in BMJ Quality & Safety Online First, "How can clinical practice guidelines be adapted to facilitate shared decision making? A qualitative key-informant study".
Authors: Trudy van derWeijden, Arwen H Pieterse, Marije S Koelewijn-van Loon, Loes Knaapen, France Légaré, Antoine Boivin, Jako S Burgers, Anne M Stiggelbout, Marjan Faber, Glyn Elwyn
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June 5, 2013
New publication by Dr. Miriam Lacasse in the Canadian Medical Education Journal : Using field notes to evaluate competencies in family medicine training: a study of predictors of intention
A new publication in the Canadian Medical Education Journal by Dr. Miriam Lacasse regarding the use of field notes in family medicine is now available. The article title is: Using field notes to evaluate competencies in family medicine training: a study of predictors of intention.
Authors: Miriam Lacasse, Frédéric Douville, Émilie Desrosiers, Luc Côté, Stéphane Turcotte, France Légaré
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May 31, 2013
"Award for Excellence in Mentoring Louis Larochelle 2013" awarded to Dr. France Légaré
Congratulations to Dr. France Légaré who is a recipient of the "
Award for Excellence in Mentoring Louis Larochelle" in the Faculty of Medicine, Laval University. The prize was awarded at the "Annual Research Day of the Faculty of Medicine.
This award recognizes a professor whose support for one or several colleagues, especially professors- researchers early in their careers, are remarkable. This person is distinguished by its mentoring, support of the career development of colleagues and integrating over the faculty of the School of Medicine, as well as their research environment.

Dr. France Légaré, proud recipient of the "Award for Excellence in Mentoring Louis Larochelle" receives the prize from Dr. Michel J. Tremblay, Vice Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine
May 31, 2013
"Best Poster Presentation" award at Philippe Thompson-Leduc
Congratulations to PHILIPPE THOMPSON-LEDUC, master's student in epidemiology under the supervision of France Légaré, for his prize for the best poster presentation. It was presented at the "Annual Research Day of the Faculty of Medicine”, Laval University.

Philipe Thompson-Leduc, recipient of the "Best Poster Presentation" award
Mai 21, 2013
Our team contributes to a new publication by Dr. Sophie Desroches’ team in PLOS ONE
A new publication by Dre Sophie Desroches’ team is now available in the PLOS ONE online journal. The article is entitled : Psychosocial Factors of Dietitians' Intentions to Adopt Shared Decision Making Behaviours: A Cross-Sectional Survey.
Authors: Sarah-Maude Deschênes, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, France Légaré, Annie Lapointe, Stéphane Turcotte, Sophie Desroches
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May 15, 2013
Post-doctoral fellowship
The Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Primary Care invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship on knowledge translation regarding new methods for prenatal screening.
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May 15, 2013
MSc or PhD scholarship
The Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Shared Decision Making in Primary Care invites applications for a MSc or PhD scholarship on knowledge translation regarding new methods for prenatal screening.
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April 26, 2013
New publication in PLOS one : Shared Decision Making Does Not Influence Physicians against Clinical Practice Guidelines
Our team just published the paper "Shared Decision Making Does Not Influence Physicians against Clinical Practice Guidelines" in PLOS one.
Authors: Guerrier M, Légaré F, Turcotte S, Labrecque M, Rivest L-P.
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April 21, 2013
Audrey Ferron Parayre gets a CIHR scholarship!
Audrey Ferron Parayre was awarded a doctoral scholarship from the Canadian Insitutes of Health Research for her doctorate in law (LLD). through the F. Banting Graduate Funding Program of Canada. With 105,000$ bursary over the next 3 years, we wish her all the best in pursuing her doctoral project!
April 18, 2013
Our team at the "Symposium on digital tools to support decision making and collaborative health communication" of the ACFAS, Thursday May 9, 2013
Our team will hold a symposium on "digital tools to support decision making and collaborative health communication" at the 81th annual meeting of the ACFAS that will be held on May 6-10, 2013 at Université Laval, Québec City.
The symposium will be held on May 9, 2013, room 1289A, Ferdinand-Vandry building, Université Laval.
April 9, 2013
New publication by our team in Patient Education and Counseling
Our team has published an editorial entitled Moving from theorization to applied research and hopefully to clinical practice in the journal Patient Education and Counseling.
Author: France Légaré
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March 18, 2013
A new systematic review in Health Expectations
Our team has published a systematic review entitled Assessments of the extent to which healthcare providers involve patients in decision making: a systematic review of studies using the OPTION instrument.
Authors: Nicolas Couët, Sophie Desroches, Hubert Robitaille, Hugues Vaillancourt, Annie LeBlanc, Stéphane Turcotte, Glyn Elwyn, France Légaré
March 11, 2013
Our team contributed to a new systematic review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Our team contributed to a new systematic review published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and entitled: Interventions to enhance adherence to dietary advice for preventing and managing chronic diseases in adults.
Authors: Desroches S, Lapointe A, Ratté S, Gravel K, Légaré F, Turcotte S.
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February 18, 2013
Audrey Ferron Parayre wins the jury prize at the Community Health seminar
On February 14, at the graduate students' seminar in Community Health (Université Laval), Audrey Ferron Parayre won the jury prize for presenting her Master's thesis project, a validation study of the SURE. The SURE is a screening tool aiming to detect patients who experiment clinically significant levels of decisional conflict in the course of making a health-related choice.
February 13, 2013
Matthew Menear receives a TUTOR-PHC research grant
Matthew Menear, who works under Dr France Légaré's mentorship, will receive a one year grant from the Program Transdisiplinary Understanding and Training on Research - Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC). He will use these funds to perform a project aiming to understand how to better integrate shared decision making into models of shared care providing in mental health.
February 12, 2013
New publication by our team in the Journal of Interprofessional Care
Our team just published the paper Healthcare providers' intentions to engage in an interprofessional approach to shared decision-making in home care programs: A mixed methods study.
Authors: France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Nathalie Brière, Kimberley Fraser, Sophie Desroches, Serge Dumont, Anne Sales, Carole Puma, Denise Aubé.
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February 7, 2013
Our team involved at the "New Era of Patient Engagement" event
In February 2013, Health Affairs (
http://www.healthaffairs.org), the leading US journal at the intersection of health, health care, and policy, published a special issue entitled "New Era of Patient Engagement." Our team contributed to the special issue with the paper "Shared Decision Making: Examining Key Elements And Barriers To Adoption Into Routine Clinical Practice."
Authors: France Légaré and Holly Witteman
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January 15, 2013
New publication in the Journal of General Internal Medicine
Our team contributed to publishing a paper with Dr. Politi entitled "Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines About Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Through Shared Decision Making" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Authors: Mary Politi, Kathleen Y. Wolin, France Légaré
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December 19, 2012
Two new publications by our team
Our team has recently published an article entitled "Patient and public involvement in the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines: what do developers say?" in volume (4), 2012 of the International Journal of Person Centered Medicine.
Authors: France Légaré, Antoine Boivin, Susie Gagnon, Hubert Robitaille.
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A systematic review has been published in the Cochrane Database Systematic Review. 2012 Oct 17;10, which is entitled "Printed educational materials: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes".
Authors: Giguère A, Légaré F, Grimshaw J, Turcotte S, Fiander M, Grudniewicz A, Makosso-Kallyth S, Wolf FM, Farmer AP, Gagnon MP
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November 20, 2012
AHRQ highlights our DECISION+ program
The US based Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) highlighted our DECISION+ program on its website:
AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange-Innovations and Tools to Improve Quality and Reduce Disparities. DECISION+ is a training program in shared decision making for primary healthcare professionals that aims at reducing antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections (ARI).
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