This tool is an online directory of specialized healthcare partnership resources available in Quebec. These resources include entities (organizations, focus areas/teams, and communities of practice) with mandates for development, support, and mobilization at the provincial level.
In Quebec, there are more than 2,000 patients, family members, and citizens involved in research, healthcare organization, management, and medical education. To support the integration of partnership in healthcare, more than 40 entities specializing in partnership have been formed over the past 15 years, composed of patients, caregivers, members of the public, healthcare professionals, managers, and researchers.
The directory of specialized resources in healthcare partnerships includes:
- 5 provincial resources
- 28 partnership offices
- 9 research resources
- 2 knowledge transfer resources
- 5 specialized research chairs
- 5 communities of practice
Acknowledgements
A big thank you to the members of the working committee who were involved in every stage of the creation of this directory:
- Samira Amil, Co-head of Patient Partnership, RUISSS Université Laval
- Claude Guimond, Member Services Coordinator, Provincial Association of User Committees
- Sonia Lussier, Co-leader, Patient Partnership, RUISSS McGill University Branch
- Marie-Ève Maltais, Senior Advisor, Patient Partnership, Patient Experience and Caregiving, Office of Collaboration and Patient Partnership, CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
- Danièle Mercier, Planning, Programming, and Research Officer | Office of User Partnership and Ethics, CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale
- André Myre, Patient Partner, Patient Partner Office, Université de Montréal
- Marie-Dominique Poirier, Patient Partner, Passerelle
- Marie-Ève Poitras, Associate Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
- Marie Pascale-Pomey, Chair, Research Chair in Technology and Advanced Practice Evaluation, CHUM
- Karina Prévost, Patient Partner Co-leader, Communauté Expériences
- Christian Ruchon, Project Manager, Centre of Excellence on Patient and Public Partnership
Project Manager
- Myriam Fournier-Tombs, Coordinator, Patient/Public/Organizational Partnership Focus Area
Project Coordinators
- Marie-Anne Fillion, Patient Coordinator, Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public
- Camille Bolduc-Boyer, Project Manager, Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public
Who is it for and why?
This tool helps patients, their caregivers or loved ones, members of the public, and healthcare professionals easily find teams specializing in partnering, based on their region and needs. The directory also aims to support healthcare institutions in accessing resources to improve their partnering practices.
Healthcare professionals include:
Researchers, clinicians, technicians, managers, administrators, and decision-makers.
Tool features
- It allows users to view resources by health region and by the territories covered by Quebec’s university health and social services networks (RUISSS).
- It provides access to the contact details of available resources.
The directory is in French.