PROMIS® is the tool of choice for patient-oriented research worldwide
We supported the first steps in implementing the PROMIS® system, in English and in French, to improve patient-oriented research and care.
Québec LHS Portal: the Unit supports the Québec health and social services network
The Unit makes its service offerings available through its LHS Portal. You can apply for support online. Several types of requests are possible.
Understanding research: a website to demystify the basic concepts of research
The Understanding Research site aims to demystify the basic concepts of research. Videos, glossary and guide are available.
SSA-RUISSS teams to build Québec’s learning health system capacity in the field
The Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec is proud to announce the launch of the SSA-RUISSS teams in Québec. The Unit thus ensures that the four University Health and Social Services Networks (hereafter referred to as RUISSS) are firmly anchored in the field.
Environmental Scan: The use of patient-reported experience and outcomes (PREMs and PROMs)
Professor Marie-Ève Poitras' team conducted an environmental scan (practice identification study) to know the current state of knowledge and use of measures of health status and experience of care self-reported by patients in professional organizations as well as in organizations representing patients in Québec.
Snapshot of the use of Teleconsultations
Supported by the Unité de soutien SSA Québec, Mylaine Breton, a researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke, and her team have drawn up a portrait of the level of implementation of teleconsultations in the COVID-19 context and their advantages and disadvantages compared to in-person medical visits. Read the results of an environmental scan on the use of teleconsultations in the front line and its conclusions.
18 videos to help you do participatory research
Our Capacity Building team was able to put its expertise to good use, particularly by providing advice on techno-pedagogy.
Creation guide for a composite gender score
How do you indirectly measure gender in human research? Here is a guide to creating a composite gender score.
Questionnaire for measuring human gender in research
This questionnaire measures gender identity, gender roles and sexual orientation in research.
Find out what’s a learning health system in 60 seconds
Discover the concept of a learning health system by watching this short animated video. You'll understand its foundations, objectives and purpose.
What is the value of patient-reported outcomes and experience measures for clinical practice?
How do you capture the patient's perspective? Marie-Eve Poitras and Sara Ahmed explain it to us.
Do you know the patient partner community “Expériences”?
Discover it in video. It is a unique initiative.
More citizen engagement on the territory of the Université Laval RUISSS
The Community of Practice supports teams who wish to engage citizens, patients or caregivers in their projects or governance. It also offers training on patient partnership.
“Building Québec’s Learning Health System Together” summit: A Shift to Partnership and Continuous Improvement
On March 24, 2022, the Unité de soutien au système de santé apprenant (SSA) Québec held the summit "Building Québec's Learning Health System Together". The population and key members of our health and social services network were at the same event to build the future. This gathering was an opportunity to initiate a real shift towards partnership and continuous improvement of our health system.
An Indigenous Patient Circle is launched in Quebec
The Indigenous Patient Circle of Quebec is an independent and self-determined community whose purpose is to provide a safe space for its members to share and to guide the implementation of the Unité de soutien SSA Québec's Indigenous Health Program.