Our services
These services are aimed at any person or organization working in the fields of health research, health care and social services, as well as the general public.
- Propose a teaching strategy tailored to your needs
- Recommend techno-pedagogical tools adapted to your needs
- Analyze training needs and define pedagogical objectives
- Draw up a training plan
- Adapt existing training
- Develop training material (video, narrated presentation, animation, interactive poster, podcast, etc.)
Our activities
- Complementary training and capacity-building program for FRQ fellows on patient-oriented research, the learning healthcare system, care trajectories and the quintuple aim, in partnership with Québec’s three research funds. Fellowships offered in partnership with the Unit enable grant holders to hone their skills, enhance their career trajectory, network and work in an interdisciplinary environment.
- Training program aimed at any person or organization working in health in the fields of research, care and social services. Accompaniment of the Unit’s team members, experts and partners in the development of training content and programs
Trainings

Marie-Dominique Poirier, patient partner
The patient-research partnership is based on my personal experience as a patient. This first-hand knowledge lets me approach research from a different angle—that of the patient—and allows me to make a small contribution to health care progress.
Toolbox
See allGuide to mHealth Implementation
The Getting ready form: for an optimal medical appointment
The power of PROMs: reporting your health results means taking part in your own treatment
An interactive guide to help you succeed in Organizational Participatory Research
News
See allLHS Incubator
TUTOR-PHC welcomes its first patient partner trainee: Marie-Dominique Poirier
5 leading young researchers in learning health systems win new Junior 1 career fellowship
5 winners of the Learning Health System Poster Competition
Publications
See allA program theory for a continuing professional development program to enhance primary care nurses’ mental health assessment practices
Find out what's a learning health system in 60 seconds
How to meaningfully and equitably involve patients and the public in scaling up: upcoming publication of a study protocol
Learning resulting from a multicentric study: a new article by Marie-Eve Poitras and her team as part of the Unité de soutien SRAP du Québec demonstration project
Service request
When you apply for support from the Unité de soutien SSA Québec, you are taking part in the emergence of a learning health system (LHS). We offer three types of support: training, consultation and tools.
Team
Anik Giguère
Comanagement of the Capacity Building axis and Decision-Making
Marie-Ève Poitras
Comanagement of the Capacity Building Axis, PREMs and PROMs
Marie-Dominique Poirier
Patient Partner Comanagement of the Capacity Building Axis and the program for scholarship holders