About Us

Implement shared decision making throughout life trajectories and across the continuum of care

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Our mission

Empowering Shared Decision-Making

Providing health professionals and their patients with the necessary skills to promote shared decision-making throughout the healthcare continuum. Intensify the mobilisation of knowledge generated by research into the involvement of individuals and communities in health and social care decision-making. This will be achieved by diversifying and strengthening partnerships (e.g. patient associations, community groups, businesses, government organisations) and by using innovative knowledge mobilisation strategies that draw on a greater diversity of epistemological knowledge and contexts. This will help to scale up the impact of the knowledge generated by this research at national and international level and, ultimately, to revitalise our democratic society.

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Impacts

Enable more people to benefit from being involved in decisions about their health and well-being,

The research programme thus creates a more people-centred health system, and ultimately sustainable cities and communities with a focus on justice and equity.

Our objectives and values

Acting as the reference source in training and support for health professionals in shared decision-making

We are guided by strong principles that define our approach and commitment to each project :

 

  • Professional integrity and ethics
  • Excellence and continued improvement
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Rigour and respect

  • Intensify the mobilisation of knowledge from work on shared decision-making

    Diversifying and strengthening partnerships and by focusing on the international Francophonie.

  • Explore innovative strategies for mobilising knowledge

    Drawing on a greater diversity of epistemological and disciplinary knowledge.

  • Amplify the mobilisation of knowledge from work on shared decision-making

    Promoting the potential for scaling up its impact at national and international level

  • Maximise capacity

    Targeting training in the research and practice of knowledge mobilisation, shared decision-making and scaling to a wider range of individuals and communities.

  • Consolidate the relevance and acceptability of shared decision-making

    Through action in policy environments and built frameworksTo foster shared decision making by promoting strategies that encourage patients and healthcare professionals to participate in decision making.