Bringing together and connecting an international network of French-speaking primary care researchers: working together to target concrete actions
Date
2024-2025
Partners
Groupe francophone de soins primaires (GFSP)
Aim
Identify courses of action to enhance the visibility, recognition, and development of international research in French in the field of primary care.
Publications, forum, and presentations
Results
- Promouvoir la recherche francophone en soins primaires : réflexions tirées d’un forum international (accepted for publication). Le Médecin de famille canadien, 2025.
Forum
- Rassembler et connecter un réseau international de recherche francophone en soins primaires : cibler ensemble des actions concrètes. Annual Conference of the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), November 2024.
Oral presentation
Scientific poster
Results
Scientific research widely adopts English for the production and communication of knowledge. Despite the benefits of using a common language, this situation poses challenges for French-speaking researchers and knowledge users. During a World Café held in the fall of 2024, the team gathered the comments of 39 participants who came together to discuss the promotion of French-language research in the field of primary care. They spoke about the challenges facing French-language research in a context where science is dominated by English-language publications, such as higher impact factors for English-language publications and inequalities in the evaluation of funding applications. The concrete courses of action outlined to promote French-language research in primary care internationally emphasize: promoting multilingualism in science; relationships and networking; training the next generation and career development; various aspects of scientific communication; and adapting funding standards to the realities of Francophones.
Team
Researchers
Catherine Hudon, Professor and Clinical Researcher, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Sharon Johnston, Professor and Clinical Researcher, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
Mylaine Breton, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke
Marie-Eve Poitras, Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Christine Cohidon, Assistant Physician and Head of Research, Department of Family Medicine, Unisanté University Center for General Medicine and Public Health (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Arthur Piraux, Senior Lecturer, University of Angers (Angers, France)
Collaborators
Isabelle Dufour, Professor, School of Nursing, Université de Sherbrooke
Audrée Lemieux, Research Coordinator, Institut du Savoir Montfort
Véronique Lowry, Professor, School of Rehabilitation, Université de Montréal
Research staff
Émilie Angrignon-Girouard, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Cloé Beaulieu, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Mathieu Bisson, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Mathieu Cook, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Olivier Dumont-Samson, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Marie-Josée Émond, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Mireille Lambert, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Marie-Eve Perron, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke
Patient partner
Marie-Dominique Poirier
