{"id":17124,"date":"2019-10-23T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readaptation.umontreal.ca\/?page_id=17124"},"modified":"2025-06-12T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:23:32","slug":"brigitte-vachon-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readaptation.umontreal.ca\/en\/research\/researchers\/brigitte-vachon-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigitte Vachon, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one-third first \">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffffff;\">&#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readaptation.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2018\/03\/VACHON_B_2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14406\" width=\"150\" height=\"224\" \/><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-third  \">\n<h3>Director of the occupational therapy program and Full Professor<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Contact details (Research)<\/strong><br \/>\nCentre de recherche du CIUSSS de l\u2019Est de Montr\u00e9al et de l\u2019Institut universitaire en sant\u00e9 mentale de Montr\u00e9al<br \/>\n7331 rue Hochelaga<br \/>\nMontr\u00e9al (Qu\u00e9bec) H1N 3V2<br \/>\n<strong>T<\/strong> 514 251-4015<\/p>\n<p>Other affiliations : Centre de recherche du CISSS Laval and Centre de recherche Charles-Le Moyne\u2013Saguenay\u2013Lac Saint-Jean sur les innovations en sant\u00e9<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact details (School of Rehabilitation)<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>T<\/strong> 514 343-2094<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:brigitte.vachon@umontreal.ca\">brigitte.vachon@umontreal.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Program<br \/>\n<\/strong>Occupational Therapy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Brigitte_Vachon\">Profile on ResearchGate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>B.Sc. Occupational Therapy, \u00c9cole de r\u00e9adaptation, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (1994)<\/li>\n<li>M.Sc. Biomedical Sciences (rehabilitation), Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Clinical Sciences, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke (2009)<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctorat in knowledge translation, Ottawa Hospital Research Centre, University of Ottawa (2009-2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Current research projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evaluation of the impact and implementation of a quality improvement collaborative promoting the commitment of front-line professionals in improving the services offered to people with chronic illness in the province of Quebec: COMPAS +.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Development of a navigation guide for people with diabetes to facilitate access to primary care interprofessional services<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evaluation of the impacts and use of the portfolio in a context of continuing professional development among occupational therapists<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Analysis of facilitators and barriers and development of occupational therapists&#8217; practices in primary care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Selected publications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>Bri\u00e8re-Dulude, S<\/u>., <u>Melgares, L<\/u>., <u>Labourot, J<\/u>., <u>Deslauriers, T<\/u>., G\u00e9linas, I., Layani, G., <strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>. Sondage sur les pratiques des m\u00e9decins de famille et sur la collaboration interprofessionnelle avec des ergoth\u00e9rapeutes en GMF quant au d\u00e9pistage des conducteurs \u00e0 risque. Revue canadienne du vieillissement (sous-presse).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Layani, G, <strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>, Duhoux, A, Lussier, M-T, et al. (2022). Structuring and Organizing Interprofessional Healthcare in Partnership with Diabetic Patients: The INMED care pathway. Journal of Inteprofessional Care, Online first. doi\/full\/10.1080\/13561820.2022.2051452<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>, Giasson, G, Gaboury, I, Gaid, D, No\u00ebl de Tilly, V, Houle, L, Bourbeau, J, Pomey, M-P. (2022). Challenges and strategies for improving COPD primary care services in Quebec: Results of the experience of the COMPAS+ quality improvement collaborative. International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 17: 259-272.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>, Curran, J, Karunananthan, S, Graham, I, Moher, D, Sales, A.E, Strauss, S.E, Fiander, M, Paprica, A.P, Grimshaw, J.\u00a0 (2021). Changing research culture towards more use of replication research: A narrative review of barriers and strategies. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 129: 21-30.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>, Curran, J, Karunananthan, S, Graham, I, Moher, D, Sales, A.E, Strauss, S.E, Fiander, M, Paprica, A.P, Grimshaw, J (2021).\u00a0 A concept analysis and meta-narrative review established a comprehensive theoretical definition of replication research to improve its use. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 129: 176-187.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B.,<\/strong> &amp; Donnelly, C. (2020). Diabetes. In D. P. Dirette &amp; S. A. Gutman (dir.), <em>Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction<\/em> (8<sup>th<\/sup>). Wolters Kluwer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B.<\/strong>, Gaboury, I., Memear, M., Pomey, M.-P., Roy, D., Houle, L., Breton, M., Duhoux, A., \u00c9mond, V., Giasson, G., Kaczorowski, J., L\u00e9gar\u00e9, F., Lussier, M.-T., Pluye, P., &amp; Vanasse, A. (2020). Evaluating implementation and impact of a provincial quality improvement collaborative for the management of chronic diseases in primary care: the COMPAS+ study protocol. <em>BMC Family Practice, 21<\/em>(1), 1-9. doi:10.1186\/s12875-019-1072-y<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karunananthan, S., Maxwell, L.J, Welch V.A, et al. (2020). When and how-to replication systematic reviews. Protocol. Cochrane database of systematic reviews. doi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/deref\/http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1002%2F14651858.MR000052?_sg%5B0%5D=5OYtU29ZwJ0dVsnmBkeDhgCnAgOAPcprLOFr7sRgH1mcCh7h2WYu-wqwD_pbyqayse5VxKBLPyt5rbWzQMSmQK5pxQ.NqZAUkT96m1ms2XWIsupwfu74YJCHLEeFWN3K_mxr2bUvfuqIVSgvhQGr2-cJVtipZxbLeInUH4YX7UNjj8yVQ\">10.1002\/14651858.MR000052<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locas, V., Pr\u00e9fontaine, C., Veillette, N., &amp; <strong>Vachon, B.<\/strong> (2020). Integration of occupational therapists into family medicine groups: Physicians\u2019 perspectives. <em>British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83<\/em>(7), 458-468. doi:10.1177\/0308022619883481\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>., Foucault, M.-L., Gigu\u00e8re, C.-E., Rochette, A, Thomas, A., &amp; Morel, M. (2017). Factors influencing acceptability and perceived impacts of a mandatory ePortfolio implemented by an occupational therapy regulatory organization. <em>Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. <\/em>doi:10.1097\/ceh.0000000000000182<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B.<\/strong>, Huynh, A-T., Breton, M., Camirand, M. Quesnel, L., Tardif, S., &amp; Leblanc, J. (2017). Patients&#8217; expectations and solutions for improving primary diabetes care. <em>International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 30<\/em>(6), 554- doi:10.1108\/ijhcqa-07-2016-0106<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foucault, M-L., <strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>., Thomas, A., Rochette, A., &amp; Gigu\u00e8re, C-E. (2017). Utilisation of an electronic portfolio to engage occupational therapists in continuing professional development: Results of a provincial survey. <em>Disability and Rehabilitation, 14,<\/em> 1-9. doi:10.1080\/09638288.2017.1300335<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vachon, B<\/strong>., Desorcy, B., Camirand, M., Rodrigue, J., Quesnel, L., Guimond, C., . . . Grimshaw, J. (2013). Engaging Primary Care Practitioners in Quality Improvement: Making explicit the program theory of an interprofessional education intervention. <em>BMC Health Services Research<\/em>, <em>13<\/em>, 1 doi:10.1186\/1472-6963-13-106<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>V<\/strong><strong>achon, B.<\/strong>, Durand, M.-J., &amp; LeBlanc, J. (2010). Empowering occupational therapists to become evidence-based work rehabilitation practitioners. <em>Work: A journal of prevention, assessment and rehabilitation, 37<\/em>(2): 119- doi:10.3233\/wor-2010-1063<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge translation<\/li>\n<li>Continuous health services quality improvement and practice change<\/li>\n<li>Continuing professional development<\/li>\n<li>Reflective practice<\/li>\n<li>Primary care and chronic disease management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education B.Sc. Occupational Therapy, \u00c9cole de r\u00e9adaptation, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al (1994) M.Sc. 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