September 14, 2007 – Students at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal will now receive courses in disease prevention. The medical training provided by the largest medical school in Canada, in terms of student numbers, will benefit from the work of the new Lucie and André Chagnon teaching chair on the integrated approach to prevention.
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From left to right : Dr Jean L. Rouleau, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal; Mr. Guy Berthiaume, Vice-Rector, Development and Alumni Relations at the University of Montreal; DD Brigitte Maheux, holder of the Lucie and André Chagnon teaching chair on the integrated approach to prevention at the University of Montreal; Dr Michel Boivin, Director, Health Promotion at the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation. |
Set up thanks to a donation of CA $ 2 million from the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, the new university chair will be responsible for producing educational tools for disease prevention and integrating the concept of social pediatrics into the curriculum. teaching of the Faculty.
Based on the idea that the acquisition of healthy lifestyle habits can prevent and reduce the impact of the main health problems, the doctors in training will be made aware of a global approach to health care. In the courses given to future doctors, we will take into account, in particular, evidence from complementary and alternative medical approaches.
The incumbent of the new chair, DD Brigitte Maheux, professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, underlines that it is necessary “to restore all its importance to prevention among future doctors”. “The Chagnon Foundation is throwing us a great challenge,” she says, “providing us with significant financial resources to improve education in this area. “
In addition to intervening with future doctors, the holder of the new university chair also wishes to be able to reach those who study nursing and pharmacy. “The integrated approach to health care is a matter of teamwork and collaboration between different health professionals,” she emphasizes.
The Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation1 Its mission is to contribute to the development and improvement of health by preventing poverty and disease by acting mainly with children and their parents.
Pierre Lefrançois – PasseportSanté.net
1. PasseportSanté.net is a 100% subsidiary of the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation.
