Dr. André Bussières is a CMCC graduate (1991) and holds the Fellowship of the College of Chiropractic Sciences Canada (1993). He completed a BSc in Nursing in 1987 and an MSc in Kinesiology in 2008. He is a full time professor at UQTR (2002) and was program director of the chiropractic department between 2005 and 2008. Dr. Bussières will shortly complete his PhD training in Population Health and the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw, Director of Cochrane Canada. His thesis project is to establish a scientific rationale for interventions to translate research findings into clinical practice. Dr. Bussières is the recipient of the 2009 CCA Young Investigator Award, a prestigious CIHR Fellowship Award and a KT Canada Fellowship Award. He was recently awarded the CCRF Professorship in Rehabilitation Epidemiology at McGill University. This research position focuses on a scientifically sound approach to Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) development, dissemination and implementation.
His research interest focuses on knowledge translation exchange including knowledge synthesis, dissemination and implementation research and professional behaviour change to improve clinical practice and patient outcome. To date he has written over 24 scientific and clinical articles and 3 book chapters. He was the principal investigator of three diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults for chiropractors and primary care professionals. These were published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics and posted on The National Guideline Clearinghouse™. He serves as a peer reviewer to a number of journals including the JMPT, CMT, Chiropractic and Osteopathy, and the J Chiro Ed, and has given over 50 invited scientific presentations.
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