Figure 2.

Assembling the methods for collective thinking to orient the project of a data and information system for antimicrobial surveillance in Quebec: A decision-making process that locates ethics by default at each stage requires a reassembling of the program development cycle of conceptualization up to implementation and evaluation. This decision-making process becomes community-based by the bridge it creates between deliberation (Step 2) and reflexivity upstream, i.e., before and during the conceptualization phase. This “preparatory phase” becomes a process of planning (Step 1) and evaluating (Step 3) decisions in order to co-build collective ethics (for/by the community) that empowers individuals to think critically and the community to critically evaluate based on dialogue, concertation, and a proper environment for knowledge translation.