Our Work
Who We Are
The Besrour Centre's working groups and teams have leaders and representatives from Canadian universities and partner countries. Together, they collaborate to develop tools and strategies to advance family medicine around the world.
People and communities around the world
- Family medicine champions and experts
- Educators
- Medical school deans
- Students and learners
- Family medicine researchers
Canadian institutions
- Canada’s 17 faculties of medicine
- Professional organizations
- Government
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Private and public foundations
National and international networks
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI)
- World Bank Group (WBG)
- World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)
- Conférence internationale des doyens et des facultés de médecine d’expression française (CIDMEF)
- Réseau international francophone pour la responsabilité sociale en santé (RIFRESS)
Besrour Centre Teams
The Besrour Centre has established working groups, research teams, and consultation experts to help accomplish the organization’s mission and goals.
Research
- The Research Working Group: Develops papers to disseminate the research of working groups, to be published in academic journals, including Canadian Family Physician.
- The Narratives and Family Medicine Mapping Working Group: Collects and analyzes narratives describing the emergence of family medicine in all Besrour partner countries; identifies themes and strategies that enable the development of family medicine in various contexts.
- The Scientific Committee: Acts as a peer-reviewed sounding board for potential partnerships and encourages scholarly exchange between Besrour partners by organizing the annual Besrour Forum’s scientific program
- The Besrour Centre Learner Group: Connects interested Canadian and international family medicine residents with projects currently in progress; provides residents interested in strengthening family medicine around the world with the ability to engage with other like-minded individuals.
Advocacy
- The Advocacy Working Group: Develops an advocacy framework and tools to advocate for family medicine before high-level audiences such as ministries of health and deans of medical schools.
- The Ethics Sub-Committee: Develops a framework and tools for the establishment of ethically sound, academic, international partnerships.
Medical education and training
The Medical Education Working Group: Collaborates with partners seeking to establish and/or strengthen training and education in family medicine primary care; advances family medicine training and education via a range of strategies focusing on assessment of needs, training and standards, and continued professional development (CPD), practice support and lifelong learning.
