Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau

Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau is a registered physiotherapist and an assistant professor in the physiotherapy program of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Ottawa. She is a member of the Patient Decision Aids Research Group and of the Centre For Implementation Research.

Professor Pacheco-Brousseau’s research interests focus on the role of physiotherapy in managing chronic disease (e.g., osteoarthritis), on appropriateness of care, on sharing health-care decisions with patients/clients (shared decision-making), on achieving patient-centred care, and on translating knowledge into clinical practice, health systems and health policy. To enhance the quality, relevance, applicability and impact of her research, Lissa values close collaboration with individuals with lived experience, as well as with health-care professionals, researchers and decision-makers.

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• Best practices in rehabilitation science to support appropriateness of care and patient engagement
• Musculoskeletal health problems and orthopaedic surgery
• Shared decision-making and patient-centred care
• Implementation science and knowledge translation

Professor Pacheco-Brousseau’s research program focuses on advancing scientific approaches to appropriateness in rehabilitation by following an implementation science framework.

Her work centres on three main areas:

1. Examining, establishing and implementing best practices in rehabilitation science that support appropriateness and patient engagement
2. Examining and evaluating the appropriateness, quality, efficacy, effectiveness and efficiency of rehabilitation interventions on patient, health services and decision-making outcomes
3. Developing, evaluating and implementing shared decision-making interventions and strategies to advance the science of shared decision-making in physiotherapy

See Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau’s publications on Google Scholar or ResearchGate.