Dr. Berthelot is an emergency medicine specialist and researcher who obtained a master’s degree in health services research from the University of Calgary in 2014. He holds a New Investigator Award (Junior 1) from the “Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé”. He served as Head of Emergency Services of the Shawinigan Hospital (2001 to 2004), and as a medical advisor for the Ministry of Health and social services in Québec (2008 to 2013). He is an assistant professor (2015-…) and practices at the CHUL (2008-…), the pediatric academic hospital of the CHU de Québec-Laval University.

His research interests include performance assessment in emergency and primary care, value of care, patient costing and overdiagnosis. He is the co-leader of a training program and a research initiative on economic evaluation targeting researchers from the Québec Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Support Unit.

Dr. Berthelot was the recipient of the Chancellor’s Graduate Medal (best thesis dissertation at the University of Calgary, 2014) and of the Grant-Innes Research Award (best emergency medicine research abstract, 2013).

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Lang E, Roberts L, Berthelot S

Unpacking the connection between hospital operations and emergency department crowding and access block

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CJEM, 26 (9), 2024.

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Samman K, Le CK, Burstein B, Rehimini S, Grenier A, Bertrand-Bureau C, Mallet M, Simonyan D, Berthelot S

Parents' perspective on pediatric emergency department visits for low-acuity conditions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional bicentric study

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CJEM, 26 (1), 2024.

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Moore L, Ben Abdeljelil A, Tardif PA, Zemek R, Reed N, Yeates KO, Emery CA, Gagnon IJ, Yanchar N, Bérubé M, Dawson J, Berthelot S, Stang A, Beno S, Beaulieu E, Turgeon AF, Labrosse M, Lauzier F, Pike I, Macpherson A, Freire GC

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review

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Ann Emerg Med, 83 (4), 2024.

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Marx T, Khelifi N, Xu I, Ouellet L, Poirier A, Huard B, Mallet M, Bergeron F, Boissinot M, Bergeron MG, Berthelot S

A systematic review of tools for predicting complications in patients with influenza-like illness

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Heliyon, 10 (1), 2024.

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Nadeau M, Chabot D, Breton M, Guertin JR, Harvey Labbé L, Roberge D, Lefebvre G, Mallet M, Beaulieu S, Kavanagh É, Cloutier N, Garant P, Bélanger L, Vaillancourt S, Boumenna T, Bareil K, Savard J, Simonyan D, Ulrich Singbo MN, Berthelot S

Development of a Patient-Reported Experience Measure Tool for Ambulatory Patients With Acute Unexpected Needs: The APEX Questionnaire

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J Patient Exp, 11 , 2024.

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Marx T, Moore L, Talbot D, Guertin JR, Lachapelle P, Blais S, Singbo N, Simonyan D, Lavallée J, Zada N, Shahrigharahkoshan S, Huard B, Olivier P, Mallet M, Létourneau M, Lafrenière M, Archambault P, Berthelot S,

Value-based comparison of ambulatory children with respiratory diseases in an emergency department and a walk-in clinic: a retrospective cohort study in Québec, Canada

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BMJ Open, 14 (4), 2024.

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Terpou BA, Lapointe-Shaw L, Wang R, Martin D, Tadrous M, Bhatia S, Shuldiner J, Berthelot S, Thakkar N, McBrien K, Salahub C, Kiran T, Ivers N, Desveaux L

A shifting terrain: Understanding the perspectives of walk-in physicians on their roles amid worsening primary care access in Ontario, Canada

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PLoS One, 19 (5), 2024.

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Conombo B, Guertin JR, Hoch JS, Grimshaw J, Bérubé M, Malo C, Berthelot S, Lauzier F, Stelfox HT, Turgeon AF, Archambault P, Belcaid A, Moore L

Implementation of an audit and feedback module targeting low-value clinical practices in a provincial trauma quality assurance program: a cost-effectiveness study

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BMC Health Serv Res, 24 (1), 2024.

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Dun-Dery F, Xie J, Winston K, Burstein B, Emsley J, Sabhaney V, Gravel J, Zemek R, Kam A, Mater A, Beer D, Freire G, Poonai N, Berthelot S, Porter R, Moffatt A, Salvadori M, Dixon A, Freedman SB,

No Association between SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Quality of Life 6- and 12-Months After Infection

Journal Article

Acad Pediatr, 2024.

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Sumner M, Tarr GAM, Xie J, Mater A, Winston K, Gravel J, Poonai N, Burstein B, Berthelot S, Zemek R, Porter R, Wright B, Kam A, Emsley J, Sabhaney V, Beer D, Freire G, Moffatt A, Freedman SB,

Social Behaviors Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Among Children Evaluated in Canadian Emergency Departments, 2020 to 2022: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study

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Acad Pediatr, 2024.

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Active projects

  • Characterizing disease severity and epidemiology of enterovirus D-68 respiratory infections to improve management and surveillance using molecular technologies, from 2024-06-12 to 2025-06-11
  • Dérivation et validation d'un outil de stratification du risque applicable en préhospitalier et visant à identifier les personnes âgées nécessitant des soins urgents ou une hospitalisation à la suite d’une chute, from 2023-10-01 to 2026-09-30
  • Établissement d'une définition consensuelle de la réorientation des patients non-urgents aux urgences par la méthode Delphi et analyse de la situation au CHU de Québec, from 2024-09-10 to 2025-08-31
  • Improving the quality of Canadian pediatric injury care: identifying priorities based on evidence, practice variations and stakeholder needs and preferences, from 2021-10-01 to 2025-09-30
  • Phase III - Revised Clinical Score for High Risk TIA Patients in the ED. Exhibit C1, from 2019-12-19 to 2024-12-25
  • Pragmatic Pediatric Trial of Balanced Versus Normal Saline Fluid in Sepsis (PRoMPT BOLUS), from 2020-10-01 to 2025-09-30
  • Reducing low-value practices in acute trauma care: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial, from 2023-04-01 to 2027-03-31
  • Surveillance Program for Rapid IdentificatioN and Tracking of infectious diseases in KIDS (SPRINT-KIDS), from 2024-08-13 to 2029-10-31
  • The right care, for the right patient, at the right time, by the right provider: A value-based comparison of the management of ambulatory respiratory diseases in walk-in clinics, primary care physician practices and emergency departments, from 2021-10-01 to 2025-03-31
  • Validation et raffinement prospectif multicentrique des Quebec Brain Injury Categories pour les patients ayant subi un, from 2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31

Recently finished projects

  • A Multi-Disciplinary, Patient-Partnered, Pan-Canadian, Comparative Effectiveness Evaluation of an Innovative Acute Pediatric Mental Health and Addiction Care Bundle, from 2020-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Audit & Feedback Module Targeting Low-Value Clinical Practices in Injury Care: an Economic Evaluation, from 2020-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Dérivation et validation d’une règle de décision clinique visant à identifier sécuritairement les personnes âgées qui ne nécessitent pas un transport immédiat vers un département d’urgence après une chute : Une étude de faisabilité, from 2022-03-16 to 2024-03-31
  • Étude de l'éco-efficience du port de l'équipement de protection individuelle contre la COVID-19 dans les urgences pour un contexte post-pandémique, from 2021-10-01 to 2024-03-31
  • L'équipement de protection individuelle : comparer la blouse réutilisable et jetable dans les urgences du CHU, from 2022-11-22 to 2023-03-31
  • Les bons soins, au bon patient, au bon moment, par le bon fournisseur: Un programme de recherche pour améliorer l'efficience des soins d'urgence, from 2022-07-01 to 2024-06-30
  • Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN), from 2022-03-01 to 2024-02-29
  • Perceptions et attitudes des médecins, infirmières et gestionnaires d’urgence et de clinique de médecine familiale face à la réorientation des patients qui se présentent dans les unités d’urgence pour des conditions peu ou non urgentes, from 2022-01-01 to 2024-09-01
  • Physiotherapy care in Emergency Departments for Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Cost Analysis, from 2021-04-01 to 2024-09-30
  • Redirection of patients with low-acuity problems to non-emergency department resources: a prospective cohort study, from 2021-03-01 to 2023-03-31
  • The right care, for the right patient, at the right time, by the right provider: A value-based comparison of the management of ambulatory respiratory diseases in walk-in clinics, primary care physician practices and emergency departments, from 2020-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Walk-in Physician Care: an Integrated Knowledge Translation Project to Inform Quality Improvement, from 2021-04-01 to 2024-03-31
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