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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Gagnon R, Hébert LJ, Guertin JR, Berthelot S, Desmeules F, Perreault K

Integration of primary contact physiotherapists in the emergency department for individuals presenting with minor musculoskeletal disorders: Protocol for an economic evaluation

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PLoS One, 18 (9), 2023.

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Moore L, Drager J, Freire G, Yanchar N, Miller AN, Ben Abdel A, Bérubé M, Tardif PA, Gnanvi J, Stelfox HT, Beaudin M, Stang A, Beno S, Weiss M, Labrosse M, Zemek R, Gagnon Pt IJ, Beaulieu E, Berthelot S, Klassen T, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Gabbe Pt B, Carsen S

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations in Pediatric Orthopaedic Injury: A Systematic Review

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J Pediatr Orthop, 2023.

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Moore L, Bérubé M, Belcaid A, Turgeon AF, Taljaard M, Fowler R, Yanchar N, Mercier É, Paquet J, Stelfox HT, Archambault P, Berthelot S, Guertin JR, Haas B, Ivers N, Grimshaw J, Lapierre A, Ouyang Y, Sykes M, Witteman H, Lessard-Bonaventure P, Gabbe B, Lauzier F,

Evaluating the effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to reduce low-value care in adults hospitalized following trauma: a protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

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Implement Sci, 18 (1), 2023.

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Freire GC, Beno S, Yanchar N, Weiss M, Stang A, Stelfox T, Bérubé M, Beaulieu E, Gagnon IJ, Zemek R, Berthelot S, Tardif PA, Moore L

Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations For Pediatric Multisystem Trauma Care: A Systematic Review

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Ann Surg, 2023.

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Yanchar N, Tardif PA, Freire G, Bérubé M, Stelfox HT, Beaudin M, Stang A, Beno S, Weiss M, Labrosse M, Zemek R, Gagnon IJ, Beaulieu E, Berthelot S, Turgeon AF, Lauzier F, Gabbe B, Moore L

Clinical practice guideline recommendations for pediatric solid organ injury care: A Systematic Review

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J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 95 (3), 2023.

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Lapointe-Shaw L, Kiran T, Salahub C, Austin PC, Berthelot S, Desveaux L, Lofters A, Maclure M, Martin D, McBrien KA, McCracken RK, Rahman B, Schultz SE, Shuldiner J, Tadrous M, Bird C, Paterson JM, Bhatia RS, Thakkar NA, Na Y, Ivers NM

Walk-in clinic patient characteristics and utilization patterns in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study

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CMAJ Open, 11 (2), 2023.

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Lofters A, Salahub C, Austin PC, Bai L, Berthelot S, Bhatia RS, Desveaux L, Ivers NM, Kiran T, Maclure M, Martin D, McBrien KA, McCracken R, Paterson JM, Rahman B, Shuldiner J, Tadrous M, Thakkar N, Lapointe-Shaw L

Up-to-date on cancer screening among Ontario patients seen by walk-in clinic physicians: A retrospective cohort study

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Prev Med, 172 , 2023.

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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 PM, Berthelot S

A value-based comparison of the management of respiratory diseases in walk-in clinics and emergency departments

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CJEM, 25 (5), 2023.

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Stephen G, Burton J, Detsky AS, Ivers N, Berthelot S, Atzema CL, Orkin AM

Limited evidence that emergency department care is more costly than other outpatient settings for low-acuity conditions: a systematic review

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CJEM, 25 (5), 2023.

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

Comparison of Symptoms Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Variants Among Children in Canada

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JAMA Netw Open, 6 (3), 2023.

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Phase III - Revised Clinical Score for High Risk TIA Patients in the ED. Exhibit C1, from 2019-12-19 to 2024-12-25
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Validation et raffinement prospectif multicentrique des Quebec Brain Injury Categories pour les patients ayant subi un, from 2023-04-01 to 2026-03-31
  • 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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  • Audit & Feedback Module Targeting Low-Value Clinical Practices in Injury Care: an Economic Evaluation, from 2020-04-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Financement d'une bourse de recherche en médecine d'urgence, from 2021-03-26 to 2022-03-31
  • How to better manage infectious diseases in ER by triage with molecular mini-panels for the rapid detection of highly transmissible pathogens, from 2018-10-01 to 2022-09-30
  • L'équipement de protection individuelle : comparer la blouse réutilisable et jetable dans les urgences du CHU, from 2022-11-22 to 2023-03-31
  • La protéine S100B est-elle un outil de dépistage valide pour réduire le nombre de tomodensitométries inutiles suite à un traumatisme cranio-cérébral léger?, from 2017-04-01 to 2022-01-31
  • Med-LCA: an application to reduce the ecological footprint of health services , from 2021-01-08 to 2022-01-07
  • Perceptions et attitudes des médecins, infirmières et gestionnaires d'urgence face à la réorientation des patients qui se présentent dans les unités d'urgence pour des conditions peu ou non urgentes : protocole pour un sondage pancanadien. , from 2021-11-01 to 2022-04-30
  • Redirection of patients with low-acuity problems to non-emergency department resources: a prospective cohort study, from 2021-03-01 to 2023-03-31
  • Safety and impacts of a paramedic-led prehospital protocol to assess older adults following a fall: a prospective cohort study, from 2020-03-17 to 2022-03-31
  • 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 2021-03-01 to 2022-02-28
  • 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 2022-03-31
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