Pierre Plourde, MD, FRCPC

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  • Professor

    Max Rady College of Medicine
    Department of Community of Health
    University of Manitoba
    490 Hargrave Avenue
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 0X7

    Fax: 204-956-4494
    pierre.plourde@umanitoba.ca

Cross appointments

Holds cross-appointments with:

Leadership style

As curriculum co-director for Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) in the Department of Community Health Sciences (CHS), my passion is to undertake renewal of curriculum content to provide students with stimulating, relevant, topical and practical information regarding current issues in population and public health, in collaboration with the curriculum director and staff of the CHS UGME office.

Teaching philosophy

Teaching drives my quest and passion for life-long learning. I love to teach because I love to learn, and I love to be around co-learners. Placing myself into teaching opportunities provides continual co-learning opportunities. Therefore, considering students as my co-learners and “not-quite-yet-qualified” colleagues, my teaching approaches can be best summed up as striving for simplicity, utility, and respect.

I pride myself and enjoy being able to translate complex material into terms and concepts that are simpler and easier to remember. Simplicity is one of the core concepts of my teaching philosophy. If the subject matter isn’t useful, then I don’t feel that it is worth teaching. What I find students really appreciate in their teaching sessions are those “pearls” that are not necessarily found in textbooks. Hence, my teaching focusses on the most useful and helpful information.

I make it a point in my teaching sessions to inform students of the utility of their attendance and reassure them that they will not have wasted their time with me. I expect to receive respect from students, only because I expect that they will have experienced the utmost respect that I have for them. I consider students my co-learners and my colleagues.

Biography

Current and past positions held

Co-director, Undergraduate Medical Education Program, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (2023-present)

Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Manitoba (2018-present)

Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences , University of Manitoba (2018-present)

Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université Lumière, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (2017-present)

Site medical director, GeoSentinel – Winnipeg Site, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (in collaboration with the International Society of Travel Medicine and US Centers for Disease Prevention and Control), Winnipeg MB (2015-present)

Medical director, Integrated Tuberculosis Services, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg MB (2010-2023)

Medical director, Healthy Sexuality and Harm Reduction Services, Population and
Public Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg MB (2005-2023)

Designated site physician, Canadian Malaria Network, Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada Special Access Program, Winnipeg MB (2005-present)

Designated site Pphysician, Canadian Malaria Network, Public Health Agency of
Canada and Health Canada Special Access Program, Winnipeg MB (2005-present)

Associate professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (2005-2018)

Associate professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Manitoba (2001-2018)

Assistant professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba (2000-2004)

Medical director, Communicable Diseases Unit, Population and Public Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg MB (2000-2012)

Medical director, Travel Health and Tropical Medicine Clinic, WRHA, Winnipeg (2000-present) 

Medical officer of Health, Population and Public Health Program, WRHA, Winnipeg (2000-present)

Program coordinator, Pre-Clerkship (Med II) Problem Solving Curriculum,
University of Manitoba (1998-2009)

Director, Infection Prevention and Control, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg (1995-2000)

Assistant professor (Departments of Internal Medicine and Medical Microbiology),
University of Manitoba (1992-2000)

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine (MD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Cum Laude (1979-1983)

Awards

2023:

  • Exceptional Leadership Award, University of Ottawa
  • Alumni Award of Distinction, University of Ottawa

2022:

  • Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association

2021:

  • Moira Walker Memorial Award for International Service, Infection Prevention and Control Canada

2019:

  • Clinical Educator of the Year Award for Post-graduate Resident Education, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba

2018:

  • Certificate of Honour and Merit, la Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences Infirmières de l’Université Lumière, Haïti

2015:

  • Clinical Educator of the Year Award for Post-graduate Resident Education, Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
  • Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association

2011:

  • Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association

2010:

  • Dr. Jack Armstrong Humanitarian Award, Doctors Manitoba

2007:

  • Jim Parker Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Educator of the Year Award for Undergraduate Medical Education, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association

2001-2002:

  • Most Outstanding Program (Problem Solving – Med II PBL), Manitoba Medical Students Association

2000:

  • First Mentor of the Year Award, Region 2 (Manitoba and Saskatchewan), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

2000-2001:

  • Honourary Senior Stick, Manitoba Medical Students’ Association

Contact us

Community Health Sciences
Max Rady College of Medicine
Room S113 - 750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3 Canada

chsinfo@umanitoba.ca
204-789-3655