Head and professor
Max Rady College of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
S100 Medical Service Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R33 0W2
Phone: 204-318-2554
jose.francois@umanitoba.ca
Fax: 204-789-3671
José François, MD MMedEd CCFP FCFP
Cross-appointments:
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine
Research themes
- medical education
- primary care
Research interests
- care of the elderly
- competency-based medical education
- continuing professional development
- distributed medical education
- French-language minority populations
Research affiliations
Research groups
Research summary
As an educator, Dr. François has worked in the implementation of competency-based approaches in family medicine training and expanding rural training opportunities in the province. His other areas of educational research interest include, lifelong learning, and the assessment and feedback in the practice setting.
In the clinical sphere, he has worked to improve and study themes of access and quality of primary care including advanced access scheduling, shared-care models and interprofessional teams.
Biography
Dr. José François is head of the department of family medicine at the University of Manitoba’s Max Rady College of Medicine and provincial specialty lead medical for family medicine at Shared Health. He is also interim head of the department of emergency medicine.
Prior academic appointments include associate dean for continuing professional development and head, department of medical education in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.
Dr. François practices family medicine at Centre de santé St-Boniface, Victoria Hospital and ActionMarguerite. He has been active in many initiatives aiming to improve access and quality of primary care including advanced access scheduling, shared-care models and interprofessional teams.
Education
- Master’s in medical education, University of Dundee (2009)
- Family medicine residency, University of Manitoba (1999)
- MD, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (1997)
- Bachelor of science, Université de Saint-Boniface (1993)
Awards
Canadian Associate for Medical Education (CAME) Certificate of Excellence (2014)
Contact us
Family Medicine
S100, 750 Bannatyne Avenue
University of Manitoba (Bannatyne campus)
Winnipeg, MB R33 0W2 Canada
204-318-2555
204-789-3671