Training & consulting

Learn and apply implementation science with the lab.

Workshops for healthcare teams, two McGill Summer Institutes courses, scientific consulting for pharmaceutical and life-sciences teams, and ongoing support for health systems and research teams. Training is led by Dr. Guillaume Fontaine and members of the team, depending on the course, and is available in English and French, online and in person.

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Training & consulting Seminars Resources

Workshops for healthcare teams

Implementation practice for clinical programs, public health and community organizations

Half-day to multi-day workshops in which a team works on its own implementation problem. Participants leave with a mapped care pathway, an assessment of the barriers and enablers that matter in their setting, a shortlist of implementation strategies matched to those determinants, and a plan for evaluating change.

Audience: clinical programs, public health units, community organizations and their managers
Format: on site or online, in English or French
Output: an implementation plan the team can act on

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Advanced training in implementation research

Fundamentals of Implementation Science · McGill Summer Institutes

A four-day course directed by Dr. Fontaine with an international faculty, covering core concepts, practical tools and methods, from selecting theories, models and frameworks to designing hybrid effectiveness–implementation studies and measuring implementation outcomes. Next edition: Monday, May 31 to Thursday, June 3, 2027, through the McGill Summer Institutes. The lab also delivers tailored methods training for research groups.

Audience: researchers, trainees, clinicians, program implementers, policymakers and funders
Registration and fees are handled by the McGill Summer Institutes
Tailored methods training for research teams on request

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Advanced training in implementation research

Using AI in Implementation Research and Practice · McGill Summer Institutes

A course on how artificial intelligence can be used rigorously and responsibly in implementation research and practice, drawing on the lab's AIM-IS program: where AI is already being applied, how to evaluate and report its use, and where the limits lie, with hands-on exercises. Next edition: June 7–9, 2027 (three days), through the McGill Summer Institutes, the week after the Fundamentals course. Registration opens on the McGill Summer Institutes site.

Audience: researchers, trainees, clinicians and program leaders
Offered through the McGill Summer Institutes; registration handled by McGill
Builds on the Fundamentals course but can be taken on its own

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Scientific consulting

Implementation science for pharmaceutical and life-sciences teams

Advisory work for industry teams who need to understand how a clinical pathway works in practice and where implementation science tools can improve it. A recent engagement, for a pharmaceutical company's hepatitis C team, walked through the testing pathway, introduced the relevant implementation science tools, and set out a process-mapping plan for applying them.

Audience: medical affairs, market access and patient-pathway teams
Format: briefings, pathway analyses and process-mapping plans
Independent of any product; the lab's academic role is preserved

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Ongoing implementation support

Embedded support for health systems and research teams

Longer-term support for grants, trials and health system initiatives: framework selection, strategy development, implementation outcome measurement, process evaluation, and grant or protocol development. Where the work is research, it is set up as a partnership with shared authorship rather than a consulting engagement.

Audience: health systems, research teams and clinical trial groups
Led by Dr. Guillaume Fontaine; available in English and French, online and in person
Research partnerships are described on the Work with us page

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What participants say about the Fundamentals course

“Excellent roster of speakers. Great balance between rigour and practicality.”
Participant, Fundamentals of Implementation Science, McGill Summer Institutes, 2026

“The course was very well structured and successfully fulfilled its objective of providing a solid introduction to the foundations of implementation science.”
Participant, Fundamentals of Implementation Science, McGill Summer Institutes, 2026

“I'm not easily impressed but I was so impressed with how Dr. Fontaine conducted this course. […] I found him and the course to be extremely clear and thorough!”
Participant, Fundamentals of Implementation Science, McGill Summer Institutes, 2026

How 40 participants rated the 2026 course

From the McGill Summer Institutes evaluation of Fundamentals of Implementation Science, 2026.

89/100

average likelihood of recommending the course

95%

would attend a Summer Institutes course again

90%+

reported improved knowledge, in every one of the 19 sessions

Dr. Fontaine as professor and course director

Created an engaging and respectful learning environment

90%10%

Explained implementation science concepts clearly and accessibly

88%10%

Provided clear intellectual leadership for the course

85%15%

Teaching and facilitation contributed positively to my learning

85%15%

Share of 40 respondents. No participant selected Disagree or Strongly disagree.

Free and open: Global Leaders in Implementation Science

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A seminar series in which leading implementation scientists present their work at McGill. Virtual, free and recorded. Past speakers include Jeremy Grimshaw, Byron Powell, France Légaré, Natalie Taylor, Rachel Shelton, Ian Graham, Justin Presseau, Susan Michie, Annie LeBlanc and Elvin Geng. Rinad Beidas speaks on November 16, 2026.

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Enquire

Tell us what your team needs and when, and we will reply with options and availability. For the Summer Institutes course, register through McGill; the form below is for workshops, consulting and embedded support.

Prefer email? Write to guil.fontaine@mcgill.ca with a line about your timeline.