The  Executive Training for Research Application (EXTRA) Program offered b y the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

The Office of the Associate Vice President Research-Health (UofS)/Vice President Research & Innovation (SHR) is pleased to be facilitating the CHSRF EXTRA Program.

About EXTRA

EXTRA gives health system managers across Canada the skills to better use research in their daily work, as a way to increase evidence-informed decision-making in the health system.

EXTRA fellows are trained and supported to acquire:

  • knowledge of research evidence (its existence, location and relevance/application);
  • the capacity to draw on systems thinking;
  • collaborative professional relationships; and
  • the ability to introduce and manage organizational change.

EXTRA is designed to have short-term and long-term impacts at three levels: on the fellows themselves, on their organizations and on the overall healthcare system.

The competition is open to mid-career nurses, physicians, or other health service executives currently occupying a leadership position.  Interprofessional team applications can also be submitted.

The EXTRA program has 5 key elements:

1) Residency sessions

2) Intervention projects (individual or team projects), conducted in the fellows' organization or government department

3) Educational activities between residency sessions, such as e-learning, self-directed study, interactions with sponsor and mentors, and support teams

4) Network-building and mentoring support

5) Post-program support and activities after the fellowship ends, such as identification of further learning opportunities, involving graduates in future program design and delivery, and building a community of practice

Key Dates

  • 1. SHR Internal Review Date: February annually
  • 2. EXTRA Application Deadline: March annually
  • 3. Results Announced: May annually
  • 4. First Residency Session: August annually

Current and Past SHR EXTRA Fellows

Noella Leydon
(2005) Malnutrition in Continuity of Care: No One's Problem and Everyone's Problem - An Integrated Systematic Approach to Improving Nutritional Outcomes, and Therefore the Quality of Life for Residents of Special Care Homes in the Saskatchewan Health Region (SHR)

Bette Boechler
(2006) Changing Practice: Building a Culture of Patient Safety in a New Maternal and Children's Hospital

Geoff Johnston
(2006) Development of a Leadership Model Integrating Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) into Surgical Total Quality Management (TQM)

Leanne Smith
(2007) Patients and Families: Partners in Transforming a Health Care System

Lori Chartier
(2008) Excellence by Design: An Evidence Based Framework to Guide Transformation

Gaylene Molnar
(2010) Older Adults Transitioning from Hospital to Home: Bridging the Gap

For further information please reference CFHI - EXTRA or contact Alana Kolendreski at (306) 966-1733 or Alana.Kolendreski@usask.ca