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Applying to EXTRA
NEW IN 2008
EXTRA program admission criteria have been expanded to allow up to four additional fellows from government ministries or departments on a self-funded basis, with the organization providing funds to cover the marginal cost of adding these fellows to the cohort.
NEW IN 2007
Admission criteria were changed to allow participation by interdisciplinary teams in the EXTRA program.
Who Should Apply?
Senior health service executives, policy makers from ministries and government departments and/or their organizations are eligible to apply.
Applicants from healthcare organizations
Mid-career nurse, physician and other health-service executives currently occupying senior leadership positions in direct-care-delivery organizations.
Typical job titles include chief of nursing; chief of medicine; and CEO, vice-president or chief operating officer. Directors and department heads/chiefs from these three executive streams who have a significant scope of influence and authority in the organization, and who can demonstrate that they are on a career trajectory to senior leadership positions, are eligible to apply. Team applications on behalf of two or three executives are being entertained for the second time this year. Team applications from an organization/regional health authority must be submitted by the CEO. Individual applicants must also show they have the support of their organization or regional health authority as demonstrated by their CEO's signature on the application. Both individual and team applicants must identify an intervention project closely aligned with organizational goals and their own work responsibilities.
Applicants from government ministries or departments
Mid-career policy makers currently occupying senior leadership positions whose responsibilities include significant linkages to providers of direct care and delivery of services.
Typical job titles include assistant deputy minister, director general and executive director. These are individuals whose jobs and responsibilities have a significant scope of authority and influence within government and who can demonstrate that they are on a career trajectory to more senior leadership positions. Senior policy makers can apply as individuals or as teams. Team applications from a government ministry must be submitted by the deputy minister. Policy-maker applicants need to be involved in implementing healthcare policy as part of their duties, with a close working relationship to providers of direct care in delivery organizations and/or regional health authorities. Individual applicants from the policy-making sector must show that they have support from the ministry as demonstrated by their deputy minister's signature on the application. Both individual applicants and team applicants must identify an intervention project closely aligned with ministry priorities in implementing healthcare policy in conjunction with local healthcare organizations and/or authorities.
Additional Eligibility Information about Team Applications
It is intended that team applications come from large or multi-site health-service organizations, regional health authorities and government ministries or departments responsible for implementing healthcare policy wishing to rapidly build a critical mass of evidence-informed decision makers able to accelerate the spread of a research-literate culture.
Interdisciplinary teams may involve both policy makers and direct-care decision makers, provided that the application is submitted by one lead organization - either a government ministry or an organization/regional health authority, depending on the nature of the intervention project and its implementation strategy.
Team applications from direct-care-delivery organizations
A successful team application submitted by a direct-care-delivery organization will be composed of two or three mid-career leaders drawn from nurse, physician and health executive ranks who can contribute relevant interprofessional expertise and skills to undertake an intervention project in an area identified by the CEO as an organizational priority. Team applications with representation from each of the three streams - nurse, physician and health-service executive - are strongly encouraged. The application must articulate how the team members will establish and maintain collaboration in the development and implementation of the intervention project, while simultaneously retaining identifiable areas of individual responsibility. The application must also demonstrate significant involvement of the CEO and senior executive team in the intervention project.
Team applications from government ministries or departments
A successful team application submitted by a government ministry will be composed of two or three mid-career senior policy makers whose responsibilities include involvement in implementing healthcare policy and who have close links to delivery of services and a working relationship with providers of direct care in delivery organizations and/or regional health authorities.
