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Centre for Health Evidence News 2004

Congratulations to our Associate Director, Kelly Deis!

2004 December

The Centre for Health Evidence is delighted to announce that our Associate Director, Kelly Deis, received a recognition award from the University of Alberta!

All the CHE staff and the director secretly collaborated to produce a sizable document full of stories about Kelly and how much we love her and appreciate her leadership and friendship. Kelly received one of the two first-ever UofA APO (Administrative Professional Officer) Recognition Awards on December 2, 2004. Congratulations Kelly!!

Folio (UofA newspaper) news story

2003-2004 Annual Progress Report

2004 September

Check out the new CHE Annual Progress Report! We're pleased to report that we've made great achievements in all our goals:

• CHE will be a leader in the creation, integration, dissemination, and application of knowledge related to evidence-based decision-making for the health professional.
• CHE will be a leader in the use of information integration for decision support.
• CHE infrastructure will support evaluation and experimentation in health informatics.
• CHE will achieve organizational excellence.
• CHE will respond and support the needs of its internal and external stakeholders and partners.
• CHE will work towards long term sustainability in the university sector.

Annual Progress Report

Teaching and Learning EBM: Article

2004 August

Check out the latest article co-authored by CHE Director Rob Hayward:

Tips for learning and teaching evidence-based medicine: introduction to the series (CMAJ)

Visit the Articles page for links to more articles written by CHE directors and staff members.

CHE Announces EXTRA Partnership

2004 February

The Centre for Health Evidence, a Department of Medicine research group at the University of Alberta, has been awarded a 3 year grant (renewable for 10 years) to build and support an online community of practice for a new national knowledge-transfer initiative.

This flagship program helps establish the University of Alberta’s leadership in the development, deployment and evaluation of evidence-based health information systems. CHE was chosen because of its demonstrated expertise in developing and nurturing virtual learning communities and its leading edge internet-technologies.

Funded by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), the new Executive Training for Research Application (EXTRA) Program will help health care’s leaders - nurse, physician, and health administration executives - find and apply research in their day-to-day work, facilitate evidence-based decision-making, and participate in continuing executive development opportunities. EXTRA builds towards a healthcare system where its leaders collaborate in teams of evidence-based decision-makers. EXTRA fellows complete a two-year, credited learning experience and then become part of a national virtual learning community. Up to 24 fellows a year are selected to participate, with applications for the first year being received now.

CHE is expected to conduct needs analysis on two other CHSRF Programs (CADRE and Broker programs) in order to determine the best way to meet their needs. Work on these programs will begin in 2004.

EXTRA Program website

CHSRF website

Recent Articles by CHE Staff:

2004 January

The following articles are available online. See the Articles page for a complete list of recent articles by CHE staff.

SEARCH Virtual Learning Community

Users Guides Interactive

Both featured in the 2003 edition of the Evidence Based Health Care Newsletter of McMaster University.

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