RhPAP-Supported Research

RhPAP has funded and supported over 30 published studies on rural health:

• Building on Success: A study of Rural Alberta Communities’ Success Strategies in Attracting and Retaining Health Professionals (2019)
• Alberta Family Physician Electronic Endoscopy Study (2018)
• Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Preceptorship (2016-2018)
• Scope of Practice of Family Medicine Graduates who Completed a Rural Versus Urban Program (2018)
• Well-being of Family Medicine Graduates (2017)
• Implications of Not Matching to a First-choice Discipline: a Family Medicine Perspective (2017)
• Perceived Preparedness for Rural Practice: Does Rural Background Matter? (2013)
• The Alberta Primary Care Endoscopy (APC-Endo) Study (2013)
• Rural Physicians’ Skills Enrichment Program: A Cohort Control Study of Retention in Alberta (2012)
• Locum Practice by Recent Family Medicine Graduates (2010)
• Family Medicine Graduates’ Perceptions of Intimidation, Harassment, and Discrimination During Residency Training (2011)
• Physician Retention in Rural Alberta: Key Community Factors (2010)
• Outcomes of 1949 Endoscopic Procedures Performed by a Canadian Rural Family Physician (2009)
• Why Would I Choose a Career in Family Medicine? (2007)
• What is Medicine? Recruiting High-school Students into Family Medicine (2006)
• The Pandemic from Within: Two Surveys of Physician Burnout in Canada (2006)
• Additional Skills Training for Rural Physicians. Alberta’s Rural Physician Action Plan (2006)
• Acute Myocardial Infarction: Quality of Care in Rural Alberta (2006)
• General Emergency Medicine Skills for Rural Doctors (2006)
• Where Canadian Family Physicians Learn Procedural Skills (2005)
• Preparedness for Rural Community Leadership and its Impact on Practice Location of Family Medicine Graduates (2005)
• Do Students from Rural Backgrounds Engage in Rural Family Practice More Than Their Urban-Raised Peers? (2004)
• Introducing Personal Digital Assistants to Family Physician Teachers (2003)
• Does a Rural Educational Experience Influence Students’ Likelihood of Rural Practice? Impact of Student Background and Gender (2002)
• Rural Surgical Programs in Western Canada (2002)
• A Study of Alberta Physician Burnout (2002)
• Location of Family Medicine Graduates’ Practices: What Factors Influence Albertan’s Choices? (2001)
• Rural-Urban and Gender Differences in Procedures Performed by Family Practice Residency Graduates (2001)
• Alberta’s Rural Physician Action Plan: An Integrated Approach to Education, Recruitment and Retention (1998)
• Outcome of Thrombolysis in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rural Alberta (1997)