News & Events - Rural Health Professions Action Plan

Important notice regarding RhPAP’s 30th Anniversary celebration

Dr. Gavin Parker, Chair, RhPAP Board of Directors, with the full support of the Board and staff has decided to cancel the RhPAP 30th Anniversary…

Dr. Gavin Parker, Chair, RhPAP Board of Directors, with the full support of the Board and staff has decided to cancel the RhPAP 30th Anniversary Celebration scheduled to take place in Edmonton on October 20, 2021. While we were looking…

“Model” Tofield, Ryley, Beaver County West Committee named 2021 RhPAP Rhapsody Community Award recipient

The Community Attraction & Retention Committee for Tofield, Ryley & Beaver County West recognized for its focus on community partnerships and collaboration...
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Barrhead’s “brilliant family doc” is the 2021 Rhapsody Physician Award recipient

Dr. Kent Bernes named recipient of the 2021 RhPAP Rhapsody Rural Physician Award Following a review of the outstanding candidates nominated this...
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Wabasca and Innisfail are home to RhPAP’s 2021 Health-care Heroes

Wabasca/Desmarais Healthcare Centre Nursing Team and Innisfail’s Community Partners in Action to receive this year’s RhPAP Rhapsody Health-care Heroes Award A team of...
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Health providers collaborate in Worsley to enhance patient care

Collaborations are a vital part of the efforts made by health professionals to improve patient outcomes. They are especially important in smaller...
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RhPAP funds tele-rehab project in Crowsnest Pass

Crowsnest Pass residents requiring additional rehabilitation support are now able to remotely access expertise from larger centres thanks to a cutting-edge technology project...
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Nurses learn on the job during summer break

Click here to read the sidebar, “Alberta Health Services (AHS) knows students can be the key to retention.” *This story appeared in...
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Dogs tag along with couple during rural learning journey

Dr. Asha Cadrin knew she wanted to be a doctor since the fourth grade in elementary school. So, when Asha and her...
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RhPAP provides free accommodations to health professions students learning in rural Alberta

RhPAP wants to make the rural experience as positive as possible for health professions students learning in rural Alberta. RhPAP works in...
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Wabasca NP urges patients to be seen as whole person

Fear of being labelled keeps more than 60 per cent of Canadians with mental health issues or illnesses from seeking help, according...
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Program promoting healthy habits comes to rural Alberta

Learning how to shop for, cook, and eat healthy food are some skills children and their families are being taught to “CHANGE” their habits and reduce chronic...
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Let’s Go Rural! Nursing students share secrets to successful transition to post secondary

The path to becoming a nurse may look different to everyone with the underlying desire often the same—a passion for helping others....
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Rural clinic ‘mooves’ vaccination clinic along

Family physician, Dr. Lana Fehr, wasn’t hesitant to “take it outside” at her western-themed Arrowwood Medical Clinic. It simply made sense “to...
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Doctor’s children follow his lead into health professions

In honour of Father’s Day on June 20, we pay tribute to all dads especially those who also contribute to the health-care scene across rural Alberta. One...
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RhPAP U Pillar V-Rural Health Workforce

In Alberta, over 10 per cent of the rural workforce is employed in health care and social assistance, and they are making a difference...
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