RhPAP sets its sights on Drayton Valley for 2020 conference
Rural perspectives on health provider attraction and retention will be the focus of the three-day event. Drayton Valley is the place to...
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May 25 to 29, 2020 is Alberta Rural Health Week
May 25-29, 2020 is Alberta Rural Health Week: a great opportunity to honour the contributions of the rural Alberta health-care providers and community volunteers who help keep health care close to home.
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Jennifer Best, RhPAP’s newest Rural Community Consultant
RhPAP is pleased to welcome Jennifer Best as our newest Rural Community Consultant for the north-east zone. Jennifer has been living, working,...
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College students study benefits & challenges of rural health care
Two health-care management students from Red Deer College are hoping to shed light on what it takes to attract and retain health-care professionals in...
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Keeping health care close to home in Sundre
Nursing students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in a rural Alberta community Health professionals from the Sundre region will teach about 50 nursing students from Red Deer...
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Embracing the adventure: Dr. Leon Greeff’s journey to practise in Grande Cache
For Dr. Leon Greeff, the path to practising family medicine at the northern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Grande Cache, Alberta,...
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Rita Lyster: A Rural Community Champion
Rita has been instrumental for many years as a community champion in the attraction and retention of health professionals. I think that this work is a natural part of her,...
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Rural Alberta health-care heroes receive well-deserved recognition
Mayerthorpe, Pincher Creek, Provost, and Sundre home to 2019 RhPAP Rhapsody Award recipients Health-care heroes in four rural Alberta communities are the recipients of the 2019...
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Keeping health care close to home in Brooks
Brooks and area high school students learn what it’s like to be a health professional in their own community Health professionals from...
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Pembina committee rolls out the welcome mat in Drayton Valley
First impressions are powerful! So, when Suné and Dr. Ryan White came from South Africa to Drayton Valley for a site visit...
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New Pincher Creek A&R committee says thanks to local health-care heroes at inaugural event
The warmth of a chinook breeze welcomed Pincher Creek and area residents as they gathered on January 13 to say “thank you”...
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Smoky River Skills weekend encourages students to ‘think rural’
Future health providers discovered a unique gem tucked away in northern Alberta: a group of Francophone communities passionate about enhancing rural medicine. From October 26 to 28, the communities...
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