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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‘It’s Just Like Home Here’. Hythe Continuing Care Centre Team Rhapsody Award Profile
For some seniors, horses can be a fond reminder of earlier days on the farm. These horses are your next-door neighbours if...
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Medical staff recognize opportunities in Bassano
Prior to 2013, the Bassano Medical Clinic was in dire need of another physician. For some time, Dr. James Richards had been...
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Health-care students rock Rimbey at RhPAP skills event
Over 50 University of Alberta health-care students experienced Rimbey’s first-ever skills weekend on August 25 and 26. The medical, nursing, and physiotherapy...
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Provost says thank you to physicians at appreciation event
An eastern Alberta community came together to socialize and show appreciation for five local physicians and their families. On Sept.12, community officials...
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It needs to be said’: Thanking physicians in Sundre
On July 24, Sundre physicians spent the evening making house calls to the Double N Ranch. However, it wasn’t medical advice that brought them...
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Profile of Dr. Chris Nichol, Camrose Physician and 2017 Alberta Rural Physician Award of Distinction recipient
Camrose family physician, Dr. Chris Nichol, never pictured himself in a rural practice as he worked his way through medical school. Neither...
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