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RhPAP is recruiting a new public member for our Board of Directors

Help support rural Alberta communities in their efforts to keep healthcare close to home. The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is recruiting a Director…

Help support rural Alberta communities in their efforts to keep healthcare close to home. The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is recruiting a Director to serve on the organization’s board commencing July 2025. Working with management, the board of…

Rural Alberta teachers check in on student well-being amidst global pandemic

Educators across rural Alberta are finding industrious ways to continue academic work, ease uncertainty, and let their students know they are not alone as they transition to online education during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Heart and stroke clinic eases anxiety for rural residents

Christine Holubec-Jackson’s 49th birthday wasn’t quite the celebration she expected. Days earlier, the Wetaskiwin resident was diagnosed with bleeding on the top of her...
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Keeping health care close to home in Drayton Valley

Local high school students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in rural Alberta Local health professionals will teach...
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Community support key to rural health-care success

In rural health care, as with most things, resources are limited and offering services outside of those considered core can require extra...
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Community works together to support new moms and caregivers

Being a physician doesn’t mean you are immune to life’s health challenges.
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Crowsnest Pass community comes together to create a high school health mentorship experience

How do you support a rural high school student in their journey to become a rural health-care provider? Well, it takes a...
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“Pop-up” clinic the right prescription for country music fans

Meeting the medical needs of the BVJ For five days in mid-summer, a “mini-hospital” rises to the beat of country music in...
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Calm head during emergency confirms medicine in volunteer’s future

A stint as a medical volunteer at Big Valley Jamboree five years ago was all 20-year-old Allyson Wrubleski needed to know she...
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Brooks hosts life-saving Emergency Hysterectomy Course for rural health professionals

Southern Alberta health professionals recently received life-saving training during a unique learning experience in Brooks. A group of ten physicians and several...
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Digging deep pays off as portable ultrasound equipment comes to Milk River

Milk River is now home to world-class portable ultrasound technology, thanks to the foresight and generosity of local health professionals and residents....
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High school students visit hospital for unique, immersive program

It was all smiles and positive feedback on Monday, May 6 following the third annual High School Skills Day at the Sundre...
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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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