Continuing Medical Education Archives - Rural Health Professions Action Plan

RhPAP’s newest director views rural healthcare as a specialty of its own

Looking through different lenses is natural for RhPAP’s newest board of director. Heidi Overguard is an avid photographer, dance studio owner, cattle rancher, and rural…

Looking through different lenses is natural for RhPAP’s newest board of director. Heidi Overguard is an avid photographer, dance studio owner, cattle rancher, and rural healthcare advocate. “It is important for rural communities to have viable healthcare,” says Overguard, who…

New Magrath physician set up for success thanks to rural experience, RhPAP funding

Paying for a medical degree isn’t easy, especially with a young family in tow. For Spring Coulee’s Dr. Zach Gorham, RhPAP’s focus...
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Rural health providers get ‘REAL’ lifelong learning support

Finding the time and money to enrol in optional professional development courses can be challenging for rural nurses and other health professionals....
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Wabasca nursing team paves way for innovative training solution during COVID-19

Legendary musician and band leader, Duke Ellington, once said, “A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” That’s exactly the approach the Wabasca/Desmarais Health...
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Rural health providers get ‘REAL’ lifelong learning support

Finding the time and money to enrol in optional professional development courses can be challenging for rural nurses and other health professionals....
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Pilot project brings health-care training to rural teams

Pilot project brings health-care training to rural teams Some health-care providers in northeastern Alberta have forged ahead with career development during the...
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Health professionals get REAL support from pilot program

Educational support proving popular with rural health providers An RhPAP program aimed to help fund career learning opportunities for rural health professionals rolled out earlier this year with great...
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Mentorship network provides peer-to-peer support and resources for treating chronic pain and addiction

Chronic pain and substance use disorders are serious, complex conditions. Twenty per cent of Canadians report having chronic pain, and, in the...
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Job opportunity: Director – Rural and Regional Health (U of A)

The Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta invites applications for the position of Director, Rural and Regional Health....
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RhPAP offers Continuing Professional Development opportunities for Rural Alberta physicians

Physicians in rural Alberta communities can access opportunities through RhPAP to upgrade or gain new skills in order to better meet the...
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RhPAP offers Continuing Professional Development opportunities for Rural Alberta physicians

Physicians in rural Alberta communities can access opportunities through RhPAP to upgrade or gain new skills in order to better meet the...
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Learning some new moves at the Bigstone Medical Clinic

RhPAP works with Wabasca health-care providers to provide tools for reducing stress How do you cope with stress as a health-care provider? For the staff...
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Lethbridge hosts ultrasound training for future rural docs

Rural family medicine residents from the University of Calgary’s Cummings School of Medicine (U of C CSM) gathered on a snowy Saturday in Lethbridge recently to learn how using point-of-care ultrasound can make a difference in an emergency situation.
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