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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…

From suturing to snowshoes, health-care students have an amazing rural experience in Barrhead

A visit to Barrhead proved to be a weekend of firsts for several future health–care professionals. On March 9 and 10, over 50 post-secondary health-care...
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Event to showcase health careers to Vegreville high school students 

Local health professionals to instruct students in health skills at April 25 RhPAP-sponsored event. Vegreville high school students will learn first-hand what...
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Bulls and billets part of unique Tofield health-care experience

Community will be a big part of the upcoming RhPAP Health Skills Weekend on Apr. 13-14, 2019 Billets and bulls will be...
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Gold, Chicken Bones, and a “Bouncy Pillow”

54 Post-Secondary Health Care Students Experience a Fun-Filled Skills Weekend in Peace River Have you ever jumped on the “Bouncy Pillow”? It’s...
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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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Future practitioners gain skills and insight: Rocky Mountain House Skills Weekend

It was a weekend of fun, fright, and fundamentals as 55 healthcare students visited Rocky Mountain House for a specialized skills event October...
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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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Smoky River Region to introduce future health-care professionals to career possibilities in rural Alberta

Students studying several health-care disciplines are coming to the Smoky River Region this weekend to discover the advantages of living and working...
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Rocky Mountain House to host rural experience for future health-care professionals

Students studying several health-care disciplines are coming to Rocky Mountain House to discover the advantages of living and working in rural Alberta....
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Today we really got to see what a rural hospital is like’ – Bow Island Skills Day

More than 40 nursing and paramedic students from Medicine Hat College experienced the demands of working in a rural hospital on September...
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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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Rural medicine wasn’t even on my radar’" – U of C students learn about rural health opportunities

Medical students had their eyes opened to rural opportunities at the annual Rural Shadowing Luncheon sponsored by RhPAP at the University of Calgary Cumming...
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