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2025 Rhapsody Award recipients honoured for excellence in rural healthcare

The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Rhapsody Awards, which honour individuals who have demonstrated exceptional…

The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Rhapsody Awards, which honour individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to rural healthcare in Alberta. These awards celebrate the vital contributions of healthcare professionals…

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  • Apollo’s new medical centre ‘one small step’ for Blackfalds

    Apollo’s new medical centre ‘one small step’ for Blackfalds

    It’s every community’s dream to have easy access to primary health care close to home. So when Dr. Muti Kauchali approached the...

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  • Innisfail’s Dementia Friendly Community program is a model for other rural communities

    Innisfail’s Dementia Friendly Community program is a model for other rural communities

    Three years ago, the town of Innisfail had very little programming for individuals living with dementia. Today, Innisfail is a dementia friendly...

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  • Rural health providers get ‘REAL’ lifelong learning support

    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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  • Health providers collaborate in Worsley to enhance patient care

    Health providers collaborate in Worsley to enhance patient care

    Collaborations are a vital part of the efforts made by health professionals to improve patient outcomes. They are especially important in smaller...

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  • Dogs tag along with couple during rural learning journey

    Dogs tag along with couple during rural learning journey

    Dr. Asha Cadrin knew she wanted to be a doctor since the fourth grade in elementary school. So, when Asha and her...

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  • RhPAP provides free accommodations to health professions students learning in rural Alberta

    RhPAP provides free accommodations to health professions students learning in rural Alberta

    RhPAP wants to make the rural experience as positive as possible for health professions students learning in rural Alberta. RhPAP works in...

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  • Let’s Go Rural! Nursing students share secrets to successful transition to post secondary

    Let’s Go Rural! Nursing students share secrets to successful transition to post secondary

    The path to becoming a nurse may look different to everyone with the underlying desire often the same—a passion for helping others....

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  • Rural clinic ‘mooves’ vaccination clinic along

    Rural clinic ‘mooves’ vaccination clinic along

    Family physician, Dr. Lana Fehr, wasn’t hesitant to “take it outside” at her western-themed Arrowwood Medical Clinic. It simply made sense “to...

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  • Technology could help rural seniors age in place

    Technology could help rural seniors age in place

    A University of Calgary professor wants rural seniors to have an opportunity to remain at home for as long as they can. Joon Lee along...

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  • RhPAP U Pillar  IV-Rural Health Service Delivery

    RhPAP U Pillar IV-Rural Health Service Delivery

    Over the past decade, some innovative health services that offer better access and quality of care for rural communities have begun to...

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  • “Model” Tofield, Ryley, Beaver County West Committee named 2021 RhPAP Rhapsody Community Award recipient

    “Model” Tofield, Ryley, Beaver County West Committee named 2021 RhPAP Rhapsody Community Award recipient

    The Community Attraction & Retention Committee for Tofield, Ryley & Beaver County West recognized for its focus on community partnerships and collaboration...

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  • Pilot project brings health-care training to rural teams

    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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