Job during gap year ignites a passion for health care Never say never has a new meaning for MacKenzy Hatala. When the...
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Dr. Kevin Whitlock, arrived in the operating room just before 8 a.m. A rural general surgeon at the Rocky Mountain House Health...
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For Dr. Jane Fowke and her husband, Dr. Ian Macdonald, virtual continuing professional development is nothing new. The couple have been attending...
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More physicians will be working in rural Alberta thanks to a $6-million investment that will increase Albertans’ access to the care they...
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EXCEL is EXercise for Cancer to Enhance Living Well, and is an exercise study (ETHICS ID: HREBA.CC-20-0098). EXCEL provides an exercise program...
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As far as health workforce attraction and retention committees go, Peace Regional Healthcare Attraction and Retention Committee (PRHARC) is just a youngster....
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For the March 2021 survey, we asked Rural Voice Information Panel (Rural VIP) members about the resources they use when seeking health-care information, their satisfaction with these resources, and the impact of these resources on...
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Don’t rule out becoming a physician just because you started your undergraduate degree in a subject like agriculture, nursing, or physiotherapy. That’s...
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A recent session aimed at sharing tips on getting into medical school had widespread appeal with rural high school students across the...
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March 18, 2021 is Global Recycling Day. The Global Recycling Foundation recognizes this day as a time for recognizing the people, places,...
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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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EMS responders receive support from man’s best friend A one-of-a-kind mental health program is offering more support for Alberta Emergency Medical Services (EMS)...
Read MoreVincent Dazé is an Advanced Care Paramedic in Fort Chipewyan. Previously, he worked as a paramedic in Edmonton but was looking for a new challenge.
In the city, working as a paramedic solely on an ambulance, once you drop a patient off at emergency you will likely never see them again. Here, ambulance calls are far fewer and there is the opportunity to be involved in patient treatment afterwards.
Happiness—it’s a simple concept that isn’t always easy to come by, especially coming out of the year that was 2020.
That’s why practitioners at the Peaks to Prairies Primary Care Network are encouraging Albertans to become familiar with the tools of well-being through the community workshop they offer called Happiness Basics.
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