High quality colonoscopies are making a difference in rural Alberta
Are people in rural Alberta receiving the same quality of colonoscopies as their counterparts in the cities? In 2018, RhPAP contributed funding for a...
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Sundre aims to show nursing students the beauty of working in rural
Red Deer College nursing students took aim at their future, and learned more about medicine, when they visited the community of Sundre for an...
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Respiratory therapists a breath of fresh air for Pincher Creek healthcare team
It’s the start of another busy day in Pincher Creek for respiratory therapists Tess Craig and Larissa Lewis. Like most days, they...
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Students enjoy a welcoming, festival-filled Skills Weekend in Fairview
It was the beginning of the end for about 40 nursing and medicine students visiting Fairview, Alberta last August. That is the...
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For this rural physician, outstanding patient care begins with a long run in the morning
At 6:30 a.m. on a weekday, chances are you’ll find Dr. Deon Erasmus out on a gravel road near the town of...
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Exceptional care leads Mayerthorpe nursing team to an RhPAP Rhapsody Health-care Heroes Award
Perhaps nobody appreciates the nurses at the Mayerthorpe Healthcare Centre more than the physicians who practise there. While doing their rounds each...
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“So, what does RhPAP do?”
We hear that question from time to time. There is no short answer to this question, because RhPAP is like an eight-limbed mollusk known...
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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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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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Lattes and bucking bulls: A wild time at Tofield Skills Event
Bucking bulls, paintball pellets, live music, and lattes were among the many highlights of a recent Health Skills Event in Tofield. Close...
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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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Pembina committee rolls out the welcome mat in Drayton Valley
First impressions are powerful! So, when Suné and Dr. Ryan White came from South Africa to Drayton Valley for a site visit...
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