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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…

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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Big Beautiful Cold Lake Impresses Healthcare Students

55 post-secondary healthcare students arrive after a little over a 3-hour ride from Edmonton. Hospitalext0 They’re here at the Cold Lake Healthcare...
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Edgerton Grow Your Own – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

CN’s 318 eastbound to Wainwright pulls a long load of oil and autos as it rumbles through Irma, a village of 500,...
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Edgerton Grow Your Own – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

CN’s 318 eastbound to Wainwright pulls a long load of oil and autos as it rumbles through Irma, a village of 500,...
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‘It gets that spark going in their eyes’ RhPAP’s Sundre Medical Skills Event

RhPAP’s Sundre Medical Skills Event Nursing Week 2018 was particularly special for about 50 high school students who participated in a skills...
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‘Best decision I ever made’ Flagstaff County Skills Event – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

The Flagstaff County skills day starts here in a town with medieval names. And there, not far from the corner of Galahad and Guinevere, is Sir Galahad...
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Wainwright High School Skills Day – 6th June 2018

For some high school students in Wainwright, a medical career in the military could be a good choice. After all, a Canadian...
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‘It’s a game changer’ RhPAP Brings EDE Ultrasound Course to Brooks

“Ultrasound is the stethoscope for the 21st century,” says Dr. Doewe Kits, an emergency room physician in Brooks. “What ultrasound allows us...
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Growing their own health professionals in Brooks – 29th May 2018

Doctor, nurse, paramedic are just a few of the career examples high school students were exposed to at a May 15 RhPAP...
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Dr. Nichol Award Presentation

May 4th was a big day for Dr. Chris Nichol of Camrose. He was the recipient of the 2017 RhPAP Rural Physician...
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Young Medical Minds Program highlights medical options for rural students

Dr. Chris Nichol doesn’t mince words with a dozen attentive Grade 8 students as he leads an examination of a patient named...
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Profile of Dr. Chris Nichol, Camrose Physician and 2017 Alberta Rural Physician Award of Distinction recipient

Camrose family physician, Dr. Chris Nichol, never pictured himself in a rural practice as he worked his way through medical school. Neither...
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