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A legacy of dedication to rural healthcare: Remembering Dr. Peter K. Lindsay

Honouring a rural healthcare advocate RhPAP would like to remember Dr. Peter K. Lindsay for his heartfelt dedication to rural health and the contributions he…

Honouring a rural healthcare advocate RhPAP would like to remember Dr. Peter K. Lindsay for his heartfelt dedication to rural health and the contributions he made as an exemplary board member. Dr. Lindsay was Chair of the RhPAP Board when…

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  • Edgerton Grow Your Own – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    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

    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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  • CRIT/ER: Critical Care in the Emergency Room Course – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    CRIT/ER: Critical Care in the Emergency Room Course – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Are you a rural emergency physician? The CRIT/ER: Critical Care in the Emergency Room course is coming up in September. If you...

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  • ‘It gets that spark going in their eyes’ RhPAP’s Sundre Medical Skills Event

    ‘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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  • Deadline extended to July 20 for Rhapsody Award nominations             – 22nd June 2018

    Deadline extended to July 20 for Rhapsody Award nominations – 22nd June 2018

      Since 2002, the RhPAP Awards program has celebrated rural Alberta’s health-care heroes and rural communities with a healthy dose of recognition....

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  • ‘Best decision I ever made’ Flagstaff County Skills Event – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    ‘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

    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

    ‘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

    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 – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Dr. Nichol Award Presentation – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    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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  • First Ever Pincher Creek High School Skills Day             – 23rd May 2018

    First Ever Pincher Creek High School Skills Day – 23rd May 2018

      Over 30 keen high school students were introduced careers in rural health care during an April 20 skills day at the...

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  • Young Medical Minds Program highlights medical options for rural students

    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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