Keeping health care close to home in Drayton Valley

Local high school students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in rural Alberta

Local health professionals will teach about 50 students from high schools in Drayton Valley and Breton basic health-care skills at an upcoming RhPAP skills day event in Drayton Valley, Alberta on October 29, 2019. The day-long event offers participants an interactive, skills-based introduction to working in rural Alberta as a health-care professional. Students can speak with the instructors about health-related careers in the community, health-care provider job experiences, and the educational requirements for specific careers in health care. The intent of the post-secondary skills weekend is to encourage future health-care professionals to consider a career in rural Alberta and learn about the local opportunities available.

RhPAP Skills Day at the Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre

Sponsors:    Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP), the Pembina Physician Recruitment & Retention Committee, and Alberta Health Services

Location:     Drayton Valley Hospital and Care Centre, 4550 Madsen Avenue, Drayton Valley

Days:           October 29, 2019

Time:            8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Skills:           IV starts / Injections, Hospital Tour, Allied Health, Mechanical Lifts, Suturing, and EMS / Airway Management, Lab / X-Ray

RhPAP Skills Events

RhPAP Skills Events, including Skills Days and Skills Weekends for high school and post-secondary students, are sponsored by RhPAP, and are scheduled in rural Alberta communities throughout the year by the RhPAP Rural Community Consultant team.

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