Keeping health care close to home in Manning

February 27 event to encourage local high school students to become health providers in rural Alberta  

High school students from the Manning-area will learn basic health-care skills from local health providers at an upcoming RhPAP “Grow Your Own Health Provider” skills day. Participants will experience an interactive, skills-based introduction to working as a health-care provider in rural Alberta at Manning Community Health Centre on February 27, 2020. Students can speak with the instructors about health-related careers in the community, health provider job experiences, and the educational requirements for specific careers in health care. Grow Your Own skills events are intended to encourage high school students to consider a career in health care, while introducing them to the local opportunities available.

RhPAP Skills Day at the Manning Community Health Centre 

Sponsors: Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP), Manning Area Attraction and Retention Committee, and Alberta Health Services 

Location: Manning Community Health Centre, 600 2 St NE, Manning, AB T0H 2M0 

Days: February 27, 2020 

Time: 9 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. 

Skills: IV Insertion, Hospital Tour, Radiology, Suturing, Casting, and Immobilization 

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. 

Multimedia 

• Video Playlists: RhPAP Post-Secondary Skills Events and High School Skills Events

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