Keeping health care close to home in Provost

Local high school students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in their own community

Health professionals from Provost will teach high school students from the Provost and the Hughenden area basic medical skills at an upcoming High School Skills Day to be held at the Provost Health Centre on May 29, 2019. The interactive day offers students a hands-on opportunity to engage in common health-care activities. Students can also speak with the instructors about health-related careers in the community, health professional job experiences, and the educational requirements for specific health-care careers. The intent of the High School Skills Day is to encourage local students to consider a career in rural health care and learn about the opportunities available locally.

Provost High School Skills Day

Sponsors: Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP), the Provost Physician Attraction and Retention Committee, and Alberta Health Services.

Location: Provost Health Centre, 5002 – 54 Avenue, Provost

Day:          May 29, 2019

Time:         8:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Skills:        IV Starts and Injections, Mechanical Lifts and Therapy Bands, Spinal Immobilization, Autopulse and Airway Management, Suturing, Catheterization, and Hand Hygiene

Speakers: Dr. Renee Deagle, Provost.

RhPAP Skills Events

RhPAP Skills Events, including High School Skills Days and Skills Weekends for post-secondary health-care students, are sponsored by the Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP), and are scheduled in rural Alberta communities throughout the year by the RhPAP Rural Community Consultant Team.

Multimedia

• Photo Gallery, RhPAP High School Skills Days
• Video, Pincher Creek area students explore health-care careers by learning hands-on skills

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