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2025 Rhapsody Award recipients honoured for excellence in rural healthcare

The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Rhapsody Awards, which honour individuals who have demonstrated exceptional…

The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Rhapsody Awards, which honour individuals who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to rural healthcare in Alberta. These awards celebrate the vital contributions of healthcare professionals…

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  • RhPAP contributes to health professional learning in Banff

    RhPAP contributes to health professional learning in Banff

    RhPAP staff were kept busy from January 18–20 in Banff, Alberta as several events were taking place over the same three-day period....

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  • Dr. Danae Wolfaardt moved 16,000 km to practice family medicine in Spirit River

    Dr. Danae Wolfaardt moved 16,000 km to practice family medicine in Spirit River

    Dr. Danae Wolfaardt’s arrival in Spirit River was a homecoming of sorts. Dr. Wolfaardt’s mother grew up in the community a hour...

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  • Virtual care makes rural counselling more accessible

    Virtual care makes rural counselling more accessible

    Rural Albertans who need mental health support during the upcoming holiday season or in the future have a new way to connect...

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  • “Let’s Go Rural!” High School Event in Brooks introduces students to rural health-care opportunities

    “Let’s Go Rural!” High School Event in Brooks introduces students to rural health-care opportunities

    The goal of an RhPAP Let’s Go Rural high school event is to introduce students to career opportunities in rural health care...

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  • “Lets Go Rural!” Post-secondary Experience in St. Paul and Elk Point encourages bilingual nursing students to think rural

    “Lets Go Rural!” Post-secondary Experience in St. Paul and Elk Point encourages bilingual nursing students to think rural

    A wagon ride, a French music concert, and a visit to a UFO landing pad: What a time was had by 23...

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  • Rural nurse practitioner helps fill gap in local primary care access

    Rural nurse practitioner helps fill gap in local primary care access

    Saluting nurse practitioners during #NPWeek RhPAP sends a shout out to all the nurse practitioners across rural Alberta during National Nurse Practitioner...

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  • A Nurse Practitioner’s Experience of Northern Alberta

    A Nurse Practitioner’s Experience of Northern Alberta

    Making a move from a southern Alberta community to the province’s north might seem like a risk to many, but it was...

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  • Shared lessons: Preceptors, students learn from each other on the job

    Shared lessons: Preceptors, students learn from each other on the job

    Thank you, rural preceptors! November 2 is designated as Rural Preceptor Recognition Day by RhPAP to acknowledge the commitment health-care preceptors give...

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  • 2022 Rhapsody Physician Award recipient a pillar of the Peace River medical community

    2022 Rhapsody Physician Award recipient a pillar of the Peace River medical community

    The Rhapsody Physician Award recognizes the contributions of rural physicians, especially those unsung heroes, who provide Alberta rural communities with outstanding patient...

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  • From Libya to La Crete: Family doctor continues devotion to his patients

    From Libya to La Crete: Family doctor continues devotion to his patients

    Having a family doctor to call their own wasn’t something La Crete residents were accustomed to before Dr. Fathi Lajili arrived 10...

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  • TeleRehab 2.0 project improves access to specialized rehabilitation assessments and treatments for rural Albertans

    TeleRehab 2.0 project improves access to specialized rehabilitation assessments and treatments for rural Albertans

    A new joint project from Alberta Health Services and the University of Alberta Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine allows rural Albertans access to...

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  • Video highlights of the 2022 RhPAP conference in Drayton Valley

    Video highlights of the 2022 RhPAP conference in Drayton Valley

    Our 2022 conference titled: Put on your perspectacles: looking through the rural lens was an outstanding networking opportunity for attendees. Our thanks...

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