Sharing personal experiences to end mental health stigma
According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, one in five Canadians experience a mental health problem or illness in any given year. Despite...
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RhPAP has always been there for Dr. Gavin Parker. Now he’s returning the favour.
Dr. Gavin Parker has had ties to the Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) for a long time. RhPAP’s new board chair...
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Tofield recreation therapist makes life fun for long-term care residents
Everyone likes to have fun, whether they are one or 100. So, if Nicole Kulba is taking care of you, consider yourself...
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PCN workshop’s advice: Don’t worry, be happy
Happiness—it’s a simple concept that isn’t always easy to come by, especially coming out of the year that was 2020. That’s why practitioners at...
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Nominations for the 2021 Rhapsody Awards are now open
Have health professionals made a big difference in your rural Alberta community? Has your rural community successfully excelled at attracting and retaining...
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Rural nursing and midwifery key to enhancing future health care
RhPAP wraps up its celebration of 2020 The Year of the Nurse and Midwife by looking into what’s in store down the...
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Calling the midwife is catching on in Taber
Stacy Peleskey and Emily West are making a home visit with post-partum client, Eva Bergen. Peleskey is a midwife whose clinic is...
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Best wishes for a happy holiday season and a joyous new year from RhPAP
As 2020 draws to a close, the RhPAP team would like to express our gratitude for the opportunity to work with so...
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Rural Physicians get virtual assist in tackling COVID-19
For Dr. Kelly Burak, a positive COVID-19 test provided the inspiration to help rural Alberta physicians combat the virus through virtual professional...
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Rural VIP No. 14: Rural Health Education and the Pathway to Rural Practice
The fourteenth survey for the members of the Rural Voice Information Panel (Rural VIP) was sent out November 5, 2020 to 227...
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Nursing career options go beyond hospital walls
Teacher, secretary, hairdresser, or nurse. For at least one young woman growing up in a small rural community during the early ’80s, the...
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Home-care role different than acute care
Home-care nurses often have to bite their tongues and listen. What it means to care for someone in their own home is...
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