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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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  • Calm head during emergency confirms medicine in volunteer’s future

    Calm head during emergency confirms medicine in volunteer’s future

    A stint as a medical volunteer at Big Valley Jamboree five years ago was all 20-year-old Allyson Wrubleski needed to know she...

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  • Engaging students in rural mentorship opportunities

    Engaging students in rural mentorship opportunities

    Over 100 first-year medical students were introduced to great possibilities during a recent Rural Mentorship Lunch. Held on July 19, 2019 at...

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  • Embracing the adventure: Dr. Leon Greeff’s journey to practise in Grande Cache

    Embracing the adventure: Dr. Leon Greeff’s journey to practise in Grande Cache

    For Dr. Leon Greeff, the path to practising family medicine at the northern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Grande Cache, Alberta,...

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  • Strategies to Prepare Students for Rural Life 

    Strategies to Prepare Students for Rural Life 

    Attracting and retaining health professionals to rural practice involves a range of personal, professional, and community factors.1 These dimensions must work together...

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  • Keeping health care close to home in Fairview

    Keeping health care close to home in Fairview

    Post-secondary students learn what it’s like to be a health professional in a rural Alberta community  Health professionals from the Fairview region will teach medical...

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  • High Level graduates recognized for their dedication 

    High Level graduates recognized for their dedication 

    Four High Level, Alberta high school graduates were recently honoured for their work at a local pharmacy. The students from High Level...

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  • “So, what does RhPAP do?”

    “So, what does RhPAP do?”

    We hear that question from time to time. There is no short answer to this question, because RhPAP is like an eight-limbed mollusk known...

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  • Brooks hosts life-saving Emergency Hysterectomy Course for rural health professionals

    Brooks hosts life-saving Emergency Hysterectomy Course for rural health professionals

    Southern Alberta health professionals recently received life-saving training during a unique learning experience in Brooks. A group of ten physicians and several...

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  • Digging deep pays off as portable ultrasound equipment comes to Milk River 

    Digging deep pays off as portable ultrasound equipment comes to Milk River 

    Milk River is now home to world-class portable ultrasound technology, thanks to the foresight and generosity of local health professionals and residents....

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  • Keeping health care close to home in Brooks

    Keeping health care close to home in Brooks

    High school students from Brooks and area recently learned what it’s like to be a health professional in their own community. On...

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  • Sharing a passion for practice in Lakeland country

    Sharing a passion for practice in Lakeland country

    RhPAP sponsored Grow Your Own skills days are the perfect opportunity for health professionals to share why they love practising in rural...

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  • High school students visit hospital for unique, immersive program

    High school students visit hospital for unique, immersive program

    It was all smiles and positive feedback on Monday, May 6 following the third annual High School Skills Day at the Sundre...

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