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RhPAP is recruiting a new public member for our Board of Directors

Help support rural Alberta communities in their efforts to keep healthcare close to home. The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is recruiting a Director…

Help support rural Alberta communities in their efforts to keep healthcare close to home. The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is recruiting a Director to serve on the organization’s board commencing July 2025. Working with management, the board of…

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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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  • Lattes and bucking bulls: A wild time at Tofield Skills Event

    Lattes and bucking bulls: A wild time at Tofield Skills Event

    Bucking bulls, paintball pellets, live music, and lattes were among the many highlights of a recent Health Skills Event in Tofield. Close...

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  • What a week! Alberta agrees that #RuralHealthMatters

    What a week! Alberta agrees that #RuralHealthMatters

    Thank you to all of our friends and partners who helped us recognize the health professionals and community members  in rural Alberta...

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  • Meet five amazing rural Alberta health professionals who shared their stories during Alberta Rural Health Week

    Meet five amazing rural Alberta health professionals who shared their stories during Alberta Rural Health Week

    A rural nurse that fell in love with a helicopter pilot. A physician who loves jet-boating on the Smoky River. A licensed...

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  • Emma Hulit: A Rural Health-care Hero

    Emma Hulit: A Rural Health-care Hero

    Emma Hulit is a member of her local Quad Municipality (Milk River, Warner, Coutts, County of Warner) support committee and the Old...

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  • Keeping health care close to home in Provost

    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...

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  • Rita Lyster: A Rural Community Champion

    Rita Lyster: A Rural Community Champion

    Rita has been instrumental for many years as a community champion in the attraction and retention of health professionals. I think that this work is a natural part of her,...

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  • Rural Alberta health-care heroes receive well-deserved recognition

    Rural Alberta health-care heroes receive well-deserved recognition

    Mayerthorpe, Pincher Creek, Provost, and Sundre home to 2019 RhPAP Rhapsody Award recipients  Health-care heroes in four rural Alberta communities are the recipients of the 2019...

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  • Keeping health care close to home in Lac La Biche

    Keeping health care close to home in Lac La Biche

    Local high school students to learn what it’s like to be a health professional in their own community Health professionals from the...

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  • Vegreville looking to grow their own health professionals

    Vegreville looking to grow their own health professionals

    Sometimes the best way to get something done is to start from the ground up. In the east-central Alberta town of Vegreville,...

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