Celebrate Alberta Rural Health Week May 26-30

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Nurse practitioners ease the burden for rural Alberta healthcare

RhPAP plays a crucial role in supporting an array of health professionals as they practise throughout rural Alberta. In this issue, we talk with an…

RhPAP plays a crucial role in supporting an array of health professionals as they practise throughout rural Alberta. In this issue, we talk with an nurse practitioner (NP) from Brooks who recently transitioned to an independent practice model, and an…

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  • An Advanced Care Paramedic Shares His Experience Practising in Fort Chipewyan

    An Advanced Care Paramedic Shares His Experience Practising in Fort Chipewyan

    Vincent Dazé is an Advanced Care Paramedic in Fort Chipewyan.  Previously, he worked as a paramedic in Edmonton but was looking for...

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  • Feels Like Home: The RhPAP Milk River Medical Skills Experience – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Feels Like Home: The RhPAP Milk River Medical Skills Experience – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Milk River welcomed a bus-load of nearly 50 health professions students the last weekend of October for an experience they won’t soon...

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  • Fort McMurray is ‘opportunity never ending’ for medical professionals – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Fort McMurray is ‘opportunity never ending’ for medical professionals – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Beauty. Opportunity. Diversity. Health professionals can find it all in one place – Fort McMurray. Future doctors, nurses, and other soon-to-be health...

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  • Milk River Skills Day triggers interest in rural health careers – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Milk River Skills Day triggers interest in rural health careers – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    Milk River is about an hour drive south of Lethbridge on a 4 lane divided highway, and just 15 minutes north of...

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  • A huge turnout for first-ever high school Skills Event in Fort Chipewyan

    A huge turnout for first-ever high school Skills Event in Fort Chipewyan

    RhPAP and  CAREERS: The Next Generation travelled to Fort Chipewyan to host a skills day for high school students. The people of...

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  • Why I Love Being Part of the Healthcare Team in Grande Cache

    Why I Love Being Part of the Healthcare Team in Grande Cache

    From the centre of Grande Cache, you can see 21 mountain peaks.  If you love living right in the mountains, this may...

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  • Dr. John Gillett on life and practice in Grande Cache

    Dr. John Gillett on life and practice in Grande Cache

    20 years ago, Dr. John Gillett came to Grande Cache from South Africa, with a short stint in Regina on the way....

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  • The lure of ranching brought Dr. Tyler May home to Manning

    The lure of ranching brought Dr. Tyler May home to Manning

    For many years, the community of Manning struggled to keep physicians. “Recruitment was ongoing for quite a few years. There was even...

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  • Sundre gives thanks, grows legacy of Dr. Vesta Michelle Warren

    Sundre gives thanks, grows legacy of Dr. Vesta Michelle Warren

    Sundre shone last Saturday, as healthcare heroes were lauded, and the drive for a new medical facility was launched.  About 300 people from...

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  • RPAP Awards: Manning recognized for physician attraction and retention excellence

    RPAP Awards: Manning recognized for physician attraction and retention excellence

    EDMONTON – A northwestern Alberta community is being honoured for adopting a grassroots approach to overcoming a physician shortage in the region....

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  • For South African physicians in Bonnyville, it was love at first site visit – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    For South African physicians in Bonnyville, it was love at first site visit – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

    From the moment she arrived, Dr. Leigh-Ann Smith says she fell in love with Bonnyville. Smith, along with husband and fellow physician,...

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  • Dr. Akinseinde Osakuade – What’s not to love about Oyen?             – 22nd June 2016

    Dr. Akinseinde Osakuade – What’s not to love about Oyen? – 22nd June 2016

    As a young man, Dr. Akinseinde Osakuade knew he wanted to fix people. Coming from a family of engineers in his native...

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