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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…

‘Best decision I ever made’ Flagstaff County Skills Event – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

The Flagstaff County skills day starts here in a town with medieval names. And there, not far from the corner of Galahad and Guinevere, is Sir Galahad...
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Wainwright High School Skills Day – 6th June 2018

For some high school students in Wainwright, a medical career in the military could be a good choice. After all, a Canadian...
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‘It’s a game changer’ RhPAP Brings EDE Ultrasound Course to Brooks

“Ultrasound is the stethoscope for the 21st century,” says Dr. Doewe Kits, an emergency room physician in Brooks. “What ultrasound allows us...
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Growing their own health professionals in Brooks – 29th May 2018

Doctor, nurse, paramedic are just a few of the career examples high school students were exposed to at a May 15 RhPAP...
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Dr. Nichol Award Presentation

May 4th was a big day for Dr. Chris Nichol of Camrose. He was the recipient of the 2017 RhPAP Rural Physician...
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Young Medical Minds Program highlights medical options for rural students

Dr. Chris Nichol doesn’t mince words with a dozen attentive Grade 8 students as he leads an examination of a patient named...
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Profile of Dr. Chris Nichol, Camrose Physician and 2017 Alberta Rural Physician Award of Distinction recipient

Camrose family physician, Dr. Chris Nichol, never pictured himself in a rural practice as he worked his way through medical school. Neither...
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2018 RhPAP Conference in Brooks a Huge Success! – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

They came from all over Alberta, as far away as Worsley in the northwest to Milk River in the southeast. 90 participants...
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A busy weekend for future rural health professionals – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan

It’s going to be a busy weekend for learning skills and showcasing the best of rural Alberta with RhPAP-sponsored events in Flagstaff...
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Just a GP – On being a rural general practitioner

Pincher Creek’s Dr. Gavin Parker is proud to tell people he’s a rural GP. Sometimes, however, the reply back is: “Oh, just a GP.”...
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Collaboration between Brooks and the County of Newell makes them a champion in attraction and retention

In 2009, Brooks was in crisis. The health centre in this community of 13,000 residents in Alberta’s southeast had lost its obstetric...
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Swan Hills Skills Event – 4th April 2018

43 health-care students travelled two and a half hours northwest of Edmonton for the first ever skills weekend held in Swan Hills. ...
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