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Shining a light on Rhapsody Physician Award nominee: Dr. Jaco Hoffman

Dr. Jaco Hoffman Community: Olds A doctor who breaks down barriers to ensure rural patients’ health needs are at the forefront is this year’s winner…

Dr. Jaco Hoffman Community: Olds A doctor who breaks down barriers to ensure rural patients’ health needs are at the forefront is this year’s winner of RhPAP’s Rhapsody Physician Award. Dr. Jaco Hoffman’s colleagues, community advocates and the RhPAP Rhapsody…

Lesley Allan: Passion & Pride, two important pieces helping build rural medicine

Growing up in Southern Ontario, and having now lived in rural Alberta for eight years, I’ve had the opportunity to experience the...
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Smoky River Skills weekend encourages students to ‘think rural’

Future health providers discovered a unique gem tucked away in northern Alberta: a group of Francophone communities passionate about enhancing rural medicine. From October 26 to 28, the communities...
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Lorena Franchuk: Rural health care experiences change with the times but commitment remains

I wasn’t born in rural Alberta. But that’s where I grew up. I was less than a year old when my parents...
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Thorhild County’s Nurse Practitioner keeps health care close to home

A rural Alberta county has undertaken innovative measures to maintain health care services close to home. Thorhild County, located about 80 km...
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Alicia Fox: Community participation key to success in rural communities

While Alberta is often best known for its wealth of natural resources, its greatest resource is not found in the land but on it: its people. ...
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Meagan Williams: Feeling good about the future of rural health care

When you have a sneak-peek into what the future of health care looks like in small town Alberta, you can’t help but feel confident....
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Hythe Continuing Care Centre Honoured For Leadership

Small community values. Big time results. The Hythe Continuing Care Centre was honoured January 7 with a Rhapsody Rural Health-care Heroes Award which recognize rural...
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Britton Ledingham: First year of RhPAP freelancing in the rear-view mirror

Being a freelancer for RhPAP has been a great pleasure of mine. It’s a gig I enjoy sharing with others, telling them it’s a...
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Nominations for the 2019 Rhapsody Awards are now open!

Nominations for the 2019 Rhapsody Awards are now open! Has a physician in your rural Alberta community gone above and beyond in...
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The HQCA wants to share your story

The call for applications is now open for the Health Quality Council of Alberta’s (HQCA) 2019 Patient Experience Awards and submissions will...
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‘It’s Just Like Home Here’. Hythe Continuing Care Centre Team Rhapsody Award Profile

For some seniors, horses can be a fond reminder of earlier days on the farm. These horses are your next-door neighbours if...
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Boot-camp style ultrasound course kicks training into high gear

A group of doctors from southern Alberta are ready to put their newfound ultrasound skills to good use. On October 12 and...
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