Wainwright Star Edge: Students get hands-on experience at Grow Your Own Health Skills event – 14th May 2018
The following is an article by Zak McLachland that first appeared in the April 27, 2018 edition of the Wainwright Star EDGE....
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“I Choose to Be Busy” – Carolyn Robbins on being a nurse and rancher in Pincher Creek
Some people choose to take care of people for a living. Others choose to take care of animals. Carolyn Robbins has decided...
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Sundre to celebrate local nurses while introducing nursing skills to students – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan
Students from Sundre and Cremona high schools to learn essential nursing skills at May 7 event Sundre and Cremona high school students...
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“Grow Your Own” health professions skills event to honour Camrose doctor – 3rd May 2018
A Camrose physician who has mentored dozens of “Young Medical Minds” will be honoured by the Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP)...
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“Grow your own” event to showcase health careers to local students – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan
High school students from Edgerton, Irma and Chauvin are going to get a taste of rural health care from some of their...
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Our condolences to family and friends of Dr. Vanessa Berjat – 30th April 2018
We were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Dr. Vanessa Berjat earlier this month in Rocky Mountain House. Dr. Berjat...
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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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Building on Success: A Study of Rural Albertan Communities Success Strategies in Attracting and Retaining Health Care Professionals – The Alberta Rural Physician Action Plan
This summer watch for RhPAP in your area – we will be visiting communities that have been successful in attracting and retaining...
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