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Rachel Stefaniuk: 2025 Rural Medical Student Award Recipient

Watching her “baba” navigate cancer in a small rural Alberta community with few healthcare options prompted a Willingdon woman to study medicine. “This lack of…

Watching her “baba” navigate cancer in a small rural Alberta community with few healthcare options prompted a Willingdon woman to study medicine. “This lack of equality in healthcare inspired me to pursue medicine and work towards filling the healthcare gap…

RhPAP supports six rural nurses at trauma nursing course in Banff

Fortunately, serious vehicle accidents in rural Alberta are a rare occurrence. Nonetheless, rural hospital nurses want to be trained to confidently treat...
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Doctor and young family choose to RESIDE in rural Alberta

Opening a practice as a new physician is an overwhelming endeavour in itself, but doing so with a young family in tow...
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RhPAP supports rural operating room nurses at Rural Surgical Skills workshop in Banff

Physicians who practise in operating rooms in rural Alberta hospitals are often regular attendees at the annual Rural Surgical Skills workshops in...
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RhPAP contributes to health professional learning in Banff

RhPAP staff were kept busy from January 18–20 in Banff, Alberta as several events were taking place over the same three-day period....
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Dr. Danae Wolfaardt moved 16,000 km to practice family medicine in Spirit River

Dr. Danae Wolfaardt’s arrival in Spirit River was a homecoming of sorts. Dr. Wolfaardt’s mother grew up in the community a hour...
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Virtual care makes rural counselling more accessible

Rural Albertans who need mental health support during the upcoming holiday season or in the future have a new way to connect...
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“Let’s Go Rural!” High School Event in Brooks introduces students to rural health-care opportunities

The goal of an RhPAP Let’s Go Rural high school event is to introduce students to career opportunities in rural health care...
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“Lets Go Rural!” Post-secondary Experience in St. Paul and Elk Point encourages bilingual nursing students to think rural

A wagon ride, a French music concert, and a visit to a UFO landing pad: What a time was had by 23...
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Rural nurse practitioner helps fill gap in local primary care access

Saluting nurse practitioners during #NPWeek RhPAP sends a shout out to all the nurse practitioners across rural Alberta during National Nurse Practitioner...
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A Nurse Practitioner’s Experience of Northern Alberta

Making a move from a southern Alberta community to the province’s north might seem like a risk to many, but it was...
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Shared lessons: Preceptors, students learn from each other on the job

Thank you, rural preceptors! November 2 is designated as Rural Preceptor Recognition Day by RhPAP to acknowledge the commitment health-care preceptors give...
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2022 Rhapsody Physician Award recipient a pillar of the Peace River medical community

The Rhapsody Physician Award recognizes the contributions of rural physicians, especially those unsung heroes, who provide Alberta rural communities with outstanding patient...
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