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RhPAP’s newest director views rural healthcare as a specialty of its own

Looking through different lenses is natural for RhPAP’s newest board of director.  Heidi Overguard is an avid photographer, dance studio owner, cattle rancher, and rural…

Looking through different lenses is natural for RhPAP’s newest board of director.  Heidi Overguard is an avid photographer, dance studio owner, cattle rancher, and rural healthcare advocate.  “It is important for rural communities to have viable healthcare,” says Overguard, who…

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  • SRPC members needed to chair, plan 2024 Edmonton R&R Conference

    SRPC members needed to chair, plan 2024 Edmonton R&R Conference

    The Society of Rural Physicians of Canada is excited to inform you that Rural and Remote Medicine Conference 2024 is scheduled for...

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  • Nominations for the 2023 Rhapsody Awards are now open

    Nominations for the 2023 Rhapsody Awards are now open

    Has a special physician or health professional made a big difference in your life? Celebrate all that health professionals do for rural...

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  • Dr. Danae Wolfaardt moved 16,000 km to practice family medicine in Spirit River

    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

    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

    “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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  • Growing the next generation of health professionals in Beaver County

    Growing the next generation of health professionals in Beaver County

    Health professionals from the Beaver County region will teach high school students from Tofield, Holden, and Viking basic medical skills at an...

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  • “Lets Go Rural!” Post-secondary Experience in St. Paul and Elk Point encourages bilingual nursing students to think rural

    “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

    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

    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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  • Growing the next generation of health professionals in the Brooks Newell region

    Growing the next generation of health professionals in the Brooks Newell region

    Brooks and area high school students to receive a hands-on health-care experience on Nov. 9 Health professionals from the Brooks Newell region...

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  • Shared lessons: Preceptors, students learn from each other on the job

    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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  • November 2 is Rural Preceptor Recognition Day

    November 2 is Rural Preceptor Recognition Day

    RhPAP has chosen to mark November 2 as Preceptor Recognition Day. This is your chance to tell these unsung heroes to “keep...

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