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Speech-language pathologist targets stubborn sounds after RhPAP-funded training

Getting clients to successfully pronounce particular sounds was sometimes a challenge for rural speech-language pathologist Alaina Gamache. It wasn’t until the Bonnyville-based...
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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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Since 2002, the RhPAP Awards program has provided rural Alberta’s health-care heroes and rural communities with a healthy dose of recognition.

The RhPAP Rhapsody Awards continue a long tradition of celebrating rural Alberta’s health-care heroes and rural communities. A play on our name, the Rhapsody Awards are designed to celebrate the individuals, teams, and communities that make significant civic and health-care contributions within rural Alberta.
Rural physicians of distinction

They are the unsung heroes of Alberta’s rural communities, providing outstanding medical services, and making huge contributions to the health and well-being of their communities

Here are the stories of rural Alberta’s physicians of distinction: The recipients of the Physician Award of Distinction.

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