Future practitioners gain skills and insight: Rocky Mountain House Skills Weekend
It was a weekend of fun, fright, and fundamentals as 55 healthcare students visited Rocky Mountain House for a specialized skills event October...
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Medical staff recognize opportunities in Bassano
Prior to 2013, the Bassano Medical Clinic was in dire need of another physician. For some time, Dr. James Richards had been...
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Caring for your friends and neighbours: How the CARE Course helps support Alberta’s rural health professionals
Erin Welke-Martens knew long before she completed her nursing education that when you work in your own community, your patients are your neighbours, friends, and family. ...
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Bashaw LPN complements small town health-care team
Brooke Elworthy never can predict how her day will unfold when she walks in the door at Bashaw Medical Centre. As a licensed...
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Point-of-care ultrasound turns low-risk patients into no-risk patients
Now approaching the 1000th time it has been taught, the continually-improving and intensive Emergency Department Echo (EDE) Course is still raising the...
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Provost says thank you to physicians at appreciation event
An eastern Alberta community came together to socialize and show appreciation for five local physicians and their families. On Sept.12, community officials...
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Health-care students rock Rimbey at RhPAP skills event
Over 50 University of Alberta health-care students experienced Rimbey’s first-ever skills weekend on August 25 and 26. The medical, nursing, and physiotherapy...
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It needs to be said’: Thanking physicians in Sundre
On July 24, Sundre physicians spent the evening making house calls to the Double N Ranch. However, it wasn’t medical advice that brought them...
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Young Medical Minds Program highlights medical options for rural students
Dr. Chris Nichol doesn’t mince words with a dozen attentive Grade 8 students as he leads an examination of a patient named...
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Profile of Dr. Chris Nichol, Camrose Physician and 2017 Alberta Rural Physician Award of Distinction recipient
Camrose family physician, Dr. Chris Nichol, never pictured himself in a rural practice as he worked his way through medical school. Neither...
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Bruderheim working to bring essential medical services to residents
For the last two years, the Bruderheim Town Council has been tireless in its efforts to better the lives of local residents....
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