Danika Bouvier grew up on a ranch not far from Donnelly, Alberta, about 425 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, where her parents run...
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Knowing your accommodation is all set up before arriving for a medical rotation in an unfamiliar community is comforting. And having someone...
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Congratulations to Jaslyn Rasmuson, who has been named a recipient of a 2022 RhPAP Rural Medical School Award. Jaslyn grew up in...
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Congratulations to Breanne Gordulic, recipient of a 2022 RhPAP Rural Medical School Award. Breanne’s interest in rural medicine began when she moved...
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Rural life, work ideal for High River doctor When Dr. Nicole Roper was a teen, her grandfather had a heart attack. Her...
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As a junior high school student in Lac La Biche, Kelly Anderson had big plans to travel the globe to provide medical care to...
Read MorePlamondon was the perfect stop for 19 bilingual nursing and physiotherapy students looking for a rural francophone health-care experience.
Located 200 kilometers northeast of Edmonton, this community of about 350 people just west of Lac La Biche is one of four municipalities in Alberta that are officially bilingual.
Does your rural Alberta community have the resources and initiatives it needs to promote rural health careers to local students?
Research shows that the two biggest influences on health care professionals joining rural practice is having a rural background themselves and exposure to rural training and placements during post-secondary education.
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