Megan Stock found a gap in access to children’s health services within Indigenous and northern communities while doing contract work for six years as a...
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Long before they settled into their new homes in St. Paul, seven physicians with roots around the world started building their own...
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For nursing students, rural placements are exciting educational opportunities. However, for those with no local connections, it can be stressful to find short-term accommodation while training in rural communities. Stressed was...
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The recruitment and retention of nurses has been a challenge in rural Alberta for years. In response to that challenge, a “grow...
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It’s every community’s dream to have easy access to primary health care close to home. So when Dr. Muti Kauchali approached the...
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Crowsnest Pass residents requiring additional rehabilitation support are now able to remotely access expertise from larger centres thanks to a cutting-edge technology project...
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Learning how to shop for, cook, and eat healthy food are some skills children and their families are being taught to “CHANGE” their habits and reduce chronic...
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The path to becoming a nurse may look different to everyone with the underlying desire often the same—a passion for helping others....
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Family physician, Dr. Lana Fehr, wasn’t hesitant to “take it outside” at her western-themed Arrowwood Medical Clinic. It simply made sense “to...
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Over the past decade, some innovative health services that offer better access and quality of care for rural communities have begun to...
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‘My first shift at the hospital was eye-opening…’ Lac La Biche posting encourages nursing student to pursue rural career By Kirsty Algar...
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RhPAP U is a new online resource for information on rural health in Alberta created by the Rural Health Professions Action Plan....
Read MoreThe Attraction & Retention (A&R) Toolkit offers support and resources for rural communities involved in the attraction and retention of health-care providers to their geographical areas.
Some rural Alberta communities are thinking outside the box when it comes to health care so residents can receive medical services close to home.
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