Strategies to Prepare Students for Rural Life
Attracting and retaining health professionals to rural practice involves a range of personal, professional, and community factors.1 These dimensions must work together...
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Keeping health care close to home in Fairview
Post-secondary students learn what it’s like to be a health professional in a rural Alberta community Health professionals from the Fairview region will teach medical...
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Lattes and bucking bulls: A wild time at Tofield Skills Event
Bucking bulls, paintball pellets, live music, and lattes were among the many highlights of a recent Health Skills Event in Tofield. Close...
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Pincher Creek area students experience a hands-on introduction to health-care careers
A recent event in Pincher Creek proved beneficial for both local students and health-care professionals. About 30 enthusiastic high school students received...
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From suturing to snowshoes, health-care students have an amazing rural experience in Barrhead
A visit to Barrhead proved to be a weekend of firsts for several future health–care professionals. On March 9 and 10, over 50 post-secondary health-care...
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Bulls and billets part of unique Tofield health-care experience
Community will be a big part of the upcoming RhPAP Health Skills Weekend on Apr. 13-14, 2019 Billets and bulls will be...
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Gold, Chicken Bones, and a “Bouncy Pillow”
54 Post-Secondary Health Care Students Experience a Fun-Filled Skills Weekend in Peace River Have you ever jumped on the “Bouncy Pillow”? It’s...
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Smoky River Skills weekend encourages students to ‘think rural’
Future health providers discovered a unique gem tucked away in northern Alberta: a group of Francophone communities passionate about enhancing rural medicine. From October 26 to 28, the communities...
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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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Smoky River Region to introduce future health-care professionals to career possibilities in rural Alberta
Students studying several health-care disciplines are coming to the Smoky River Region this weekend to discover the advantages of living and working...
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Rocky Mountain House to host rural experience for future health-care professionals
Students studying several health-care disciplines are coming to Rocky Mountain House to discover the advantages of living and working in rural Alberta....
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