Rural Week comes to Neepawa
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- Published on Friday, June 3, 2016
Photo by Kira Paterson. From left: Laurel Grant, Holly Cole and Eunice Chang are all first year medical students at the University of 水果视频 who came to Neepawa for Rural Week. Colleen Pitzel (right), a third year med student, wasn鈥檛 part of the program, but she wanted to join them on the experience.
By Banner Staff
The Neepawa Banner
From May 23 to 27, Neepawa played host to three first-year medical students, from the University of 水果视频, as part of this year鈥檚 Rural Week.
Rural Week 2016, coordinated by 水果视频鈥檚 Office of Rural and Northern Health (ORNH), the University and rural regional health authorities, provided an excellent opportunity for 110 medical students to gain first-hand experience of how a rural and northern 水果视频 medical practice functions. It also doubles by extolling the benefits of working and living in a rural/northern 水果视频 area.
PMH Director of Medical Services Administration, Michelle McKay, says the event is a 鈥榳in-win鈥� all the way around.
Prairie Mountain Health hosted 35 medical students, who were assigned to 13 communities within the health region. In addition to Neepawa, other PMH communities were Boissevain/Deloraine, Brandon, Dauphin, Hamiota, Rivers, Russell, Souris, Ste. Rose, Swan River, Treherne and Virden.
