More than a third of Saskatchewan residents live in a rural or remote community. Some of these individuals can face challenges accessing health care, either through limited resources or long distances to urban care centres.
It’s easy to take our hearts for granted. The strong muscle is powered by unseen electrical impulses that anchor our lives in a steady, reliable beat. But what happens when these electrical impulses misfire, and our hearts fall out of rhythm?
From greenhouse laboratory to teaching sites across the province, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) College of Medicine has been shaping health care in Saskatchewan and beyond for a century. This year the college celebrates two milestones—100 years since the two-year School of Medical Sciences was established and 70 years since students have been able to take their entire four-year medical degree at USask.
Four Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) students have proved that it is never too late to go back to school. Inspired by their life experiences and support from their families, they chose to become physical therapists and are not looking back.
