Rural Mental Health Conference: Unique Challenges, Unique Solutions

Jackie Seely (Guest)

Location: Medicine Hat College Brooks Campus

Region(s): South

This is the first year a Conference has been held which focuses specifically on the unique challenges faced by mental health care providers in rural areas. Conference organizers believe that rural communities must employ unique solutions to these unique challenges.

The RMH Conference will start at 12:00pm on November 12th and last until 2:00pm on November 14th. The program includes a mixture of keynote speakers, breakout sessions and networking opportunities.

The RMH Conference aims to:

• Celebrate programs being implemented in rural areas.
• Share ideas/practices and build capacity of rural health care providers.
• Bring delegates from across the province to Brooks to showcase our programs/facilities.
• Raise the profile and awareness of rural mental health and form relationships with other communities to advance the practice.

For more information and to register, visit the conference website at https://www.rmhconference.ca/