Whitecourt high school students will get an experience in rural health-care careers

Whitecourt high school students will get an experience in rural health-care careers

Health professionals in Whitecourt are gearing up to inspire local high school students through an interactive Let’s Go Rural! high school event to be held at the Whitecourt Healthcare Centre on May 8.

Custer Occupational Therapy Helps Rural Schools - Monument Health

About 25 miles west of Custer by way of Highway 16 sits the tiny community of Elk Mountain. “It’s about a 40 minute drive depending if there’s wildlife going through Jewel Cave National Park,” says Michelle Lehman, Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant at Custer Hospital. “You end up on a dirt road and cross three cattle guards to get there.” The smallest school district by enrollment in the state of South Dakota, Elk Mountain is an exceedi…