Born and raised in the city, this U. of C. med student comes to love the rural life
Channel: RhPAP
Date: 25/05/2022

Congratulations to Breanne Gordulic of Carseland! 

Currently in her second year of medicine at the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine, Gordulic is the recipient of a $5,000 RhPAP Rural Medical Student Award.

Breanne Gordulic grew up in Edmonton, met her future husband while working in oil and gas in northern Alberta, and soon found herself living in Carseland, with a population of 542. Carseland is located a little less than an hour's drive southeast of Calgary.

Breanne has come to love the community spirit of rural life.
She helped Dr. Lana Fehr with the opening of her medical clinic in Arrowwood. 

“I would be sitting at the desk and members of the community would come up and we’d just chat like we knew each other, but of course we didn’t, and it was just a really nice atmosphere, said Gordiluc.”

Breanne shadowed Dr. Kristy Penner in the Crowsnest Pass, and was so impressed that Dr. Penner still does house calls.

“Very privileged to go on one of these house visits with her," added Gordulic. "It was just such an incredible experience that she would take time out of her day, like rearrange her schedule to make sure that these patients that couldn’t come to her, actually still got the care they needed.
  
Now that this former city girl has had a taste of rural life and rural medicine, she encourages others to consider it.

“I don’t think that I could permanently move back to the city," realized Gordulic. "So, if you have in your head that you might like rural medicine, give it a try and you might be really surprised.”