His specialty is quite a mouthful, but Dr. Peter Miles can be assured that the new skills he acquired through RPAP-sponsored Enrichment Training are needed in his health region. When he finished his last year of surgical residency in December 2001, Peter already knew he was going to locate in Grande Prairie. Since he was about six months ahead of the exam schedule, Peter decided to do some extra thoracic surgical training to bring up there.

Peter spoke with one of the surgeons in Grande Prairie and asked what additional surgical skills were needed. An audit determined that it was generally patients needing ERCPs (endoscopy retrograde cholangio pancreatography.) Peter was asked if he would take the necessary specialized training, and he said yes.
 
"I can do video endoscopic procedures on the bile ducts and the pancreas so we can treat strictures and diagnose cancers - all using these telescopes," says Peter. "The procedures are used for diagnosis and more often for treatment."

Last fall following his eight months of Enrichment Training, Peter and his wife Kari and their two children moved to Grande Prairie last fall.