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Articles

  • Stopping Systemic Racism From Shortening Black Lives

    ALAN DOW M.D.

    Recently, I joined a couple hundred health care practitioners, faculty, and students from VCU who gathered as part of White Coats for Black Lives. This event was one of many nationwide during which health care practitioners advocated for addressing the impact of systemic racism on our patients… Read More

  • Treat Evictions Like A Chronic Disease

    SUSIE TURKSON & ALAN DOW M.D.

    Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Richmond was already afflicted by other public health crises, including an eviction epidemic. Our city ranks second in the nation in the rate of evictions. Within the Commonwealth of Virginia, four additional cities rank within the top 10. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More

  • Advancing Interprofessional Education Research: The Need for a Systematic Approach

    CONTRIBUTOR: ALAN DOW M.D.

    Interpersonal education (IPE) is seen as a prerequisite to collaborative practice that improves health outcomes (World Health Organization, 2010). With growth in international IPE engagement and research, there is an opportunity to strengthen best practices regarding the development…Read More

  • Empowering Student Antiracist Work to Overcome Inertia in Academic Health Centers

    CONTRIBUTOR: ALAN DOW M.D.

    The national struggles for social justice that have dominated headlines since 2020 are reflected in the challenges academic health centers are confronting as they strive to become more antiracist. One of the largest challenges for these institutions may be the inertia of the status quo. While faculty…Read More

  • Do We Need a Signature Pedagogy for Interprofessional Education

    ALAN DOW M.D.

    Professional training programs at both the pre- and post-licensure levels seek to endow graduates with not just knowledge, skills, and attitudes but also the values and identity of a profession. To do so, faculty must teach in ways that reflect these values and identity. These educational approaches have been termed signature pedagogies…Read More

  • Emerging From the COVID-19 Crisis With a Stronger Health Care Workforcem

    ALAN DOW M.D.

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the limitations of the current health care workforce. As health care workers across the globe have been overwhelmed by the crisis, oversight entities and training programs have sought to loosen regulations to support ongoing care. Notably, however, workforce challenges preceded the current crisis…Read More

Videos

VCU Distinguished Teaching Award 2021

Alan Dow, M.D., M.S.H.A

Reinvention 20

Award winning physician and professor Dr. Alan Dow discusses the science of teamwork, the challenges of interprofessionalism, why he started broadcasting during a pandemic — and why asking about zombies is such a good question.

Thriving: A Survival Guide for ‘23

Alan Dow, M.D., M.S.H.A & Scott Wayne, Envoy