Alison Dobbie, MD

Professor & Chairman
Endowed Title: Perry E. Gross, M.D., Distinguished Chair in Family Medicine
Family & Community Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-1399
Office Fax: 214-358-3708

alison.dobbie@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

After graduating from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, Dr Dobbie worked for 10 years as a rural family physician in the Scottish Borders before starting her academic career. She is board-certified on both sides of the Atlantic and has held faculty positions at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Imperial College, London, England and the University of Kansas School of Medicine. Dr Dobbie’s research interests in medical education include the role and contribution of Web-based learning, the teaching and learning of communication skills and cultural competency, and the personal and professional development of medical school faculty. Dr. Dobbie is married to Jonathan, a CPA, and has one grown stepson.

Education

FellowshipFaculty Development Center of Texas (1999)
ResidencySouth Queensferry Health Centre (1986)
ResidencyWilliam Smellie Memorial Hospital (1985)
ResidencyLaw Hospital (1984)
ResidencyLaw Hospital (1984)
InternshipLaw Hospital (1983)
InternshipHairmyres Hospital (1983)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Glasgow (1982)

Research Interests

The impact of technology on medical learning
The personal and professional development of medical school faculty
The teaching and learning of communication skills, focusing on cultural competency and the use of standardized patients
The teaching and learning of community oriented primary care

Publications

Evaluation of a web-based family medicine case library for self-directed learning in a third-year clerkship.

Morrow JB, Sepdham D, Snell L, Lindeman C, Dobbie A. , Family Medicine , Summer 2010; (42(7)):496-500

Patient-centered interviewing and student performance in a comprehensive clinical skills examination: is there an association?

Rouf E, Chumley H, Dobbie A. , Patient Educ Couns , November 2008; (Nov 13, 2008)

Electronic health records in outpatient clinics: perspectives of third year medical students.

Rouf E, Chumley HS, Dobbie, AE. , BMC Med Educ , March 2008; :8:13

First year medical students can demonstrate EHR-specific communications skills: A control group study.

Morrow JB, Dobbie AE, Jenkins C, Long R, Mihalic A, Wagner J. , Family Medicine , January 2009; (41(1)):28-33

A Validated Pediatric Cultural Competence Curriculum

Mihalic A, Morrow J, Dobbie A. , Patient Educ Couns , April 2010; (79(1)):77-82

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Family Physicians

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine