Alison Doucet
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alison.doucet [at] mcgill.ca (Dr. Alison Doucet)
Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, she is a family physician working at the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Health Center where she fulfills her role as clinician and teacher as a hospitalist in the area of tuberculosis, respirology and general medicine. She is currently chief of family medicine at the Montreal Chest Institute. Moreover, she has over ten years of clinical experience in Aboriginal communities of Northern Quebec, delivering primary care and urgent medical/obstetrical care. From 2006 to 2013, she has been the Director of the Global Health committee at the Department of Family Medicine at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. She is currently involved in capacity-building projects in Tanzania and Ecuador. Her particular areas of interest are centered in delivering health care to under-serviced areas, empowering patients and primary health care workers through education, and understanding the impact of culture on healthcare practices.
She is the principal Investigator and teacher for TEACH, Training and Education for Andean Community Health, a training program for indigenous community health workers in Ecuador. This project is a participatory action research project initiated in 2011