Professor Al Dowie

Professor of Medical Ethics and Law (Undergraduate Medical School)

telephone: 01413308343
email: Al.Dowie@glasgow.ac.uk

School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, Main Campus, 59 Oakfield Avenue, Room 405, Glasgow, G12 8LL

Biography

Medicine is one of the four original faculties of the University of Glasgow dating from 1451.

Professor Al Dowie is its first Professor of Medical Ethics and Law.

He is the lead for ethics and law in the undergraduate Medical School, Dental School, and Nursing and Health Care School.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

Other scholarly recognition:

Visiting Research Professor: Sapienza Università di Roma, Unità di Storia della Medicina e Bioetica, Dipartimento di Scienze e Biotecnologie Medico-Chirurgiche, Facoltà di Medicina e Odontoiatria
Associate Editor for History and Medical Humanities: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Editorial Board Member: Medical Teacher.

Present and past collaborations beyond the University of Glasgow include medical Royal Colleges, NHS National Services ethics governance, NHS postgraduate ethics training, the General Medical Council, and other organisations:

UK Council for Educators of Medical Professionalism: Steering Group member
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow: Faculty of Dental Surgery MFDS exam training courses
Royal College of Physicians (London) MRCP exam: PACES (Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills) Scenario Editorial Committee
NHS Scotland National Services Division: Chair, Expert Panel on Pre-implantation Genetic Testing
NHS Education for Scotland: training courses in ethics and law for all hospital registrars (West Region)
General Medical Council: Confidentiality guidance, Task and Finish Group
Institute of Medical Ethics: Trustee, Board member, and Education Group member
Scottish Deans Medical Curriculum Group: Founder, Community of Practice for ethics theme leaders in the four Scottish medical schools.

His first degree at the University of Glasgow is in mathematics and natural philosophy (physics). A further degree in the humanities at UofG led to a scholarship and master’s degree in Princeton followed by a doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.

His PhD thesis is focused at the intersection of ethics, hermeneutics (the turn to interpretation theory in epistemology, the philosophy of knowledge), and social anthropology. It combines qualitative empirical research on the interpretation of organisational culture with the development of associated theory, and is a study in the social construction of ethical practice. The ethnography was published in 2002.

Research interests

Professor Dowie’s philosophical interests include:
- The epistemology and ethics of the pre-Socratics to Aristotle
- The Scottish Enlightenment philosophers of moral motivation and moral sense (particularly David Hume and Thomas Reid) and their relation to American pragmatist thought of the nineteenth century and later
- Phrónēsis (φρόνησις) and the neo-Aristotelian hermeneutical theory of Hans-Georg Gadamer.
His interests in medical ethics and law centre on:
- Confidentiality, consent, and capacity
- Ethical reasoning and decision making in clinical practice across specialties
- Medical ethics education
- The history of medical ethics in Britain since John Gregory (1724–73) and Thomas Percival (1740–1804).
He reads widely in the history of medicine, with special interests in ancient Greek, early Islamic, and mediaeval Italian periods.

Publications

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2024

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2024) Can A.I. Do Ethics? University of Glasgow Nursing & Health Care School: Away Day on Artificial Intelligence and Education, Glasgow, Scotland, 01 May 2024.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2024) Can A.I. Do Ethics? NHS Education for Scotland Annual Virtual Conference: Developing a Compassionate, Skilled and Sustainable Workforce Through Innovative Education and Technology, 25-26 Apr 2024.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2024) Tales of Medical School: Ethnographic Fieldwork. University of Dundee Centre for Medical Education, Dundee, Scotland, 16 Apr 2024.

2023

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2023) Can A.I. Do Ethics? British Alliance of Research in Dental Education & Scholarship (BARDES 2023), Glasgow, Scotland, 09-10 Nov 2023.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2023) Professional Ethics in General Practice and Giving Evidence in Hearings. Ayrshire GP Specialty Trainees, Ayr, Scotland, 19 Sep 2023.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2023) Ethical sense, medical ethics education, and maieutics. Medical Teacher, 45(8), pp. 838-844. (doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2023.2178885) (PMID:36820837)

Omran, Rahaf and Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2023) Increased demand for orthodontic treatments during the COVID-19 pandemic: a commentary. British Dental Journal, 234(2), pp. 84-87. (doi: 10.1038/s41415-023-5451-3) (PMID:36707571) (PMCID:PMC9880911)

2022

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2022) Everyday Ethics. University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, 6 Sept 2022.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2022) Teaching Ethics by Maieutics. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2022), Lyon, France, 31 Aug 2022.

2021

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2021) Robin Downie. Quality of Life: A Post-Pandemic Philosophy of Medicine. Scottish Medical Journal, 66(3), pp. 162-163. (doi: 10.1177/00369330211027443)[Book Review]

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2021) Making Ethical Decisions in Clinical Practice [Invited Talk]. ECHO Highland (Online), Highland Hospice, Inverness, Scotland, 07 May 2021.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2021) The enigma of health: cultural, health political, and philosophical aspects. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 51(1), pp. 37-42. (doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.109) (PMID:33877132)

2020

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2020) What are Euthanasia, Assisted Dying, and Assisted Suicide? Kyle Academy Medical Ethics Conference, Ayr, United Kingdom, 15 Dec 2020.

2019

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2019) Medical Ethics and Law for the Plastic Surgeon. [Invited talk]. Pan Scotland Plastic Surgery Registrars Study Day, Glasgow, Scotland, 25 Feb 2019.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2019) Ethics. In: Staten, Adam Peter and Staten, Paul (eds.) Practical General Practice, 7th Edition. Elsevier: Amsterdam, pp. 19-25. ISBN 9780702055522

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Dowie, Suzanne (2019) Teaching and Learning Medical Ethical Reasoning. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2019), Vienna, Austria, 25 Aug 19.

2018

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) Hot Topics in Medical Ethics. [Invited talk]. MRCP(UK) PACES Scenario Writing Group. Royal College of Physicians, 13 Nov 2018.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) Creating a passion for learning. In: Harden, R.M. and Lilley, P. (eds.) The Eight Roles of the Medical Teacher: The Purpose and Function of a Teacher in the Healthcare Professions. Elsevier, p. 64. ISBN 9780702068959

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) Abortion - for and Against [Invited talk]. Glasgow University Medical Arts and Humanities Society, 26 Apr 2018.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) What’s in a Name? [Invited talk]. Glasgow Odontological Society Annual Dinner. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, 24 Feb 2018.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) The Only Way is Ethics — But how do I teach it? University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, 11 Sept 2018.

2017

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2017) Ethics, Psychiatry, and the Government Prevent Strategy [Invited talk]. Advanced Psychiatric Trainees Teaching Day, Glasgow, Scotland, 23 Nov 2017.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2017) What Should the Generalist Know about Ethics in Modern Medicine? [Invited talk]. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Symposium, Ayr General Hospital, 1 March 2017.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2017) The Hidden Curriculum [Invited talk]. Institute of Medical Ethics Education Conference, London, UK, 3 Feb 2017.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2017) Assisted Suicide — To be, or not to be? University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, 12 Sept 2017.

2016

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2016) Assisted Suicide: For and Against [Invited talk]. Bloody Scotland International Crime Writers Festival, Stirling, Scotland, 10 Sept 2016.

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2016) Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Assisted Dying [Invited talk]. Kyle Academy Medical Ethics Conference, Ayr, UK, 19 Feb 2016.

2015

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) Ethics in PACES Station 4 [Invited talk]. MRCP(UK) PACES Scenario Writing Group, Royal College of Physicians, 10 Nov 2015.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) Whatever ought not to be spoken of abroad: formation (of medical students) and information (of patients). Journal of Medical Law and Ethics, 3(1-2), pp. 25-43. (doi: 10.7590/221354015X14319325749991)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) What is a Fair Resource Allocation Decision? [Invited talk]. Thrombotic Microangiopathies — Tomorrow’s Answers, Today. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Symposium, 5 Jun 2015.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) Overview of Ethics in the Context of a Training Programme for Special Care Dentistry [Invited talk]. Special Care Dentistry Registrars Study Day, Glasgow Dental Hospital & School, Glasgow, Scotland, 17 Apr 2015.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) Practice makes ethics. MedEdWorld,

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) A Psychogeographic Approach to the Educational Experiences of Medical Students Undertaking Clinical Placements in a Glasgow Teaching Hospital. Oral presentation. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2015), Glasgow, Scotland, 9 Sept 2015.

Goldie, John, Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034, Goldie, Anne, Cotton, Phil and Morrison, Jill ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-1516 (2015) What makes a good clinical student and teacher? An exploratory study. BMC Medical Education, 15, 40. (doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0314-5) (PMID:25779409) (PMCID:PMC4358722)

Goldie, John, Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034, Goldie, Anne, Cotton, Philip and Morrison, Jillian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-1516 (2015) The influence of structural and institutional change on teaching and culture in clinical settings: an exploratory study. Medical Teacher, 37(2), pp. 189-195. (doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.947943)

2014

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2014) Moral Philosophy and the Arts in my Medical Ethics Teaching [Invited talk]. University of Glasgow Medical School seminar with the Durham University Centre for Medical Humanities New Generation Scholars, 10 Dec 2014.

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2014) Whatever… Ought not to be Spoken of Abroad — Formation (of Students) and Information (of Patients) [Invited paper]. , Wellcome Trust International Symposium, ‘Medical Confidentiality and Privacy: Past, Present and Future’, University of Glasgow, 26 Apr 2014.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2014) 'Post it, pin it, tweet it like a pro' Case Study of Hospital Flu Vaccine Video on YouTube [Invited talk]. Student Conference on Professionalism and Social Media, University of Glasgow, School of Medicine, 19 March 2014.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2014) Making sense of assessment in medical ethics and law. Journal of Medical Ethics, 40(10), pp. 717-718. (doi: 10.1136/medethics-2013-101331)

2013

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2013) Recent systematic reviews on: the Attitudes of UK Doctors to Assisted Suicide (McCormack et al.); and the Attitudes of Patients, Carers and the Public Internationally to Assisted Suicide (Hendry et al.) [Invited talk]. Palliative Medicine National Education Day, Perth Royal Infirmary, 26 Apr 2013.

Goldie, J., Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034, Cotton, P. and Morrison, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-1516 (2013) Professionalism. In: Walsh, K. (ed.) Oxford Textbook of Medical Education. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199652679

2012

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2012) An Apprenticeship Model for Ethics Learning in the Clinical Context: A Spoonful of (Alan) Sugar? [Invited talk]. Ayr General Hospital Postgraduate Medical School Education Group, 3 Feb 2012.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2012) An Apprenticeship Model for Ethics Learning in the Clinical Context: A Spoonful of (Alan) Sugar? [Invited talk]. Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Postgraduate Medical Education Group, Glasgow, Scotland, 17 April 2012.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2012) An Apprenticeship Model for Ethics Learning in the Clinical Context: A Spoonful of (Alan) Sugar? University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 Sept 2012.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2012) Making Sense of Ethics Education in the Medical Curriculum. Oral presentation. Cumberland Lodge Colloquium, 8th October 2012. From the Classroom to the Clinic: Humanities and Education in Bioethics, 8 Oct 2012.

2011

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Martin, A. (2011) Ethics and Law in the Medical Curriculum. Series: AMEE Guides in Medical Education, 53. Association for Medical Education in Europe: Dundee. ISBN 9781903934890

Browne, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1785-1429, Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034, Mitchell, L., Wyke, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8247, Ziebland, S., Campbell, N. and Macleod, U. (2011) Patients' needs following colorectal cancer diagnosis: where does primary care fit in? British Journal of General Practice, 61(592), pp. 692-699. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp11X606582)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) When a Patient Rejects Life-Saving Emergency Care [Invited talk]. National Undergraduate Emergency Conferene, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 9 Oct 2011.

Collier, A., Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034, Ghosh, S., Brown, P.C., Malik, I. and Boom, S. (2011) Diabetic foot ulcer: amputation on request? Diabetes Care, 34(10), e159. (doi: 10.2337/dc10-2183)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) An Apprenticeship Model for Ethics Learning in the Clinical Context: A Spoonful of (Alan) Sugar? [Invited talk]. British Society of Paediatric Dentists Study Day, Glasgow, Scotland, 13 Sept 2011.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) Teaching Ethics in the Context of Palliative Medicine [Invited talk]. West of Scotland Palliative Medicine Registrars Study Day, Glasgow, Scotland, 3 June 2011.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) Ethics in Palliative Medicine [Invited Talk]. West of Scotland Palliative Medicine Training Day: 'Nutrition and Ethics', Glasgow, Scotland, 3 Jun 2011.

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) Making sense of ethics and law in the medical curriculum. Medical Teacher, 33(5), pp. 384-387. (doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.550966)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) Confidentiality Today. [Opening address]. University of Glasgow and Institute of Medical Ethics Conference. What are you Doing with my Information? Use and Disclosure of Personal Health Data: Law, Ethics and Practice., 24 June 2011.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Martin, Anthea (2011) Ethics and Law in the Medical Curriculum, 29 August 2011. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2011), Vienna, Austria, 27-31 Aug 2011.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Vernon, Bryan (2011) Ethics Teaching: Sharing Best Practice, 27 August 2011. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2011), Vienna, Austria, 27-31 Aug 2011.

2010

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2010) An Ethnographic Study of the Clinical Setting, and its Hidden Curriculum, on Students' Professional identity and the Barriers to Obtaining Effective Support in their Formation. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2010), Glasgow, Scotland, 7 Sept 2010.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2010) Research Using Patient Health Records [Invited talk]. University of Glasgow, Emergency Medical Society, 28 Jan 2010.

Bal, A. M., Collier, A., Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Ghosh, S. (2010) Policy needs to be revisited. British Medical Journal, 341, c6147. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c6147)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2010) Patient Safety: A Topic for Ethics education? [Oral presentation]. University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, 15 Sept 2010.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Vernon, Bryan (2010) Ethics Teaching: The Challenges, 4 September 2010. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2010), Glasgow, Scotland, 4-5 Sept 2010.

2009

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Martin, A. (2009) Private wisdom and public practice: formation and governance in the medical profession in the United Kingdom. Ethics and Social Welfare, 3(2), pp. 145-157. (doi: 10.1080/17496530902951905)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2009) An Online Community of Practice for Medical School Ethics Teachers [Oral presentation]. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2009), Malaga, Spain, 29 Aug - 2 Sept 2009.

Morrison, J.M., Dowie, A., Cotton, P. and Goldie, J.G. (2009) A medical education view on sociological perspectives on professionalism. Medical Education, 43(9), pp. 824-825. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03444.x)

2008

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2008) Needlestick Injury and HIV - an Ethical and Legal Quandary [Invited talk]. Ayr General Hospital. Combined Divisional Hospital Meeting, 11 Aug 2008.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2008) Adults with Incapacity [Invited talk]. British Geriatrics Society Symposium. Ethical Issues in Care Homes. Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 28 Feb 2008.

Collier, A., Ghosh, S., Dowie, A., Walsh, K. and O'Leary, C.P. (2008) HIV testing in dementia: clinical, ethical and patient safety implications. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 69(9), pp. 500-503.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2008) Professional Wisdom: Public practice, Private Wisdom, 28 March 2008. Towards Professional Wisdom Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 26-28 March 2008.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2008) Virtual Patients, Real Ethics: Developing Cases for Online Learning. University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, 11 Sept 2008.

2007

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2007) The Values We Hold [Invited talk]. Royal College of General Practitioners North Faculty Annual General Meeting, Inverness, Scotland, 3 Oct 2007.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2007) The Scottish Doctor and Medical Ethics Curricula [Invited talk]. General Practice Tutors Conference, University of Aberdeen, Scotlan, 27 May 2007.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2007) Teaching Professionalism in the Early Years of a Medical Curriculum: a Qualitative Study. [Oral presentation]. Scottish Medical Schools Departments of General Practice, 18 Jan 2007.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2007) Teaching Professionalism in the Early Years of a Medical Curriculum: a Qualitative Study. [Oral presentation]. Association for the Study of Medical Education, Keele University, 11-13 July 2007.

Goldie, J.G., Dowie, A., Cotton, P. and Morrison, J.M. (2007) Teaching professionalism in the early years of a medical curriculum: a qualitative study. Medical Education, 41, pp. 610-617. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02772.x)

McNaughton, E, Marsden, W and Dowie, A (2007) Innovative specialist training programme for general practice in Angus, Scotland: a qualitative evaluation. Education for Primary Care, 18(1), pp. 35-44.

2005

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2005) Introduction to Qualitative Research [Invited Talk]. One-Day Workshop at the University of Glasgow Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Glasgow, Scotland, 23 Jun 2005.

Ker, J.S., Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034, Dowell, J., Dewar, G., Dent, J.A., Ramsay, J., Benvie, S., Bracher, L. and Jackson, C. (2005) Twelve tips for developing and maintaining a simulated patient bank. Medical Teacher, 27(1), pp. 4-9. (doi: 10.1080/01421590400004882)

2004

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2004) Poster: Evaluation of a New Model for Vocational Training in General Practice in Angus. NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Conference: 'NES Educational Research: Today and Tomorrow', Glasgow, Scotland, 1 April 2004.

2002

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2002) Poster: Peer Participant Observation of Teaching (PPOT). Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2002), Lisbon, Portugal, 30 Aug 2002.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2002) Micro-Politically Sensitive Ethnography. University of Oxford Department of Sociology: ‘Dangerous, Difficult and Delicate: A Workshop on Problematic Qualitative Research’, Oxford, UK, 10 May 2002.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2002) Interpreting Culture in a Scottish Congregation. Series: Pastoral Theology, 3. Peter Lang: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780820456591

2001

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2001) Book review: The GP Quiz Book 2, Alick Munro, Radcliffe Medical Press, 189pps, ISBN: 1857753836. Scottish Medical Journal, 46(6), p. 189. (doi: 10.1177/003693300104600615)[Book Review]

2000

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2000) Book review: Involving Patients and the Public, Ruth Chambers, Radcliffe, 171pps, ISBN: 1857753933. Scottish Medical Journal, 45(6), p. 191. (doi: 10.1177/003693300004500625)[Book Review]

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2000) Phronesis or "practical wisdom" in medical education. Medical Teacher, 22(3), pp. 240-241. (doi: 10.1080/01421590050006188)

1999

Preece, P.E., Morgan, C. and Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1999) The development of medical ethics for the new millennium. Scottish Medical Journal, 44(6), p. 165. (doi: 10.1177/003693309904400603) (PMID:10703087)

1998

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1998) Identity and culture in congregations. Contact : the Interdisciplinary Journal of Pastoral Studies, 125(1), pp. 10-16. (doi: 10.1080/13520806.1998.11758826)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1998) The interpathic self: beyond sympathy and empathy. Theology in Scotland, 5(1), pp. 45-53.

Milligan, C. and Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1998) What Do Children Need from their Fathers? University of Edinburgh, Centre for Theology and Public Issues. ISBN 1870126386

1997

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1997) Resistance to Change in a Scottish Christian Congregation. Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth. Inaugural New Scholars Conference: ‘In whom, then, do we trust? Religion in a changing world’, University of Edinburgh, 18-19 March 1997.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1997) Resistance to change in a Scottish Christian Congregation. Scottish Journal of Religious Studies, 18(2), pp. 147-162.

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Number of items: 90.

Articles

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) Practice makes ethics. MedEdWorld,

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2011) Making sense of ethics and law in the medical curriculum. Medical Teacher, 33(5), pp. 384-387. (doi: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.550966)

Bal, A. M., Collier, A., Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 and Ghosh, S. (2010) Policy needs to be revisited. British Medical Journal, 341, c6147. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.c6147)

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2000) Phronesis or "practical wisdom" in medical education. Medical Teacher, 22(3), pp. 240-241. (doi: 10.1080/01421590050006188)

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1998) The interpathic self: beyond sympathy and empathy. Theology in Scotland, 5(1), pp. 45-53.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (1997) Resistance to change in a Scottish Christian Congregation. Scottish Journal of Religious Studies, 18(2), pp. 147-162.

Books

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2002) Interpreting Culture in a Scottish Congregation. Series: Pastoral Theology, 3. Peter Lang: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780820456591

Book Sections

Book Reviews

Conference or Workshop Item

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2024) Tales of Medical School: Ethnographic Fieldwork. University of Dundee Centre for Medical Education, Dundee, Scotland, 16 Apr 2024.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2023) Can A.I. Do Ethics? British Alliance of Research in Dental Education & Scholarship (BARDES 2023), Glasgow, Scotland, 09-10 Nov 2023.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2023) Professional Ethics in General Practice and Giving Evidence in Hearings. Ayrshire GP Specialty Trainees, Ayr, Scotland, 19 Sep 2023.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2022) Everyday Ethics. University of Glasgow, General Practice and Primary Care Teaching and Learning Event, 6 Sept 2022.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2022) Teaching Ethics by Maieutics. Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE 2022), Lyon, France, 31 Aug 2022.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2021) Making Ethical Decisions in Clinical Practice [Invited Talk]. ECHO Highland (Online), Highland Hospice, Inverness, Scotland, 07 May 2021.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2020) What are Euthanasia, Assisted Dying, and Assisted Suicide? Kyle Academy Medical Ethics Conference, Ayr, United Kingdom, 15 Dec 2020.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) Hot Topics in Medical Ethics. [Invited talk]. MRCP(UK) PACES Scenario Writing Group. Royal College of Physicians, 13 Nov 2018.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2018) Abortion - for and Against [Invited talk]. Glasgow University Medical Arts and Humanities Society, 26 Apr 2018.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2017) The Hidden Curriculum [Invited talk]. Institute of Medical Ethics Education Conference, London, UK, 3 Feb 2017.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2016) Assisted Suicide: For and Against [Invited talk]. Bloody Scotland International Crime Writers Festival, Stirling, Scotland, 10 Sept 2016.

Dowie, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2016) Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Assisted Dying [Invited talk]. Kyle Academy Medical Ethics Conference, Ayr, UK, 19 Feb 2016.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2015) Ethics in PACES Station 4 [Invited talk]. MRCP(UK) PACES Scenario Writing Group, Royal College of Physicians, 10 Nov 2015.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2012) An Apprenticeship Model for Ethics Learning in the Clinical Context: A Spoonful of (Alan) Sugar? [Invited talk]. Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Postgraduate Medical Education Group, Glasgow, Scotland, 17 April 2012.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2010) Research Using Patient Health Records [Invited talk]. University of Glasgow, Emergency Medical Society, 28 Jan 2010.

Dowie, Al ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6590-9034 (2007) Teaching Professionalism in the Early Years of a Medical Curriculum: a Qualitative Study. [Oral presentation]. Association for the Study of Medical Education, Keele University, 11-13 July 2007.

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Grants

Grants and Awards listed are those received whilst working with the University of Glasgow.

Scottish medical schools - online community of practice for medical ethics teachers
Higher Education Academy
2007 - 2012

Supervision

Professor Dowie’s recent and ongoing supervision of PhD topics:

Theory and interpretations of informed medical consent in clinical practice
Qualitative empirical research on international health care volunteering.

Teaching

Professor Dowie delivers all teaching and assessment for the curricula in ethics and law across the undergraduate Medical School, Dental School, and Nursing and Health Care School.

This comprises a total of 18 distinct year groups for the degrees of MBChB, BDS, and BN (Honours), including the pre-medical Gateway to Medical Studies programme, the international pre-medical course, the International Partner Dental Schools course, and intercalated BSc teaching.

He is course Director of the MSc module in Medical and Research Ethics (MED5408).

He contributes to the Graduate Certificate in Burns & Plastic Surgery Care for Adults and Paediatrics.

Topics in undergraduate teaching:

Introduction to ethics
Ethical reasoning
Values clarification
Moral motivation
Value of life
Patient advocacy
Introduction to law
Ethics and law of confidentiality and disclosure
Ethics and law of consent and capacity
Law of negligence
Equality law
Family law
Mental health law
Termination of pregnancy and the law
Assisted suicide and the law
Introduction to epistemology
Research ethics
Human factors in patient safety
Fatal Accident Inquiries
Death certification.

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