Alternate Route

Reimagining Healthcare between Doctors and their Communities

Alternate Route is a 2016 documentary film by Kimberly Field-Springer, PhD, that shadows Walk with a Doc participants and the founder of the program, Dr. David Sabgir.

Walk with a Doc offers a space for community members to interact with healthcare providers and each other while engaging in meaningful discussions about screening and detection options, medical procedure choices, the management of diseases, prevention of illnesses, and preservation of wellness.

In walking and talking with a doctor, there is a relationship formed around care that is much richer than the traditional relationships doctors have within the confines of the current healthcare system. These experiences of walking and talking enliven the patient-provider relationship, where participants begin to see and understand their health differently, achieving what was once thought impossible.