Daniel J. Schumacher, MD, PhD, MEd

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Director, Education Research Unit

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

513-803-2639

Board Certified

My Biography & Research

Biography

Pediatric emergency medicine is my specialty. I have always been interested in illnesses that tend to affect children. Working with children is incredibly rewarding, and I believe that clinicians and researchers can genuinely make a difference in their lives.

My research is in the area of competency-based medical education. Specifically, I study patient-focused approaches to physician performance assessment. These factors include entrustable professional activities and resident-sensitive quality measures — the latter of which I developed as the focus of my PhD work. The goal of my research is to ensure that training and educational outcomes prepare physicians to achieve the outcomes that patients need.

During my chief residency year, I developed an interest in resident assessment. I became one of eight people in a working group that developed the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Pediatric Milestones. We use this assessment approach with residents and fellows in all ACGME-accredited pediatric training programs. This work illuminated our need for better ways to assess trainees in medicine than our traditional models. Moreover, I believed we needed a way to assess physicians that demonstrates the efficacy of the care they provide to patients, as this is another gap in traditional approaches.

I am one of a select number of Americans who is a member of the International Competency-based Medical Education Collaborators. I have received Academic Medicine's Excellence in Reviewing Award as well as multiple top reviewer awards from the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. I was Cincinnati Children's first recipient of the prestigious and competitive Macy Faculty Scholar Award from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and I also received Cincinnati Children's Educational Achievement Award in 2018.

Research Interests

Competency-based medical education; physician performance assessment; qualitative methodologies

Academic Affiliation

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Clinical Divisions

Emergency Medicine

Research Divisions

Emergency Medicine

My Education

MD: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, 2005.

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI, 2008.

Chief Residency: Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI, 2009.

Fellowship: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

MEd: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2012.

PhD: Maastricht University School of Health Professions Education, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2020.

My Publications

Narrative Performance Level Assignments at Initial Entrustment and Graduation: Integrating EPAs and Milestones to Improve Learner Assessment. Schumacher, DJ; Schwartz, A; Zenel, JA; Paradise Black, N; Ponitz, K; Blair, R; Traba, CM; Poynter, S; King, B; Englander, R; et al. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:1736-1744.

Use of Resident-Sensitive Quality Measure Data in Entrustment Decision Making: A Qualitative Study of Clinical Competency Committee Members at One Pediatric Residency. Schumacher, DJ; Martini, A; Sobolewski, B; Carraccio, C; Holmboe, E; Busari, J; Poynter, S; Van Der Vleuten, C; Lingard, L. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:1726-1735.

Encouraging Entrustment: A Qualitative Study of Resident Behaviors That Promote Entrustment. Pingree, EW; Huth, K; Harper, BD; Nakamura, MM; Marcus, CH; Cheston, CC; Schumacher, DJ; Winn, AS. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:1718-1725.

Encouraging Entrustment: A Qualitative Study of Resident Behaviors That Promote Entrustment. Pingree, EW; Huth, K; Harper, BD; Nakamura, MM; Marcus, CH; Cheston, CC; Schumacher, DJ; Winn, AS. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:1718-1725.

Use of Resident-Sensitive Quality Measure Data in Entrustment Decision Making: A Qualitative Study of Clinical Competency Committee Members at One Pediatric Residency. Schumacher, DJ; Martini, A; Sobolewski, B; Carraccio, C; Holmboe, E; Busari, J; Poynter, S; van der Vleuten, C; Lingard, L. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:1726-1735.

Narrative Performance Level Assignments at Initial Entrustment and Graduation: Integrating EPAs and Milestones to Improve Learner Assessment. Schumacher, DJ; Schwartz, A; Zenel, JA; Paradise Black, N; Ponitz, K; Blair, R; Traba, CM; Poynter, S; King, B; Englander, R; et al. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:1736-1744.

The Hiker's Guide to the RIME Supplement: Choosing Directions in Research. Sewell, JL; Leep Hunderfund, AN; Schumacher, DJ; Zaidi, Z. Academic Medicine. 2020; 95:S1-S6.

Persistent, refractory, and biphasic anaphylaxis: A multidisciplinary Delphi study. Dribin, TE; Sampson, HA; Camargo, CA; Brousseau, DC; Spergel, JM; Neuman, MI; Shaker, M; Campbell, RL; Michelson, KA; Rudders, SA; et al. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2020; 146:1089-1096.

Entrustment Decision Making: Extending Miller's Pyramid. Ten Cate, O; Carraccio, C; Damodaran, A; Gofton, W; Hamstra, SJ; Hart, D; Richardson, D; Ross, S; Schultz, K; Warm, E; et al. Academic Medicine. 2020; Publish Ahead of Print.

From clinical educators to educational scholars and leaders: strategies for developing and advancing a career in health professions education. Ramani, S; McKimm, J; Thampy, H; O'Sullivan, PS; Rogers, GD; Turner, TL; Chisolm, MS; Kusurkar, RA; Hays, R; Fornari, A; et al. The Clinical Teacher. 2020; 17:477-482.