How I Educate Series: John Casey, DO
This week’s How I Educate post features Dr. John Casey, the Program Director at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus, OH. Dr. Casey spends 100% of his shifts with learners, including emergency medicine residents, off-service residents, medical students, nursing students, physician assistants/nurse practitioner students, and EMS students. He describes his practice environment as a busy community teaching hospital located on the city’s edge, with a diverse patient population and many socioeconomic challenges. Below he shares with us his approach to teaching learners on shift.
Name 3 words that describe a teaching shift with you.
Use. The. Force.
What learning theory best describes your approach to teaching?
What is one thing (if nothing else) that you hope to instill in those you teach?
How do you balance your flow with on-shift teaching? Does this come at the expense of your documentation?
Do you feel departmental flow and metrics adversely affect teaching? What is your approach to excelling at both?
It can be difficult to sit back and let senior learners struggle what is your approach to not taking over prematurely?
Do you start a teaching shift with certain objectives or develop them as a shift unfolds?
Do you typically see patients before or after they are presented to you?
How do you boost morale amongst learners on shift?
What tips would you give a resident or student to excel on their shift?
What are your three favorite topics to teach during a shift?
What is your favorite book or article on teaching?
Who are three other educators you’d like to answer these questions?

Read other How I Educate posts for more tips on how to approach on-shift teaching.