John G Schumacher

About

Dr. Schumacher is a medical sociologist and social gerontologist focusing on health care delivery. One area of his current research focuses on examining geriatric emergency medicine models of care and community engaged scholarship. A second area of research examines generative artificial intelligence and pedagogy in higher education.

Research interests

aging, gerontology, geriatric emergency medicine, physician-patient relationships, social dimensions of health, pedagogy research, online education; Scholarship of teaching and learning involving generative artificial intelligence

Teaching interests

Theory and Methods in Gerontology; Generative artificial intelligence & teaching & learning; Research Methods; Medical sociology; Chronic and life-threatening illness

Education

  • Ph D, SociologyCase Western Reserve University (2000)
    Older Adults in the Emergency Department: Predictors of Emergency Physician Encounter Satisfaction
  • MA, SociologyCase Western Reserve University (1995)
  • MA, Applied PhilosophyBowling Green State University (1994)
    Physicians' obligation to discuss advance directives with patients at high risk of losing decision-making capacity.
  • BS, ChemistryJohn Carroll University (1986)