Christopher M Haymaker, PhD

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Christopher M Haymaker, PhD

Director, GME Wellbeing

Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education

Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Biosketch

Dr. Chris Haymaker is an educator and behavioral scientist whose work centers on creating learning environments that foster reflection, growth, and connection. Over the past five years, he has focused on advancing teaching and facilitation practices that help medical learners translate self-awareness into professional effectiveness. His teaching spans Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Med-Peds, Psychiatry, Orthopedic Surgery, and OB/GYN, with particular attention to communication, professionalism, and health equity.

Dr. Haymaker’s scholarship explores how reflective practice and intentional facilitation can strengthen learning communities and improve clinical education. His implementation research examines how innovations—such as communication coaching, well-being initiatives, and note-writing interventions—can be effectively integrated into residency training. He is also deeply interested in approaches to early intervention and remediation, seeking to better understand how programs can support learners who encounter challenges during training while promoting fairness, growth, and belonging.

Across his work, Dr. Haymaker is guided by the belief that professionalism in medicine requires humanism, and that meaningful education depends on curiosity, empathy, and courageous conversation.

  • Education and Training
    • Predoctoral Internship 1999, Children's Hospital Columbus, Miami University-Oxford
    • PhD 1999, Clinical Psychology, Miami University-Oxford
    • MA 1997, Psychology, Miami University-Oxford
    • BS 1992, Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Publications

  • Presentations
    • Developmental Progression of Integrated Behavioral Health Practicum: From Fresh Start to Mature Curriculum. Schieffer, R, Higgens, K & Haymaker, C. , Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement and Behavioral Science Forum , Pittsburgh, PA, 09/2025
    • Best Practice for Early Intervention and Remediation of Residents in Family Medicine. Haymaker, C, Romain, A, Pratt, G, Fraser, K, Malhotra, K, Schilling, J, Delbridge, E, Cadick, A, & Arthur, M., Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement and Behavioral Science Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, 09/2025
    • Competency Based Framework for Professionalism: Introducing a Three Factor Model. Haymaker, C & Penwell, L. , Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference on Practice and Quality Improvement and Behavioral Science Forum , Pittsburgh, PA, 09/2025
    • Family Medicine resident disability access: A person-centered approach in accommodations. Ellwood, S & Haymaker, CM., STFM annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 05/2025
    • Translating milestones and core outcomes into competency based rotational goals and objectives. VanDerKolk, K, Watts, KB & Haymaker, CM. , STFM annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 05/2025
    • Racial and ethnic disparities in autism screening in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Lee J, Haymaker C, Brubaker A, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
    • Developing a Culture of Psychological Safety: Microlearning, Infographics, and Champions. Porter-Stransky K, Haymaker C, Gibson K, Rothney M, Chan T, Horneffer-Ginter K, 2023 AAMC Group on Institutional Planning National Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 04/2023
    • Lifestyle medicine exposure experience: health coaching for residents' wellness. Haymaker CM, Cassidy R, Hickey G, The 40th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 09/2019
    • Cognitive bias in medical decision making -- teaching utilizing a morbidity and mortality format. Cadick A, Haymaker CM, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine 2019 Annual Spring Conference, Toronto, Canada, 04/2019
    • Helping the grieving healer: strategies for assisting with physician grief. Cadick A, Haymaker CM, Barclay M, The 39th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 10/2018
    • Team work: developing curriculum for appropriate use of the extended care team. Haymaker CM, O'Brien E, Cassidy R, The 39th Forum for Behavioral Science in Family Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, 10/2018
    • Iterative redesign of chemical dependency rotation to update resources and increase reflection. Haymaker CM, Society for Teachers in Family Medicine 2016 Annual Spring Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 05/2016
    • Using the King-Devick test to evaluate shift work cognitive function during a family medicine inpatient shift. Khaper B, Al-Selmie E, Roise A, Haymaker CM, Society for Teachers in Family Medicine 2016 Annual Spring Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 05/2016