Creating a win-win for the health system and health Profession's education: a direct observation clinical experience with feedback iN real-time (DOCENT) for low acuity patients in the emergency department.

Erin Leiman, MD is Assistant Professor, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, and Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Residency Program in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine.  Dr. Leiman leads other undergraduate academic pursuits as the Assistant Director for the Duke Interprofessional Education and Care Center and the medical director of the Interprofessional Education Clinic that brings together interprofessional students and faculty to care for patients.  She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University and trained at the Harvard-affiliated program in Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston where she was chief resident. 

Dr. Theiling is a board-certified emergency medicine physician with expertise in Emergency Department and hospital operations. He is currently the vice chair of operations for Duke University's Department of Emergency Medicine, as well as CSU Medical Director of the Emergency Services Clinical Service Unit for Duke University Hospital. This unit encompasses Duke's Emergency Department, Life Flight Critical Care transport teams, the Duke Trauma Center, Patient Transport and Emergency Management.

As an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine and works in providing high-quality emergency care.. Dr. Theiling also provides cutting-edge education to future emergency medicine providers, focusing on clinical emergency medicine and critical care, advancements in medical education and emergency department operations.

Dr. Theiling is also a member of the Duke Emergency Medicine Residency Core Faculty and has won multiple awards for his work in education and clinical care. He has over a dozen publications in peer-reviewed journals about clinical emergency medicine, advancements in medical education, emergency department operations and work with Duke Life Flight. He works closely with AMPA and is active in the organization.

Nicholas Hudak is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health in the Duke University School of Medicine. He is faculty clinical coordinator with the Duke Physician Assistant (PA) Program, practicing PA in the Department of Neurology, and an Assistant Director in the Duke Center for Interprofessional Education and Care. 

Dr. Hoder is a clinician, an educator and mentor in the DPT program. His specific area of expertise is in adult neurological rehabilitation. Dr. Hoder brings his expertise to Neurological Patient Management I in the second year of the DPT curriculum, to the gait assessment component of Movement Science in the first year of the DPT curriculum and throughout the curriculum for content areas related to the examination and management of Adults with Neurological deficits. His teaching philosophy is to train compassionate and critical physical therapy clinical scientists to competently and comprehensively evaluate and manage individuals with complex neurological disorders. He strives to teach students to self assess, self correct and self direct, becoming lifelong independent learners; to guide students to become critical appraisers of medical information, research and technology; to train students to treat individuals with the utmost respect and dignity, as a clinician and as an educator. His clinical areas focus on the management of adults with movement disorders, central vestibular dysfunction and coordinating interdisciplinary education of the DPT students within the Emergency Department. He specializes in the evaluation and management of gait and balance issues for individuals with movement disorders. He has lectured nationally and internationally on topics related to Parkinson’s disease and central vestibular dysfunction.  Dr. Hoder’s research interests lie in determining best clinical practice for the evaluation and management of individuals with movement disorders, particularly those with Parkinson’s disease and freezing of gait. He collaborates with other clinical researchers across the country and has presented nationally on the topic.

Clinical Practice.

Dr. Buckley is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from Duke University in 1972 with a BSE in Electrical Engineering. He received his MD degree from Duke in 1977 followed by a residency in ophthalmology. He then completed two fellowships, one in pediatric ophthalmology and the other in neuro-ophthalmology, both at the University of Miami Bascom Palmer Eye Institute returning to the faculty at Duke in 1983. He is currently the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and the James P. and Heather Gills Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Pediatrics, and the Vice Dean for Education for the School of Medicine, overseeing all of the student education programs including the PA, DPT, Path Assistant and Masters of Clinical Research, Biostatistics, and Clinical Leadership. He was the Chief of both the Pediatric and Neuro-ophthalmology services for many years. He has been involved with the development of the Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School (Duke-NUS) education program since 2001 and currently Co-Chairs the Duke-NUS Academic Committee. He is the director of the pediatric ophthalmology fellowship program at Duke and has trained over 45 clinical and 10 research fellows.

Dr. Buckley has served as President of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS), Chair of the American Board of Ophthalmology, Chair of the Section of Ophthalmology of the American Academy of Pediatrics, President of the American Orthoptic Society, and is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of AAPOS. He has received the Life Time Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and AAPOS. He has published/edited eight books, 40 book chapters, and over 120 peer-reviewed articles. He has given many prestigious named lectures including the Marshall Parks Lecture at the AAO, the Costenbader lecture at AAPOS and the Richard Scobee Memorial Lecture for the AACO. Although he is considered an expert in multiple aspects of pediatric ophthalmology, Dr. Buckley is perhaps best known for his research and clinical innovations involving the treatment of complicated strabismus and congenital cataracts.