Christopher Chiu, MD

Associate Professor

Internal Medicine

Christopher Chiu

Academic contact

543 Taylor Ave
Columbus, OH 43203

Fax: 614-688-6471

Christopher.Chiu@osumc.edu

Academic information

  • Department: Internal Medicine
  • Division: General Medicine

Research interests

  • Digital Scholarship and Nontraditional Academic Dissemination
  • Medical Education
  • Primary Care Quality Improvement
  • Health Communication
  • Medical Literacy
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pediatrics

About

Biography

I am an associate professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and am the director of Education and the Program on Digital Scholarship in the Division of General Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

My research focuses on digital scholarship, including medical podcasting and social media–enabled education, as well as curriculum design and faculty development in medical education. I collaborate on primary care quality improvement initiatives and studies, and innovative models for health communication and medical literacy, particularly in outpatient internal medicine and pediatrics.

Credentials

Education

Residency - Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
IU Health University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, United States
7/1/2009 - 6/30/2012
Internship - Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
IU Health University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, United States
6/23/2008 - 6/30/2009
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
Indiana University School of Medicine-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States
6/1/2004 - 5/31/2008

Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics
    10/9/2015
  • American Board of Internal Medicine
    8/7/2015

Research

Research interests

  • Digital Scholarship and Nontraditional Academic Dissemination
  • Medical Education
  • Primary Care Quality Improvement
  • Health Communication
  • Medical Literacy
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pediatrics

Additional Interests

  • Digital scholarship and nontraditional academic dissemination (medical podcasting, MedTwitter curriculum development, digital literacy)
  • Medical education, with emphasis on curriculum design, teaching best practices, and faculty/clinician development
  • Primary care quality improvement, including behavioral health integration and chronic disease management
  • Health communication and medical literacy, including public-facing education through audio/video media
  • Clinical interests in internal medicine and pediatrics, particularly outpatient practice innovation

More about my research