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Overview

Eric S. Holmboe is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and health professions. Their scholarly work largely focuses on innovations in medical education, diversity and career in medicine, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills, as well as medical education and admissions.

Their research spans various subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, gender studies, family practice, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging. Their work frequently appears in leading academic venues such as Academic Medicine, Journal of Graduate Medical Education, JAMA Network Open, Diagnosis, and Family Medicine.

Notable recent papers by Eric S. Holmboe include:

  • Mapping clinical reasoning literature across the health professions: a scoping review, 2020, BMC Medical Education
  • Health Systems Science in Medical Education: Unifying the Components to Catalyze Transformation, 2020, Academic Medicine
  • Situativity: a family of social cognitive theories for understanding clinical reasoning and diagnostic error, 2020, Diagnosis
  • The Transformational Path Ahead: Competency-Based Medical Education in Family Medicine, 2021, Family Medicine
  • Initial Implementation of Resident-Sensitive Quality Measures in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Wide Range of Performance, 2020, Academic Medicine

Eric S. Holmboe frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their most common coauthors include:

  • Kenji Yamazaki
  • Stanley J. Hamstra
  • Yoon Soo Park
  • Sean Hogan
  • Steven J. Durning

Their main topics of investigation include:

  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Medical Education and Admissions
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts
  • Radiology practices and education
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

Eric S. Holmboe has published nearly 200 works in the field of medicine and close to 60 in health professions. Their research is often situated within prominent journals that focus on graduate medical education, clinical diagnostics, and family medicine.

Best Publications

  • Competency-based medical education: theory to practice.

    Jason R. Frank;Linda S. Snell;Olle Ten Cate;Eric S. Holmboe

  • The role of assessment in competency-based medical education

    Eric S. Holmboe;Jonathan Sherbino;Donlin M. Long;Susan R. Swing

  • Qualitative Analysis of Mothers' Decision-Making About Vaccines for Infants: The Importance of Trust

    Andrea L. Benin;Daryl J. Wisler-Scher;Eve Colson;Eugene D. Shapiro

  • Competency-based medical education in postgraduate medical education

    William F. Iobst;Jonathan Sherbino;Olle Ten Cate;Denyse L. Richardson

  • Core principles of assessment in competency-based medical education

    Jocelyn Lockyer;Carol Carraccio;Ming-Ka Chan;Danielle Hart

  • Factors influencing responsiveness to feedback: on the interplay between fear, confidence, and reasoning processes

    Kevin W. Eva;Heather Armson;Eric Holmboe;Jocelyn Lockyer

  • Entrustment Decision Making in Clinical Training.

    Olle ten Cate;Danielle Hart;Felix Ankel;Jamiu Busari

  • Faculty and the observation of trainees' clinical skills: problems and opportunities.

    Eric S Holmboe

  • Implementation of competency-based medical education: are we addressing the concerns and challenges?

    Richard E Hawkins;Catherine M Welcher;Eric S Holmboe;Lynne M Kirk

  • A Qualitative Study of Increasing β-Blocker Use After Myocardial Infarction: Why Do Some Hospitals Succeed?

    Elizabeth H. Bradley;Eric S. Holmboe;Jennifer A. Mattera;Sarah A. Roumanis

  • Assessment of professionalism: Recommendations from the Ottawa 2010 Conference

    Brian David Hodges;Shiphra R. Ginsburg;Richard Cruess;Sylvia Cruess

  • Faculty development in assessment: the missing link in competency-based medical education.

    Eric S. Holmboe;Denham S. Ward;Richard K. Reznick;Peter J. Katsufrakis

  • Effects of training in direct observation of medical residents' clinical competence: a randomized trial.

    Eric S Holmboe;Richard E Hawkins;Stephen J Huot

  • A Core Components Framework for Evaluating Implementation of Competency-Based Medical Education Programs.

    Elaine Van Melle;Jason R. Frank;Eric S. Holmboe;Damon Dagnone

  • The processes and dimensions of informed self-assessment: a conceptual model.

    Joan Sargeant;Heather Armson;Ben Chesluk;Timothy Dornan

  • Risk-benefit decision making for treatment of depression during pregnancy.

    Katherine L. Wisner;Deborah A. Zarin;Eric S. Holmboe;Paul S. Appelbaum

  • Charting the Road to Competence: Developmental Milestones for Internal Medicine Residency Training

    Michael L. Green;Eva M. Aagaard;Kelly J. Caverzagie;Davoren A. Chick

  • Facilitated Reflective Performance Feedback: Developing an Evidence- and Theory-Based Model That Builds Relationship, Explores Reactions and Content, and Coaches for Performance Change (R2C2).

    Joan Sargeant;Jocelyn Lockyer;Karen Mann;Eric Holmboe

  • Performance during Internal Medicine Residency Training and Subsequent Disciplinary Action by State Licensing Boards

    Maxine A. Papadakis;Gerald K. Arnold;Linda L. Blank;Eric S. Holmboe

  • Lower Baseline Glycemia Reduces Apparent Oral Agent Glucose-Lowering Efficacy: A meta-regression analysis

    Zachary T. Bloomgarden;Regina Dodis;Catherine M. Viscoli;Eric S. Holmboe

  • Tools for Direct Observation and Assessment of Clinical Skills of Medical Trainees

    Jennifer R. Kogan;Eric S. Holmboe;Karen E. Hauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven J. Durning
Steven J. Durning Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Cees P. M. van der Vleuten
Cees P. M. van der Vleuten Maastricht University
Anthony R. Artino
Anthony R. Artino George Washington University
Stanley J. Hamstra
Stanley J. Hamstra Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Karen E. Hauer
Karen E. Hauer University of California, San Francisco
Lambert Schuwirth
Lambert Schuwirth Flinders University
Harlan M. Krumholz
Harlan M. Krumholz Yale University
Jason R. Frank
Jason R. Frank Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Martha J. Radford
Martha J. Radford New York University

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