Eric Holmboe, MD
About
Biography
Dr. Holmboe is currently Senior Vice President for Quality Research and Academic Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation. He is also Professor Adjunct of Medicine at Yale University. Prior to joining the ABIM in 2004, he was the was Associate Program Director, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Director of Student Clinical Assessment, Yale School of Medicine, Director of Faculty Development, Department of Medicine, and Assistant Director for the Yale Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program. Prior to joining Yale in 2000, he served as division chief of General Internal Medicine at the National Naval Medical Center. His research interests include interventions to improve quality of care and methods in the evaluation of clinical competence.
He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Yale University.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Professor AdjunctPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- MD
- University of Rochester (1985)
- Intern
- National Naval Medical Center
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital
- Chief Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital
- Fellow
- Yale University School of Medicine
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Harlan Krumholz, MD, SM
Jennifer Mattera, DrPH, MPH
Publications
2024
The Predictive Performance of General Surgery Milestones on Post-Graduation Outcomes.
Wirtalla C, Finn C, Acker R, Landau S, Syvyk S, Holmboe E, Yamazaki K, Kelz R. The Predictive Performance of General Surgery Milestones on Post-Graduation Outcomes. Annals Of Surgery 2024 PMID: 39051106, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000006457.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical yearsAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education MilestonesPatient outcomesAcute care hospitalsMilestone assessmentPost-graduation outcomesPatient-related outcomesGeneral surgery milestonesPatient navigationGeneral surgery traineesAssessed 6 monthsRetrospective cohort studyPatient careCare hospitalEducational milestonesIndependent practiceCohort studyPrimary outcomePatient deathScore discriminationTrainee progressPractice domainsPost-graduationSurgeon experienceAssessment periodTrends in Operative Case Logs of Chief Residents in Surgery by Sex and Race
Zmijewski P, Park Y, Hogan S, Holmboe E, Klingensmith M, Cortez A, Lindeman B, Chen H, Smith B, Fazendin J. Trends in Operative Case Logs of Chief Residents in Surgery by Sex and Race. Annals Of Surgery 2024, 280: 473-479. PMID: 38957982, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000006373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsCase logsURiM residentsStudy periodAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationFemale residentsOperative case logGraduate Medical EducationMale residentsGeneral surgery residentsSurgeon chiefTeaching assistant casesGeneral surgery programsNo significant differencePaired t-testGraduating residentsURM residentsSurgery programsSurgery residentsYear study periodSignificant differenceChief residentsEight-hundredSurgical trainingT-testMaleProgrammatic Assessment of Clinical Reasoning: New Opportunities to Meet an Ongoing Challenge
Torre D, Daniel M, Ratcliffe T, Steven J, Holmboe E, Schuwirth L. Programmatic Assessment of Clinical Reasoning: New Opportunities to Meet an Ongoing Challenge. Teaching And Learning In Medicine 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-9. PMID: 38794865, DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2024.2333921.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsClinical reasoningClinical reasoning assessmentProgrammatic assessmentLearner agencyModel of clinical reasoningHealth professions educationAssessment of clinical reasoningReasoning assessmentProgrammatic assessment modelPhysician competenceProfessions educationAssessment methodsTriangulation of dataSystematic assessment approachFaculty coachesAssessment approachFeedback cultureCoachingMultiple opportunitiesAssess narrativesRichness of informationEducationContext-drivenTriangulationAssessmentAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Training Ratings and Surgeons’ Early Outcomes
Smith B, Yamazaki K, Tekian A, Brooke B, Mitchell E, Park Y, Holmboe E, Hamstra S. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Training Ratings and Surgeons’ Early Outcomes. JAMA Surgery 2024, 159: 546-552. PMID: 38477914, PMCID: PMC10938242, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2024.0040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEndovascular aortic aneurysm repairAccreditation Council for Graduate Medical EducationMilestone ratingsPatient outcomesAssociated with subsequent clinical outcomesStudy of patient outcomesSurgical specialtiesAortic aneurysm repairVascular Quality Initiative (VQI) registrySurgical traineesACGME-accredited training programsGraduate Medical EducationAdverse patient outcomesPatient risk factorsPatient outcome dataRate 6 monthsSurgical complicationsAneurysm repairComplication ratePostoperative complicationsEducational interventionDeviation scoreClinical outcomesEarly outcomesMain OutcomesConsensus-Derived Recommended Skills for Transition to Residency Courses
Rustici M, Mutter M, Atkins K, Holmboe E, Morgan H, Olson A, Anderson A, Zell J, Roosevelt G, Brainard J. Consensus-Derived Recommended Skills for Transition to Residency Courses. Academic Medicine 2024, 99: 764-770. PMID: 38466613, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricCorrection to: The Association of Subspecialty and Sex with Industry Payments to Internal Medicine Physicians Who Recently Completed Training
Park Y, O’Rourke P, Gabrielson A, Hogan S, Holmboe E, Jing Y, Yamazaki K, Trock B, Han M. Correction to: The Association of Subspecialty and Sex with Industry Payments to Internal Medicine Physicians Who Recently Completed Training. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 1-2. PMID: 38383945, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08677-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAccuracy of Entrustment-Based Assessment: Implications for Programs and Patients.
Dine C, Conforti L, Holmboe E, Kogan J. Accuracy of Entrustment-Based Assessment: Implications for Programs and Patients. Journal Of Graduate Medical Education 2024, 16: 30-36. PMID: 38304606, PMCID: PMC10829919, DOI: 10.4300/jgme-d-23-00275.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsProportion of ratersAppropriateness of careVariance proportionMean scoreDecision (DResident performanceRating ScaleEntrustment scoresStandardized residentsRatersEntrustment ratingsEntrustment-supervision scalesResidentsFaculty ratingsD studiesScoresFaculty participationG studyPotential needParticipantsFacultyCarePerformance levelData sharing and big data in health professions education: Ottawa consensus statement and recommendations for scholarship
Kulasegaram K, Grierson L, Barber C, Chahine S, Chou F, Cleland J, Ellis R, Holmboe E, Pusic M, Schumacher D, Tolsgaard M, Tsai C, Wenghofer E, Touchie C. Data sharing and big data in health professions education: Ottawa consensus statement and recommendations for scholarship. Medical Teacher 2024, 46: 471-485. PMID: 38306211, DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2023.2298762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsHealth professions educationHealth professionalsProfessions educationEducation of health professionalsTraining of health professionalsConsensus statementHealth professions education scholarsBig dataKnowledge translationHealth of societyData sharingVolume of data collectionData scholarshipContext of big dataExpert consensusEvolving scopeMultidisciplinary collaborationHealthData collectionData sharing collaborationsConference attendeesBest practicesQuality of scholarshipProfessionalsCulture of trustGender Differences in Work-Based Assessment Scores and Narrative Comments After Direct Observation
Heath J, Kogan J, Holmboe E, Conforti L, Park Y, Dine C. Gender Differences in Work-Based Assessment Scores and Narrative Comments After Direct Observation. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 39: 1795-1802. PMID: 38289461, PMCID: PMC11282012, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-08645-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGender differencesFeminine termsLinguistic differencesWord useRater trainingWork-based assessmentsNarrative commentsScripted performancesTraining interventionPrior studiesDesignSecondary analysisNarrative differencesSignificant linguistic differencesRandomized controlled trialsSkill levelEntrustment ratingsResident skill levelResident-patient encountersGenderCommentsMultivariate linear regressionSystems-Based Practice 20 Years On: Navigating the System for Better Care
Edgar L, Hogan S, Yamazaki K, Nasca T, Holmboe E. Systems-Based Practice 20 Years On: Navigating the System for Better Care. Academic Medicine 2024, 99: 351-356. PMID: 38266204, DOI: 10.1097/acm.0000000000005640.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsSystems-based practiceSafety of health careComplex health care environmentPatient-centered careHealth care environmentHealth care systemPatient safetyHarmonized milestonesCare environmentHealth careAcademic medicine communityCare systemPhysician's roleQuality improvementNarrative descriptionMedicine communityCore competenciesCareSpecialtyProfessional developmentGeneral competenciesDescription of competenciesCommunity's abilityCompetenceFaculty
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