Teaching Scholars Lecture Series

Eric S. Holmboe, M.D.

The New Competencies: The Need for Lifelong Learning and Faculty Development

The health professions are in the midst of major changes. These changes are requiring all health care professionals, both trainees and faculty alike, to learn new knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The talk will cover why new approaches to lifelong learning and faculty development are needed and briefly review some initiatives underway to help faculty acquire the new competencies.

May 4, 2004
College of Public Health, Pauly Auditorium
4:00-5:00 pm

All UAMS faculty invited
One hour CME Credit

Dr. Holmboe is currently Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Faculty Development and Evaluation and serves as the Director for Clinical Skills Assessment at Yale Medical School. His main research interests involve investigating new methods for the evaluation of clinical competence and quality of care in both the inpatient and ambulatory settings. He graduated with honors from the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1985. After completing an internship at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, he spent four years as a general medical officer with the Navy and Marines. He completed a residency and chief residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Yale University.

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Anna S. Moses, M.Ed.
Office of Educational Development
mosesannas@uams.edu
1.501.526.4848

Diane Heestand, Ed.D.
Office of Educational Development
Heestanddianee@uams.edu
1.501.686.8346

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