Tom Newman's Document Repository!
I've created this space to put documents I want to make available to others.
Evidence-Based Diagnosis
Textbook!
Dr.
Michael Kohn and I have written a book, Evidence-based Diagnosis
(Cambridge University Press, 2009). You
can find the page proofs by going to our 2008-9 Clinical
Epidemiology Course Syllabus and clicking on the chapters under Required
Reading. We hope you'll buy the book. My share of the royalties goes to Physicians for Social
Responsibility in support of nuclear disarmament. Click here to go to Cambridge University
Press, where you can get a 20% discount if you enter the promotional code PE09EBD
at checkout. And here's a flier you can post and forward
to your friends.
Tips on Reading
the Literature, biostatistical errors, etc.
How
to Read the Literature 14Apr05 (Document)
2009 Pediatric
Academic Societies Workshop on Common Biostatistical Errors (PPT Slides)
2009 Pediatric Academic
Societies Workshop on Common Biostatistical Errors (Answers: Word Document)
Narrated
PowerPoint Presentation on Industry-sponsored Research (You may need to
click OK at the Flash Player Warning.) (CME Credit available!)
Short (27 minutes) video on industry sponsored research and marketing. (CME Credit available!)
Well Baby Nursery
Documents:
Hot Tips for Managing Neonatal Jaundice (2006)
Hour-Specific Bilirubin Risk Zones (The "Bhutani Nomogram" – the percentiles are not accurate, but I still find it useful.) Even better is BiliTool (http://bilitool.org/.)
Bilirubin Risk Index (based on Newman TB et al, Arch Peds Adol Med 2000;154:1140-47. Updated 6/16/08.)
Circumcision Facts for Parents 2006 (A dispassionate summary of risks and benefits. I don't have a particular axe to grind; I just favor evidence-based decision making.)
Circumcision Information for Clinicians (includes references) 6 July 2007.doc
Suggestions for leading
a Journal Club or Teaching Conference
These handouts were written to help the Senior Consulting Resident in the UCSF pediatric clinic lead a monthly 1-hour journal club and a teaching conference. Many residents and others have found them helpful.
Suggestions for Leading a Journal Club 12Jun07.doc
Tips on Leading A Teaching Conference 4Feb04
Urinary tract infections
Imaging
after Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) for Parents
This is a handout by Isky Gordon (Professor of Pediatric Imaging at the
Great Ormand Street Children's Hospital in
Imaging after UTI for
Parents (2/08 Word Document).doc
Urinary
tract infections in infants (handout for doctors)
Here's a version for doctors, which is now a bit out of date, but still has lots of references you might find helpful, as well as a much more detailed guide to how to think about the problem. To see the references, you have to download or view it as a Word document. For your convenience, an HTML version (no references) is here as well.
UTI Handout (revised 20May02) (MS Word Document)
UTI Handout revised 20May02 (HTML, no references)
Other useful
documents and links:
ProductivityFiles.zip -- This is a zipped file with a handout with some productivity tips, some handy Stata .ado files, and statcalc.exe (an old favorite from CDC), which is a very quick and easy way to analyze 2x2 tables and estimate sample size.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children (by TBN and Andi Marmor, MD) June, 2009
Symptomatic Treatment of Fever and URI (Document) – Updated in December, 2007.
Likelihood Ratios for Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rates in Children with Nonspecific Illness
Tips On Caring for Neurologically Handicapped Inpatients 5Mar03
Unitarian Universalist Sermons
and Reflections
I am a committed Unitarian Universalist. Here are some sermons and "pulpit reflections" I've given at UU congregations, especially the Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo (UUSM). I'll probably speak at yours if you invite me. For more information on Unitarian Univeralism, check out the UUA Website.
Longevity - Version for UU Palo Alto (2000)
Will Bill Gates Go to Heaven? (2002)
Healing American Healthcare (2004)
Reflections on UUSM (2006 - Document)
Pulpit Reflection: It's Not Easy Being Green (May 2006 - Document)
EVERY TRIP TO HAYWARD A WANTED TRIP TO
HAYWARD! The true story of how
the UUSM Social Action Committee (mainly TN) improved signage on the approach
to the
Can Faith Heal the World? Sermon April 1, 2007 (link to pdf on UUSM website)
The two documents above mention our campaign to improve signs leading to the
Nuclear Weapons
I have become very concerned about nuclear proliferation, possible nuclear
terrorism, and
Here are the slides for a talk I've been giving, "The New Nuclear Danger and What You Can Do About It." The "Speaker Notes" document the source of the slides and provide additional information. The WHAT YOU CAN DO handout tells you exactly that. Some of the things take only a few minutes a week.
Taking a Stand against Nuclear
Proliferation (article in Pediatrics, 2008)
The
New Nuclear Danger and What You Can Do About It (PPT presentation from 12/05)
WHAT YOU CAN DO (About Nuclear Weapons)
24May06 (MS Word Document)
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