David M. Thompson, PhD, PT, University of Oklahoma Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology

David M. Thompson, Ph.D., P.T.
Assistant Professor Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Associate Director Bioinformatics and Data Management Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Allied Health Sciences

OUHSC campus address: CHB 321
phone: 405-271-2229, ext. 48054
Fax: 405-271-2068
Email: dave-thompson@ouhsc.edu
Mailing address: P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK, 73126-0901

Statistics and clinical decision-making

OUHSC Blackboard Login page for information on academic courses at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Research links: Latent variable techniques
Online resources for evidence-based health care
Learning to Practice and Teach Evidence Based Health Care. The third annual meeting of this OUHSC workshop takes place on September 12-13, 2008
How to prove your patients are getting better: Collecting and using clinic records
Hypothesis testing and statistical power

Biostatistics and Public Health: Courseware and other resources

Resources for biostatistics students including sources for data sets and information on grants.
OpenCourseWare from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: free, online educational modules for public health
COBRA, the Collection of Biostatistics Research Archive, a scholar-driven open-access repository of biostatistics working papers overseen by the Berkeley Electronic Press
Supercourse repository of lectures on public health and prevention.

Kinesiology and biomechanics

Introduction to the study of human walking
Kinesiology, emphasizing biomechanics and exercise science
Pathokinesiology
Motor teaching and motor learning
Rehabilitation of people with lower limb amputations
Prosthetic biomechanics
Balance and control of posture

Other

Creating graphs and charts to explore information
Orientation for Student Writers
Writing course objectives

Useful links

Schedule for OUHSC Grand Rounds and Seminars
BSESA, the Biostatistics and Epidemiology Student Association at the OUHSC
OUHSC College of Public Health Office of Student Services Access to student forms, academic calendars and requirements, information on student services
Research databases:

OUHSC Bird Library including links to search the online library catalog and Medline. Some searches require an OUHSC account and password.
Free, public MEDLINE searching using PubMed and Internet Grateful Med
Guidance on citing references from electronic media from the American Psychological Association

Resources for physical therapy, rehabilitation, and preventive medicine

Internet resources for the study of biomechanics and functional anatomy
Internet resources on rehabilitation of people with amputations
Oklahoma Physical Therapy Association
OKPRN, the Oklahoma Physician Resource / Research Network
PEDro, the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, from the University of Sydney (Aust.) School of Physiotherapy

For graduate students: IMS New Researchers' Survival Guide
For teachers

This page opened 6-14-1996 as one of the first web-based teaching efforts on the OUHSC campus. Last updated 4-8-2008.