Praise for Tom’s workshop on interpreting and reporting statistics

“Thank you for making statistics understoodable!” From a physician at Sichuan Medical University, Chengdu, China

The course was far more interesting and accessible than I anticipated. I would take another course from Mr. Lang and recommend my colleagues do the same. From an American Medical Writers Association conference

Excellent workshop – better than all of my grad school stat classes. From a physician-researcher at the Cleveland Clinic

Brilliant! Tom’s command of the subject is amazing. The value of this workshop is priceless . . . From a student at the University of Chicago’s course on statistics for medical writers and editors

This [statistics] workshop was well thought out and very well led. Tom made an intimidating topic very approachable, and he was organized, kept things moving, and was very clear. Thank you!! From a European medical writer

I do not know of anybody who could have explained this material to this level of detail and audience understanding. Amazing! Thank you! From a Japanese researcher

It was perfectly focused for the target audience – it was just what I needed for a basic understanding of the statistics I run into at work. From a medical writer in the pharmaceutical industry

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Tom Lang

• Former Manager, Medical Editing Services, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

• Former Senior Scientific Writer, New England Cochrane Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center

• Participant, CONSORT, MOOSE, and PRISMA standards-setting groups

• Past President, Council of Science Editors

• 2002 Excellence in Continuing Education Award, American Statistical Association

• Golden Apple Award, Outstanding Workshop Leader, American Medical Writers Association

• 2002 Harold Swanberg Distinguished Service Award for contributions to medical communications, American Medical Writers Association

• MA, Communications Management, Annenberg School for Communication, USC

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Reviews of Publications by Tom Lang

How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors and Reviewers, Second Edition
Ed Hull, European Science Editing Book Review, May 2008; 34(2) [Link]
Edmee E. Franssen MSc PStat, Canadian Family Physician, Le Médecin de famille canadien Vol 54: february • février 2008 [Link]
Review by David L. Schriger, MD, MPH on the Annals of Emergency Medicine, volume 49, NO. 6. January 2007. [Link]
John E Cornell, PhD and Valerie A Lawrence, MD, MSC on Evidenced-Based Medicine Online. August 2007. [Link]
Review by Collin R. Cooke MD MSc, for Respiratory Care, 2008. [Link]

American College of Physicians [Link]