• Director, Evidence Based Medicine, UCSF Family Medicine Residency Program

• AB, Stanford University
• MD, University of California, San Diego
• MPH, University of Washington
• PhD, University of Washington
• Residency in Family Medicine, UCSF, Sonoma County Community Hospital
• Fellowship, University of Washington, Epidemiology

• The doctor-patient relationship, especially patient-physician trust
• Female, adult, urinary incontinence
• Evidence-based medicine

• Thom DH , Kravitz RL, Bell RA, Krupat E, Azari R. Patient trust in the physician: relation to patient requests and request fulfillment. Family Practice. 19: 476-83, 2002.
• Thom DH , Kravitz RL, Kelly-Reif S, Sprinkle RV, Hopkins JR, Rubenstein LV. A new instrument to measure appropriateness of services in primary care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care. Issue: 2. 16: 133-140, 2004.
• Thom DH , Hall MA, Pawlson LG. Measuring patient’s trust in physicians when assessing quality of care. Health Affairs. Issue: 4. 23: 124-132, 2004.
• Thom DH , Haugen J, Sommers PS, Lovett P. Building on a block rotation to integrate evidence-based medicine in residency. BMC Medical Education. 4: 19-24, 2004.
• Thom DH , Van Den Eeden SK, Ragins AI, Wasel-Fyr C, Subak L, Brown JS. Differences in Prevalence of Urinary Incontinence by Race/Ethnicity. Journal of Urology. Issue: 1. 175: 259-64, 2006.

Department of Family and Community Medicine
San Francisco General Hospital
Box SFGH-B80 WD83
1001 Potrero Avenue
Bldg 80, Ward 83
San Francisco, CA 94110

ph 415-206-6523

dthom@fcm.ucsf.edu