Wikipedia:CARL Medical Editing Initiative
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY MEDS 112
CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND LIFELONG LEARNING (CARL)
WIKIPEDIA PROJECT OVERVIEW 2017-PRESENT
Project publications and abstracts
editWorkshop:
- Maggio, Lauren; Walker, Melanie; Dawson, Jennifer; Murray, Heather (2018-06-01). "8 Knowledge translation in the digital world: using wikipedia as an EBM teaching platform". BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 23 (Suppl 1): A4–A5. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111024.8. ISSN 2515-446X.
2019 Publications:
- Murray, Heather; Walker, Melanie; Dawson, Jennifer; Simper, Natalie; Maggio, Lauren A. (2019). "Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to Medical Students Using Wikipedia as a Platform:". Academic Medicine: 1. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000003085. ISSN 1040-2446.
2018 Publications and Abstracts:
- Dawson, Jennifer; Maggio, Lauren; Walker, Melanie; Murray, Heather (2018-06-01). "24 Wikipedia medical page editing as a platform to teach evidence-based medicine". BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 23 (Suppl 1): A12–A13. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111024.24. ISSN 2515-446X.
- Maggio, Lauren; Dawson, Jennifer; Murray, Heather; Walker, Melanie (2018-06-01). "50 Wikipedia culture and usage: a survey of first year medical students to determine barriers and facilitators". BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 23 (Suppl 1): A25–A25. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111024.50. ISSN 2515-446X.
Course Resources
edit2017
editDashboard:
edit- Link to 2017 dashboard. 95 students edited 16 articles
- Note: approx 5 students did not register on the dashboard
Course Resources and Assignments
edit- Course assignments and lesson plans available on the dashboard: timeline
- Talk page template: Brief guide for posting on your article's talk page
- FAQs Assignment # 1: User:JenOttawa/subpage/Assignment1FAQs
Slides
edit2018
editDashboard:
edit- Link to 2018 dashboard 105 students, improved 18 articles
- Wikiedu dashboard (created retrospectively): https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Queens_University/Critical_Appraisal,_Research_and_Lifelong_Learning-_Fall_Term_1_(Fall_2018)
Course Resources and Assignments
editSlides
edit- Lecture # 1: Finding Wiki-Compatible Reliable Sources
- Lecture # 2: 50 minute intro to editing Wikipedia session
- Lecture # 3: Communicating with the Wikipedia Community and Improving the Articles
2019
edit2020
editLinks to other related publications
edit- Link to WikiProject Medicine Research Papers (updated regularly- last updated July 22, 2019 by J. Dawson)
- Popular Media Articles- Coverage on Wikipedia and Medicine
- Murray, Heather (2019). "More than 2 billion pairs of eyeballs: Why aren't you sharing medical knowledge on Wikipedia?". BMJ evidence-based medicine. 24 (3): 90–91. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111040. ISSN 2515-4478. PMID 30108058.
Links to other teaching resources
edit- Cochrane Wikipedian-in-Training Resource (New May 2019)
- Editing Medical Topics on Wikipedia- Cheat Sheet by J. Dawson
- Spanish version (in progress)
- WikiProject Medicine How to edit medical content in Wikipedia
- Tutorial - Wikipedia Medicine Newbie Crash Course by User:Amosabo for Students 4 Best Evidence
- Tutorial - An introduction to Wikipedia editing includes guides for using VisualEditor to edit text, images, and references
- Video - How to be a Wikipedia medical editor video by Ian Furst
- Video - METRO Webcast Wikipedia and Medicine, Streamed live on Dec 10, 2014 by Metropolitan New York Library Council
- WikiEducation