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This course allows students to develop skills in literature search and review as well as medical writing and editing. The course includes one in-person session for course orientation and instruction on literature review, article selection, and details on how to edit medical Wikipedia content. Then students will work under the supervision of an MD and librarian to retrieve relevant information and edit their article to improve the quality of the information available to those accessing Wikipedia. Weekly progress meetings will be conducted and students’ work will be reviewed at the conclusion of the course.
In-person attendance required in Library/EL 405 and Library/EL 440.
8:30-930am: Introductions, course objectives, expectations, timeline, logistics, and grading scheme (Library 405) (
PowerPoint)
9:30-11:00am: Guided tutorials for WikiProject (Library 440)
11:00-12:00pm: Selecting your article, medical writing, peer review (Angela Dempsey) (Library 440)
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch break (on your own)
1:00-2:00pm: Writing for the public, considerations about health literacy, writing for translation (Dawn Brazell) (Library 405) (
PowerPoint)
2:00-3:00pm: Identifying and citing sources (Emily Brennan) (Library 440) (
PowerPoint)
3:00-:4:00pm: Select article and build your Work Plan (All) (Library 440)
4:00-4:30pm: Wrap-up (Library 440)
1. Please create an account
2. Complete the assigned training modules.
3. Review the
Editing Wikipedia brochure.
4. Review the
Editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine handout.
By November 21, post your Work Plan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article.
Consider the following:
Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe resources you have identified to improve your article, and which sections of your article you are focusing on.
Resources:
By November 28, add at least one photo, illustration, and/or audio/video to your article.
Images resources:
By November 30, please update your Work Plan progress on your talk page for review by the course instructors.
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe any challenges you have faced, a summary of updates you have made, and which images/multimedia you have added to improve your article.
Resources:
By Monday, December 11th:
Resources: [file:///Users/eab35/Downloads/Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure_(Wiki_Education_Foundation).pdf Evaluating Wikipedia] brochure (pages 4-7)
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe strategies for finalizing your article edits.
By December 14, make final edits to your article (incorporating peer reviewer's suggestions). Your Wikipedia article should now be in its final form, and ready for final review. Please review article for accuracy, timelines, readability, and copyright compliance.
Additionally:
Each person will have 10 minutes to present their final presentation. In the final presentation, please discuss:
We will conclude our with a wrap-up about the entire course. Let's discuss:
Unless approved by the instructors, you should attend this session in-person.
This Course
|
Wikipedia Resources
|
Connect
Questions? Ask us:
contactwikiedu.org |
This course page is an automatically-updated version of the main course page at dashboard.wikiedu.org. Please do not edit this page directly; any changes will be overwritten the next time the main course page gets updated. |
This course allows students to develop skills in literature search and review as well as medical writing and editing. The course includes one in-person session for course orientation and instruction on literature review, article selection, and details on how to edit medical Wikipedia content. Then students will work under the supervision of an MD and librarian to retrieve relevant information and edit their article to improve the quality of the information available to those accessing Wikipedia. Weekly progress meetings will be conducted and students’ work will be reviewed at the conclusion of the course.
In-person attendance required in Library/EL 405 and Library/EL 440.
8:30-930am: Introductions, course objectives, expectations, timeline, logistics, and grading scheme (Library 405) (
PowerPoint)
9:30-11:00am: Guided tutorials for WikiProject (Library 440)
11:00-12:00pm: Selecting your article, medical writing, peer review (Angela Dempsey) (Library 440)
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch break (on your own)
1:00-2:00pm: Writing for the public, considerations about health literacy, writing for translation (Dawn Brazell) (Library 405) (
PowerPoint)
2:00-3:00pm: Identifying and citing sources (Emily Brennan) (Library 440) (
PowerPoint)
3:00-:4:00pm: Select article and build your Work Plan (All) (Library 440)
4:00-4:30pm: Wrap-up (Library 440)
1. Please create an account
2. Complete the assigned training modules.
3. Review the
Editing Wikipedia brochure.
4. Review the
Editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine handout.
By November 21, post your Work Plan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article.
Consider the following:
Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe resources you have identified to improve your article, and which sections of your article you are focusing on.
Resources:
By November 28, add at least one photo, illustration, and/or audio/video to your article.
Images resources:
By November 30, please update your Work Plan progress on your talk page for review by the course instructors.
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe any challenges you have faced, a summary of updates you have made, and which images/multimedia you have added to improve your article.
Resources:
By Monday, December 11th:
Resources: [file:///Users/eab35/Downloads/Evaluating_Wikipedia_brochure_(Wiki_Education_Foundation).pdf Evaluating Wikipedia] brochure (pages 4-7)
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe strategies for finalizing your article edits.
By December 14, make final edits to your article (incorporating peer reviewer's suggestions). Your Wikipedia article should now be in its final form, and ready for final review. Please review article for accuracy, timelines, readability, and copyright compliance.
Additionally:
Each person will have 10 minutes to present their final presentation. In the final presentation, please discuss:
We will conclude our with a wrap-up about the entire course. Let's discuss:
Unless approved by the instructors, you should attend this session in-person.