User:BobAllen1357/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * History of medicine


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article discusses a large variety of medical history but misses a few key advancements in treatment of mental illnesses. Specifically, I would add a section about trephination, a procedure frequently used until the early 19th century.  People believed that mental illnesses resulted from evil spirits trapped inside someone's head, so in this medical procedure, a hole was drilled in the patient's skull with the intent of allowing the spirits to escape.


 * Sources
 * https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/hole-in-the-head-trepanation/
 * https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/390709

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Past medical history


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article effectively outlines what types of medical history a patient may have. However, it does not include any information about how physicians generally acquire this information from patients.  I would add a section about general methods of interviewing patients, such as the mental status examination.


 * Sources
 * https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2016/1015/p635.html
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0733862710000374

Option 3

 * Article title
 * History of medical diagnosis


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article completely lacks any mention of the modern Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-5-TR). This critical resource allows mental health practitioners to identify and diagnose causes of mental health disorders.  I would certainly add information about the DSM-5-TR.


 * Sources
 * https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm
 * https://www.appi.org/Products/DSM-Library/Diagnostic-and-Statistical-Manual-of-Mental-Di-(1)?sku=2576

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Timeline of medicine and medical technology


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is missing modern information about mRNA technology. Advancement in mRNA medicine was critical to create the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.  I would add information about this.


 * Sources
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8071766/
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168365921001541

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Medical education


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article could use specific examples of medical specialties in entry-level medical schools and types of residencies. It could also use an explanation of the application process to these various institutions and how undergraduate study is critical for acceptance into medical schools.


 * Sources
 * https://students-residents.aamc.org/applying-medical-school/applying-medical-school
 * https://www.sgu.edu/blog/medical/types-of-residencies/
 * https://www.windsor.edu/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-medical-residency/