Wikipedia:CARL Medical Editing Initiative

  QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY MEDS 112CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND LIFELONG LEARNING (CARL) WIKIPEDIA PROJECT OVERVIEW 2017-PRESENT

Project publications and abstracts
Workshop: 2019 Publications:

2018 Publications and Abstracts:

Dashboard:

 * Link to 2017 dashboard. 95 students edited 16 articles
 * Note: approx 5 students did not register on the dashboard

Course Resources and Assignments

 * 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

 * Adding Content to Wikipedia: Planning and Community Engagement
 * Introduction to referencing medical content on Wikipedia
 * Wikipedia Project Intro Slides

Dashboard:

 * 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)

Slides

 * 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

Dashboard:
2019 Dashboard

Course Resources and Assignments
2019 Course Project Page Fall 2019 Teaching Plan

Slides

 * 90 Minute Intro to Wikipedia for tutors
 * Lecture # 1: Intro to Wikipedia and MEDRS (HM)
 * How to edit Wikipedia and use your sandbox
 * Communicating with the community and adding your suggested article improvements

Dashboard:
2020 Dashboard

Course Resources and Assignments
2020 Course Project Page

Slides

 * 90 Minute Intro to Wikipedia for tutors
 * Lecture # 1: Intro to Wikipedia and MEDRS (MW)
 * How to edit Wikipedia and use your sandbox
 * Communicating with the community and adding your suggested article improvements

Links to other related publications

 * Link to WikiProject Medicine Research Papers (updated regularly- last updated July 22, 2019 by J. Dawson)
 * Popular Media Articles- Coverage on Wikipedia and Medicine

Links to other teaching resources

 * 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