Wikipedia:Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/April 2017

The Levy Library at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is hosting "Race and Gender Bias in Medicine", a public Wikipedia editing event which anyone can join!


 * Sign in on Wikipedia

About
This event will include discussion including the following topics:
 * Health equity
 * Gender-bias in medical diagnosis
 * Race and health
 * Social determinants of health

Before the training

 * Highly recommended Be ready to bring to the event an academic paper or other reliable source of information to cite in support of the information you will add to Wikipedia. You will use Wikipedia to distribute information from this source. Try to bring the highest quality most reputable source you can find for the information.
 * Create a Wikipedia account, if you do not have one already.
 * After creating a Wikipedia account, register as noted at the top of this event page
 * If you wish, take Wikipedia's own 30-minute online training and tour at The Wikipedia Adventure.

At the event

 * 0:00-0:15 - Sign-in/accounts/warm-up [15 mins]
 * 0:15-0:17 - Introductions (Rebecca)
 * 0:17-0:20 - Opening remarks (Dr. Sharon Edwards) [3-5 mins]
 * 0:20-0:35 - "Race and Gender Bias in Wikipedia", by Sherry from WP:AfroCROWD
 * 0:35-0:50 - "Wikipedia and Medicine" by Lane from Consumer Reports
 * 0:50-1:45 - Participants will have the Wikipedia editing experience; demos and support are offered mostly to individuals
 * 1:45-2:00 - Wrap up

Beginner guides

 * The Wikipedia Adventure - a 30-minute tutorial for beginners
 * WikiProject Medicine - Anyone editing health articles is invited to ask questions and get personal support at this forum
 * Articles for Creation - a guide for a starting a new article
 * Teahouse - a forum to ask any question and get a human response

About this event
Organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach to health organizations and providing Wikipedia support for this event include the following:

The Wikipedia trainer at the event is Lane Rasberry, Wikipedian-in-Residence at Consumer Reports, who can be reached regarding matters of consumer outreach and Wikipedia at

Links

 * Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 * Wikipedia Meetup - NYC (main events page)
 * #1Lib1Ref
 * Citation Hunt - a tool presenting requests for citations in Wikipedia