Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Mount Sinai

The edit-a-thon was on Tuesday September 30th, 2014, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The Wikiproject:Medicine team at Mount Sinai co-hosted with the Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine Interest Group, so we focused on articles related to emergency medicine! Some of us knew nothing of that topic; no problem.



Event information

 * Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
 * Time: 6:00pm - 8:00 pm
 * Location: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in the Annenberg Building, 1468 Madison Avenue (at E. 101st Street). Annenberg Room 13-80.
 * What to bring: Laptop, Keyboard, Desire to expand the knowledge of mankind
 * Participants: Open to the public. New and experienced editors are all welcome. The room capacity is 25 people.
 * Other info: Pizza provided.

Attendees
Please add your Wikipedia username to the appropriate section below.

Confirmed Tentative
 * Mjbailey (talk) 01:40, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * VivamusAmemus (talk) 010:22, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Salubrious Toxin (talk) 18:28, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
 *  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  15:24, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Harej (talk) 18:21, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Preston.atteberry (talk) 15:29, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Pharos (talk) 20:43, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Jim.henderson (talk) 18:29, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Regrets Online
 * I would love to come, however; I currently attend The University of Pennsylvania and will be unable to sneak away at night and be able to make it back in time for Wednesday classes. 64.121.125.17 (talk) 21:31, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Darn. I teach until late. --DrX (talk) 19:54, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Icahntmakeit :( Lime0life (talk) 15:23, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * kosboot (talk) 18:36, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry I couldn't make it. NicholasDiCostanzo (talk)

Goals

 * Learn about the state of emergency medicine articles on Wikipedia
 * Learn about a topic of interest in emergency medicine
 * Edit articles prioritized by WikiProject Medicine/Emergency medicine and EMS task force
 * Preferred minimum of 5 edits and 1 citation per attendee

Sample Articles and References
List of Emergency Medicine Health articles here
 * Capnography
 * Stroke
 * Aortic Dissection
 * Sepsis
 * Myocardial infarction
 * Major trauma
 * Long-term_effects_of_alcohol
 * Fever
 * Diabetes mellitus
 * Dementia
 * Bone fracture
 * Infection
 * Anxiety disorder

Resources
Editing Wikipedia: Secondary source, review articles available here:
 * Help:Cheatsheet
 * WP:MEDRS about referencing
 * WP:MEDMOS about language usage and ordering of sections
 * WP:MEDHOW about formatting refs
 * WP:MEDSECTIONS on the suggested format of a health article
 * NEJM
 * American Family Physician
 * National Institute of Clinical Excellence
 * Cochrane Collaboration

Results
Articles expanded, improved, cleaned up Wikimetrics
 * Blythedale Children's Hospital Jim.henderson (talk) 01:04, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Generalized anxiety disorder, Anaphylaxis, Major trauma, Sepsis, Lumbar puncture, Carotid artery stenosis, Dementia, Bronchiolitis, Stroke, Spider bite, Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape, Anxiety disorder
 * 9 Mount Sinai medical students attended, 3 were newly registered wikipedians
 * 5 guests from the NYC and DC community helped us work our the kinks of editing wikipedia

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