Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Cochrane/Cochrane UK Online Course June 2018

This is the course page for a four-week online Wikipedia lecture series for students participating in the Cochrane UK Internship Program June 5-June 26 2018. Cochrane.


 * Pre-assignment: Course prep work prior to meeting for the first session


 * Teaching session 1: Tuesday, June 5, 2018 (3-4pm BST in the UK, 10- 11am EST in Ottawa)
 * Assignment 1


 * Teaching session 2: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 (3-4pm BST in the UK, 10- 11am EST in Ottawa)
 * Assignment 2


 * Teaching session 3: Thursday, June 21, 2018 (3-4pm BST in the UK, 10- 11am EST in Ottawa)
 * Assignment 3


 * Teaching session 4: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 (3-4pm BST in the UK, 10- 11am EST in Ottawa)
 * Assignment 4

I look forward to working together to improve Wikipedia articles!

Jenny JenOttawa (talk) 01:12, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Class overview
Welcome to the 4-week live online course series. Typical classes: 1. Introduction and overview of the previous session and assignment 2. 20-30 minute powerpoint presentation 3. 20 minute hand-on demonstration or Wikipedia editing to prepare for the assignment Every class comes with a homework assignment which should be completed before the next week. The assignments are planned to take approximately 1 hour.

Pre-course Assignment

 * 1)  If you do not have one already, create a Wikipedia account
 * 2)  While logged into your Wikipedia account, please register as a participant in this online class series on our "course dashboard".

Suggested (optional) prep work:
 * Take Wikipedia's own guided introductory tour at The Wikipedia Adventure.
 * Review: Medical Editing Cheat Sheet

Week 1
Why are we interested in sharing evidence on Wikipedia and how does Wikipedia work?

Objectives: 1. Group introduction 2. Go through the overall project objectives 3. Medical content on Wikipedia: Impact 4. WP:MEDRS: Reliable sources for Wikipedia 5. Anatomy of a Wikipedia Article 6. Live demonstration of the assignment: Learning to edit in your sandbox and practice communicating with other editors (Wikipedia-style).

Slides and video conferencing information To be emailed before the session

Assignment (please complete before the session in week 2): 1. Find your user page and add a short paragraph introducing yourself and your interests on Wikipedia (can be anonymous)

2. Getting Started Editing Medical Content on Wikipedia: Practice in your sandbox
 * a. Find a Cochrane Review that interests you from the Cochrane Library
 * b. Search Wikipedia to see if it is already used as evidence (you can search with the PMID)
 * c. Find a Wikipedia article that you think this evidence is appropriate for
 * d. Re-word the conclusions of the Cochrane review
 * e. “Ping” Jenny to come and see your sandbox
 * f. Read Medical Editing “Cheat Sheet” and try to add your citation using the PMID citation tool


 * Template for assignment # 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JenOttawa/Cochrane-UK_Assignment_1

Week 2

 * 1) Editing Basics
 * 2) WikiProject Medicine
 * 3) Talk Pages: Gaining community consensus

Week 3
The Cochrane-Wikipedia Partnership

Week 4
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing." Kimmy Wales, Wikimedia Founder

Additional Links and Resources
-course dashboard -Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative Project Page -WikiProject Medicine