Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/bookshelf

This page is a collection of printable documents, mostly PDFs, which Wikipedians commonly offer to anyone who requests to read stand-alone documents. Not everything here is targeted to people editing health content on Wikipedia but much of it is.

Historically on Wikipedia collections of PDFs for new users have been collected in "bookshelves" so to access this page from Wikipedia, search for WP:MEDBOOKSHELF.

Medical
These files are probably the best fast introduction to the state of health content on Wikipedia.

Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying Readership, Editors, and the Significance of Natural Language
This is the most comprehensive academic paper reporting the amount of health content presented by Wikipedia, the quality of that content, its readership, and its authorship.
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 * User:Doc James
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Editing Wikipedia articles on medicine
This four-page guide can be printed on one sheet of paper and distributed to health students. Paper copies of this are available on request by instructors who contact the Wiki Education Foundation.

Students who have never before edited Wikipedia may use this guide to direct them in editing their first Wikipedia health article.

Advertisements
This advertisement is light on information but is interesting art for certain audiences.

Education
These documents might interest anyone who wishes to learn about the use of Wikipedia in schools or the WP:Wikipedia Education Program.

Case studies
This 20 page book briefly presents 13 case studies of professors who incorporated Wikipedia assignments into their university classes.

Instructor basics
This 10-page guide gives background information on what most instructors consider when they consider using a Wikipedia project in the class.

General editing
These documents are of general interest to anyone who wants to know more about Wikipedia.

Editing Wikipedia
This is a general guide to editing Wikipedia.