Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Medical University of South Carolina/Expanding WikiProject Medicine MUSC Fall 2017 (Block 5)

This course allows students to develop skills in literature search and review as well as medical writing and editing. The course includes one in-person session for course orientation and instruction on literature review, article selection, and details on how to edit medical Wikipedia content. Then students will work under the supervision of an MD and librarian to retrieve relevant information and edit their article to improve the quality of the information available to those accessing Wikipedia. Weekly progress meetings will be conducted and students’ work will be reviewed at the conclusion of the course.

Week 1
In-person attendance required in Library/EL 405 and Library/EL 440.

8:30-930am: Introductions, course objectives, expectations, timeline, logistics, and grading scheme (Library 405) (PowerPoint)

9:30-11:00am: Guided tutorials for WikiProject (Library 440)

11:00-12:00pm: Selecting your article, medical writing, peer review (Angela Dempsey) (Library 440)

12:00-1:00pm: Lunch break (on your own)

1:00-2:00pm: Writing for the public, considerations about health literacy, writing for translation (Dawn Brazell) (Library 405) (PowerPoint)

2:00-3:00pm: Identifying and citing sources (Emily Brennan) (Library 440) (PowerPoint)

3:00-:4:00pm: Select article and build your Work Plan (All) (Library 440)

4:00-4:30pm: Wrap-up (Library 440)

1. Please create an account

2. Complete the assigned training modules.

3. Review the brochure.

4. Review the handout.

By November 21, post your Work Plan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article.

Consider the following:


 * Which sections will I prioritize?
 * What resources do I intend to look up, and when?
 * How will I decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
 * Will I also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
 * How will I ensure I avoid &quot;doctor-speak&quot; and not use jargon?

Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia,

Week 2
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe resources you have identified to improve your article, and which sections of your article you are focusing on.


 * In-person meeting: EL 113
 * WebEx meeting: Go to https://musc.webex.com/musc/j.php?MTID=m1309acf7df0453fd454f7ee97526ce7b and enter password 'wiki'.

Resources:


 * Background Information: ClinicalKey, AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, MedlinePlus, CDC (A-Z), WHO (Health Topics)
 * Foreground Information: PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL, PubMed Central, National Guideline Clearinghouse
 * Images: Wikimedia Commons, Google Images (w/usage rights filter), MUSC Library's multimedia guide (publicly-available images and image search engines)

By November 28, add at least one photo, illustration, and/or audio/video to your article.


 * All media uploaded to Wikipedia must fall under a &quot;free license,&quot; which means they can be used or shared by anyone. Examples of media you can use are photos that you take yourself, images and text in the public domain, and works created by someone else who has given permission for their work to be used by others. For more information about which types of media can be uploaded to Wikipedia, see Commons:Help desk.
 * To add a media file to an article, you must first upload it to Wikimedia Commons. For instructions on how to upload files to Commons, refer to Illustrating Wikipedia. This brochure will also provide you with detailed information about which files are acceptable to upload to Wikipedia and the value of contributing media to Wikipedia articles.

Images resources:


 * Wikimedia Commons, Google Images (w/usage rights filter), MUSC Library's multimedia guide (publicly-available images and image search engines).
 * Remember to review the copyright statement for each image, and cite all images you embed in your Wikipedia article.
 * Contact librarian, Emily Brennan, brennane@undefinedmusc.edu, for assistance.

By November 30, please update your Work Plan progress on your talk page for review by the course instructors.

Week 3
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe any challenges you have faced, a summary of updates you have made, and which images/multimedia you have added to improve your article.


 * In-person meeting: EL 113
 * WebEx meeting: Go to https://musc.webex.com/musc/j.php?MTID=m9209e8f0f1fa83260151c3bc3e8a733e and enter password 'wiki'.

Resources:


 * Background Information: ClinicalKey, AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, MedlinePlus, CDC (A-Z), WHO (Health Topics)
 * Foreground Information: PubMed, Scopus, PsycINFO, CINAHL, PubMed Central, National Guideline Clearinghouse
 * Images: Wikimedia Commons, Google Images (w/usage rights filter), MUSC Library's multimedia guide (publicly-available images and image search engines)

By Monday, December 11th:


 * Evaluate an existing wikipedia article, and post your evaluation feedback on that article's talk page.
 * Is the article clear and understandable? Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? Would it be understandable to a non-medical person?
 * Is the article neutral and balanced? Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position? Is the supporting evidence from unbiased sources? Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Is the article supported by reliable evidence? Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Are the citations from publicly available sources? Does the article paraphrase or plagiarize? Is the cited evidence current?

Resources:  brochure (pages 4-7)

Week 4
Each student will summarize their progress on their Work Plan. Please describe strategies for finalizing your article edits.


 * In-person meeting: EL 113
 * WebEx meeting: Go to https://musc.webex.com/musc/j.php?MTID=m219ec9b3519a9d20ddc6c13fee3b3962 and enter password 'wiki'.

By December 14, make final edits to your article (incorporating peer reviewer's suggestions). Your Wikipedia article should now be in its final form, and ready for final review. Please review article for accuracy, timelines, readability, and copyright compliance.

Additionally:


 * Leverage the Wikipedian community members who are interested in your article
 * Reply to the peer review directly on the talk page of your article
 * If you disagree with your peer reviewer, explain your rationale

Each person will have 10 minutes to present their final presentation. In the final presentation, please discuss:


 * Accomplishments: What did you accomplish?
 * Challenges: What was most difficult? Surprising? What barriers did you encounter?
 * Take-aways: What did you learn? What will you take forward with you into the future?
 * Lessons learned: Now in hindsight, is there anything you would have done differently?

We will conclude our with a wrap-up about the entire course. Let's discuss:


 * What did you like about the course?
 * What suggestions do you have for improvement?

Unless approved by the instructors, you should attend this session in-person.


 * In-person meeting: EL 113
 * WebEx meeting: Go to https://musc.webex.com/musc/j.php?MTID=m47d83ab45cb8ab95215e5e229e4f40f8 and enter password 'wiki'.