Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Medical University of South Carolina/WikiEd Project Medicine (Block 5)

This course allows you to edit a medical article on Wikipedia and develop skills in identifying and evaluating biomedical information, medical writing, and editing. We begin with classroom orientation that will equip you to select a Wikipedia article and move through the steps to improve it. You will work independently under the supervision of an MD and librarian and attend weekly progress meetings.

Week 1
In-person attendance required.

830-930 Introductions, Review of Course Objectives, Timeline, and Grading Scheme

930-1100 Guided Tutorials for WikiEd  in the computer lab

11-12 Selecting Your Article, Medical Writing, Peer Review (Angela Dempsey)

12-1 Break

1-2 Writing for the Public, Considerations about Health Literacy (Dawn Brazell)

2-3 Identifying and Citing Sources (Emily Brennan)

3-4 Build Your Workplan (All) in the computer lab

4-430 Wrap Up

1. Please create an account

2. Complete the assigned training modules.

3. Review the brochure.

4. Review the handout.

By the end of the orientation, post your Workplan. So that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested and actively following your article, please also post your Workplan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article. Consider explicitly declaring any/all of the following:


 * Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
 * Evaluate an existing Wikipedia article related to the class, and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's talk page.
 * A few questions to consider (don't feel limited to these):
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * Which sections will I prioritize?
 * What resources do I intend to look up, and when?
 * How will I utilize the Acrolinx report that I will get for my article?
 * 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? '''

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Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Using_talk_pages.pdf Using Talk Pages

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Week 2
In this session, each student will join a call through WebEx and review their progress on their workplan to date, including resources you have identified to improve your article and which sections of your article you are focusing on.

Find an appropriate photo, illustration, or audio/video, and add it 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.

Contact librarian, Emily Brennan, for assistance.

By 5pm on Thursday November 30th, please update your workplan progress on your talk page for review by the course instructors.

Week 3
In this session, each student will join a call through WebEx and review their progress on their workplan to date, including sections that have been updated and any images added.

Please perform peer reviews beginning on Thursday December 7th. Post your Review on the talk page of the article you are reviewing. This is due Monday December 11th.

What should a peer-review look like?


 * Read their article
 * Look at their talk page &quot;consensus opinions&quot;
 * Read their goals document
 * Break up review into the sections/categories from the student tutorial
 * Pretend you are a non medical person
 * Look at wikiproject:medicine for guidelines
 * Enlist non-MD friends, family, colleagues to read

Due by Monday December 11th on the talk page.

Week 4
In this session, each student will join a call through WebEx and review their progress on their peer review work and strategies for finalizing their article edits during Week 4.

Use the final week of the course to respond to your peer-reviewer's suggestions.

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

By Thursday of Week 4, your Wikipedia article should now be in its final form, and ready for final review. Please review article for accuracy, timelines, readability, copyright compliance.

Final article edits are due by 11pm.

On Friday, December 15th we will convene for a 2-hour meeting to share accomplishments and discuss lessons learned.

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

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


 * What did I accomplish this month (broad overview)?
 * What did I learn?
 * What will I take forward with me into the future?
 * Now in hindsight, is there anything I 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?