Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of California, San Francisco/Words as Power - Expanding WikiProject Pharmacology (Fall 2015)

Take a look at Alexa's web traffic statistics on Wikipedia - it's the 7th most visited site globally, and the 6th most visited site in the United States. In a survey of 4th-year pharmacy students at UCSF, about 65% of those students reported accessing Wikipedia or Google as an information source on their experiential rotations.

With such a wide audience accessing Wikipedia, why not use your drug information skills to improve the information stored there? That very question is the inspiration behind this Wikipedia assignment; after all, not everyone has access to Lexicomp, Micromedex, and UpToDate.

Week 6

 * Review Wikipedia assignment description
 * Read NPR article – Dr. Wikipedia: The 'Double-Edged Sword' of Crowdsourced Medicine
 * Complete 3 learning modules (videos linked in blocks below)

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Resources: * Dr. Wikipedia: The 'Double-Edged Sword' of Crowdsourced Medicine


 * Complete pre-assignment survey (link from CLE)
 * Create an individual Wikipedia account that includes a group # in the account name (i.e. M dee gee 28 if you are in group 28). Accounts will be a mechanism for tracking your edits, so please exercise professional judgment in selecting your group’s account name.
 * Complete &quot;Wikipedia Training for Students&quot; individually.
 * Choose one member of your group to use their sandbox for editing your article. Your group will use that sandbox as your collaborative workspace. Final draft submissions will be posted from that group member's account.
 * Confirm the Wikipedia article your group will edit (see assignment sheet)
 * Confirm your Wikipedia peer review assignment (see assignment sheet)
 * Complete weekly quiz

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Resources: * Wikipedia Training for Students

Watch Learning Module #1: Background and General Information on Wikipedia

https://vimeo.com/143296989

Watch Learning Module #2: Tips and Tricks for Pharmacy Students on Editing Within the Wiki Platform

https://vimeo.com/143601106

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Handouts: * Editing Wikipedia * Editing Wikipedia Articles on Medicine * * Evaluating Wikipedia

Watch Learning Module #3: Drug Information Research Skills

https://vimeo.com/143597860

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Resources: * Using MeSH to Build a Better PubMed Inquiry * Zotero: A How-To Guide

This in-class session will be split up into 2 sections:

Discussion Section in N-225 * Overview of the Wikipedia assignment * Presentation by James Heilman, MD

Lab Session in CL-230/231 * Discussion of 2 sample wikipedia articles - recommended changes and how to implement

Week 7
This is an optional office hours session that will be held in room S214.

By 11/5/15 at 1200, do the following: * Submit your edits to your given Wikipedia article page. * On the Talk page of your Wikipedia article, provide some guidance to your peer reviewer on the focus of your edits.

Week 8
By 11/9/15 at 1200, peer review another group's first draft edits for their Wikipedia article. Post your peer review to the Talk page, and keep the following 3 items in mind:


 * Does this draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? (yes/no)
 * Are the points included verifiable with cited published material? (yes/no)
 * What recommendations can you provide your colleague for improvement of their draft? For this portion, please consider both the editor’s goals and focus of their edits along with Wikipedia’s principles and Wikipedia manual of style for medicine-related articles. (100 words max)

By 11/12/15 at 1200, submit your group's final edits to your Wikipedia article.