Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Wisconsin-Madison/Health Outcomes Measurement (Spring 2016)

How do we know if population health improving, declining, or staying the same? How does health in one group compare to another? A therapy may extend quantity of life, but how can we assess the quality of those years? These questions are important to policymakers, patients, clinicians, and researchers.

This course is intended for graduate students who wish to understand and use measures of health outcomes in clinical research, population surveillance, and/or policy development.

This course will familiarize students with current methods of assessing health outcome measures and provide a conceptual basis for understanding health outcomes assessment and other patient experience measures of health care. During the semester, we will explore 1) methods for developing health outcome measures, 2) commonly used health outcome measures, and 3) how health outcome measures can be applied to answer a research question. Major data sets containing health outcome measures will also be visited.

Week 1
Start by identifying 1-2 sources for your Wiki article. Focus on secondary sources (published review articles), but review the primary sources of these reviews to verify their interpretation.

Week 2
In class, we will discuss the common features of a Wikipedia article. Together we will critique current Wiki articles.

Week 4
Eva or Daniel will provide feedback on your outline. This assignment is not graded.

Week 7
Email a version to your peer reviewer.

Week 8
Meet with your peer reviewer to discuss your article. Be sure to cover: 1. Opening paragraph 2. Quality of sources 3. Neutral tone

Week 9
This assignment is graded.


 * We'll discuss moving your article out of your sandboxes and into Wikipedia's main space.
 * A general reminder: Don't panic if your contribution disappears, and don't try to force it back in.
 * Check to see if there is an explanation of the edit on the article's talk page. If not, (politely) ask why it was removed.
 * Contact your instructor or Wikipedia Content Expert and let them know.

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