Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Vanderbilt University School of Medicine/WikiMed Fall 2023 (Fall 2023)

“Imagine a world where all people have access to high quality health information clearly written in their own language” – Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales.

Welcome to the fifth Vanderbilt University School of Medicine WikiMed Advanced Elective (AE). In this month-long AE, you will have the opportunity to work individually and on small teams to better understand and contribute to medical content on collaborative learning platforms, or &quot;wikis&quot;. The goal of this course is to develop skills in literature search and review, as well as medical writing and editing. The course will kick off with a WikiMed “bootcamp” - an introduction to Wikipedia and medically focused wiki platforms (e.g., WikiEM, Radiopedia, Orthobullets, HemOnc.org) and the various considerations to keep in mind in contributing to this content. Students will work on teams on article selection, research, and editing over the course of the month. Over the course of the month, there will be mandatory virtual or in-person Work-in-Progress (WIPs) in which students will touch base with peer reviewers, course directors, and information scientists. By the end of the month, students will have made meaningful and durable contributions to Wikipedia or medical wiki topics of interest, and will have the tools to effectively contribute medical content to collaborative platforms.