2020 Modifications- UCF College of Medicine WikiProject Workplan
Over the next month I will be revising and adding on to this article. The most recent editor, Alt201, did a fantastic job improving this content in 2018!
Here are some thoughts on the current state of the article:
I plan to do the following over the next 3 weeks:
1. Review current sources in addition to adding verifiable, easily accessible secondary sources and images. I plan to utilize evidence-based medical databases to find resources such as PubMed, Clinical Key, UpToDate, Epocrates, etc to find additional sources giving preference to those which are more accessible to the general public. For images I will use Wikimedia Commons and other images with free licenses. I will also work to ensure no close para-phrasing from the books are in the article once access is granted.
2. Create or add to sections discussing prevention, more detailed epidemiology, pertinent anatomy and physiology, complications of aspiration v treatment, clarifying emergent v inpatient v outpatient treatment algorithms and options (with diagrams), conversation on aspiration in the elderly, and anything else that comes up in my research. I will do my best to avoid medical jargon. When included, I will make sure to explain the term and/or incorporate a link to further information.
3. Work to increase the number of imbedded links for page previews of medical terms in order to increase reader comprehension.
4. As diagnostic imaging can be challenging to interpret by the general public, I will include arrows and detailed descriptions in the included photos. The first image of a child with an aspirated peanut in the right bronchus is a great inclusion, but it currently has a higher level description than expected for the general public to decipher. The second image of a larynx is interesting but it is difficult to orient oneself and visualize the meat fragment the description mentions. The third image is my favorite as the aspirated object is easy to locate and it is straightforward to picture the airway obstruction with its location, even for the non-medical reader. There can still be more added to the description such as where the coin is sitting anatomically and what material it is. This will help connect this image to the paragraph discussing chest xrays in the diagnosis section.
5. Check for any out of date information to ensure information included in the article is the most recent and accepted.
I hope these edits allow this high-importance page to move up on the quality scale.
Please feel free to message me with any questions or concerns!
( Logan6465 ( talk) 18:08, 21 October 2020 (UTC))
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Logan6465 ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 29 October 2020 (UTC)