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Admit it! You use Wikipedia extensively. Who doesn't? But do you use it for medical information? Your patients do! Wikipedia is now the most widely used medical reference in the world. This "Inquiry in Action" task will help you better understand the WP “ecosystem” including Wikiprojects, the offline Wikipedia health app, and Wikipedia's article importance and grading scales. You will improve your inquiry skills and join a community of health professional students who are improving the quality of health information on Wikipedia.
Welcome to your Wikipedia course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for this "Inquiry in Action" assignment, with links to training modules and other resources.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
On Mon 8/30 8am we will:
Tasks to complete before your heads hit your pillows on Fri 9/3:
These are the Wiki Ed produced training modules that we believe are important and relevant to your work on this Inquiry task. You are expected to complete all of them before your heads hit your pillows on Friday 9/3.
These are additional training modules that are especially relevant to you as medical students. You are also expected to complete these by the time your heads hit your pillows on Friday 9/3.
Mon 8/30 9-11am
Tasks to complete during this session:
Tasks to complete before the subsequent session:
Additional Resources:
https://youtu(.)be/-lLwFyB6fBU - Introduction to resources for Wikipedia editing
https://youtu(.)be/oXa0wVPTIXc - Full access literature available in PLOS and BMC
https://youtu(.)be/tmjeqRyZnec - Finding images for Wikipedia
https://youtu(.)be/5FqwA3-FLh8 - PubMed overview
By the time your heads hit your pillows on Fri 9/3, post your final Workplan to your selected Wikipedia's talk page, so that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested & actively following your article. If you are working on a team, we want you to be explicit about what section(s) you will individually be responsible for.
Consider explicitly declaring any/all of the following (but don't feel limited to these):
Resources:
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Three weeks may feel like a long time, but it's remarkably short for this kind of work! We expect each of you will have begun making edits live on Wikipedia (e.g. not merely in your sandboxes) by the time your heads hit your pillows on Fri 9/10 (half-way through this dedicated time for this Inquiry in Action task).
Please perform peer reviews beginning as early as Sun 9/12
Peer Review Logistics:
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By the time your head hits your pillow on Thurs 9/16, ALL peer-reviews should have been completed and posted to the talk page of the page being reviewed. Each student should individually review and post his/her/their own INDIVIDUAL review of the page being reviewed.
You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your article to make those changes.
How to respond to the peer-reviewer's comments? Here are suggested guidelines as compiled by prior UCSF medical students enrolled in the MS-4 elective version of this assignment:
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Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Format Day 3, 9:40 am -12:00 pm
9:40-9:45 Check-in
9:45-10:30 Small group work finalizing page and presentations
10:30-11:50 Small group presentations and feedback. (12 min presentation, 8 min feedback per group using provided template)
11:50-12:00 Check-out Individual reflections on group process, key takeaways, next steps.
Dear MS2's:
We hope you've enjoyed participating in the Bridges Inquiry Wiki-editing assignment. Recall that we are studying the impact of this assignment. We have applied for expedited approval from the UCSF IRB for this study. Participating in this research is entirely optional-- it will not impact your grade on the assignment. If you'd like to participate in our study, please click on this link for the post-assignment survey.
We'll also be conducting a few 90-min focus groups about this assignment. If you'd like to participate in a single focus group about this work, include your email in your survey response above. If you have any questions, email the study principal investigator (PI) Amin Azzam at Amin.Azzamucsf.edu.
Thanks!