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- Course name
- JABSOM MS1 Wikipedia Editing
- Institution
- University of Hawaii
- Instructor
- Melissa Kahili-Heede
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- MD1
- Course dates
- 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC – 2018-12-03 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 72
This course will serve as an introduction to evidence-based medicine principles for first-year medical students.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 31 July 2018
- Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment
Information about Wikipedia Editing for MS1s
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.
Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5 (handout)
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Editing Wikipedia articles on Medicine (handout)
JABSOM Resources:
- Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
Week 2
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 21 August 2018
- Assignment - Review guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 28 August 2018
- Assignment - Choose a pre-selected topic
If you're still feeling apprehensive about editing Wikipedia at this point, it's ok and totally normal. You can choose a pre-selected topic from the Articles list and edit without fear. The articles on the list have been selected to edit because they are rated stub or start class and are of low to mid importance. This is an opportunity to get comfortable with the Wikipedia editing experience. You can keep this topic as we progress into MD2 or choose a new topic later.
Follow the exercise below with your chosen article. This is an opportunity for you to start thinking about how you can improve the article. Use your sandbox to gather your thoughts and compile sources (you already know a lot about sources by now just from doing your LIs!)
For help with finding sources:
Exercise
Week 6
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 4 September 2018
- Assignment - Add Citations to your article
Exercise
Using the topic you selected from the Article list, try your hand at adding a citation. It's a quick and easy way to improve Wikipedia. A quick demo of how to add a citation can be found on this video, starting at the 4-minute mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4tEeqKfThE
Week 7
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Week 8
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Week 9
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Week 10
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 2 October 2018
- In class - Welcome back MS1s
So far you should have learned about:
The Wikipedia community and policies (Recall the Five Pillarsand Editing Policies)
How this relates to you: As a student and budding physician, it’s good to start thinking about the sources you use, think about the sources your future patients will consult (most likely it will be Wikipedia!), and think about approaching topics from a neutral point of view as a means to being professional.
How encyclopedic writing differs from traditional term papers
How this relates to you: "When students edit Wikipedia, they show the world what they know, and they show themselves that they know" ( https://wikiedu.org/changing/students/). Additionally, throughout this process, we hope you’re learning to write for a lay audience as a means to help improve the way in which you will eventually communicate with patients.
Citations and how to evaluate sources' reliability
How this relates to you: This one should be pretty obvious, you know how important it is to cite the work of others and to let people know that your work is built on a solid foundation, sourced from the proper evidence. Evaluating sources for reliability will become increasingly important as you advance through medical school and into your career. More on identifying reliable sources here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)
Plagiarism and how to avoid close paraphrasing
How this relates to you: As a student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa you are held to a strict code of conduct that does not tolerate plagiarism. It is very important to put the work of others in your own words and to give credit to the authors.
Technical aspects of editing Wikipedia
How this relates to you: Ok, so this you have to do in order to contribute to Wikipedia. But we hope you are seeing the value of contributing, it helps other students and most importantly, it helps people seeking health information.
Where and how to draft Wikipedia contributions
This one is simple, use your Sandbox! You can flesh out ideas, compile your list of sources for your topic without worrying about posting to a live page.
How to contribute to medical articles
How this relates to you: This is important, because actual people consult Wikipedia pages for actual problems. As a medical student, you are the perfect person to contribute to this body of knowledge and it will help people in the process.
- Assignment - Optional
- Learn about how to choose your own topics
Exercise
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
TIP: Do this module if none of the Articles on the list interest you and you'd rather pick your own medically-related article to edit.
Week 11
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 9 October 2018
- Plan your edits for your article & compile your sources
Exercise
Finalize your topic / Find your sources
Continue improving your article if you already put your plan in your sandbox back in week 5.
For those of you just getting started with your article, in your sandbox, write a few sentences about what you plan to contribute to the selected article. Check out the Talk page, too, to see what other Wikipedians are already contributing.
Think back to how to evaluate an article. Look at the article's content, tone, and sourcing. Address the following in your sandbox:
- Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Are some areas under- or over-developed?
- Is it written neutrally?
- Does each claim have a citation? Are the citations reliable?
What can you add? Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page.
Multiple authors on an article? Coordinate with one another to make sure you don't override eachother's work, for example, choose your own sections to work on or check eachother's sandboxes to see what the plan is.
How much content should you contribute?
1. Aim to add in new content OR
2. Edit existing uncited content and add citations to exitisng content.
For the citations you add, aim to cite at least 3-4 different reliable, evidence-based sources. The goal is to leave the article better than when you found it.
For help with finding sources:
Week 12
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
- Assignment - Start drafting your content
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
Suggested Reading: More than 2 billion pairs of eyeballs...
In case we haven't made a strong enough case for why your contributions to Wikipedia are so important, here's a recent article from BMJ:
https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2018/08/14/bmjebm-2018-111040.long
- Milestones
We're almost to the finish line! At this point everyone has begun writing the content they will contribute to their selected article. Remember, your sandbox is a great place to draft your content.
Still wondering if you are on the right track? Check this rubric as a guideline.
Week 13
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 23 October 2018
- Assignment - Continue improving your article
Exercise
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.
Week 14
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 30 October 2018
- Assignment - Polish your work
Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Librarian or Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
- Assignment - Final article
It's the final week to develop your article.
- Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
- Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.