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Welcome to the Improving Medical Communication Through Wikipedia elective. Through this course you will increase the quality of health information on Wikipedia as you update and add content to self-selected articles. Since Wikipedia is the most widely used medical reference resource in the world, your work as a Wikipedia Editor will have a global impact and help reduce information access disparities. Over the course of the 4-week elective, you will develop skills by participating in reference mining, article editing, peer review, and reflections on the experience.
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.
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When the course starts, everyone should have a Wikipedia account. Create an account and join this course page using the link we sent you.
Make sure you're signed into your Wikipedia account and the Dashboard to make sure your edits count toward the course!
Monday, September 30 from 9-11 am: Taubman Health Sciences Library
[[../../../training/students/evaluate-wikipedia-exercise|Evaluate an article]]
Refer to today's reading, Manual of Style, for medicine-related articles as you critique the article.
Copyedit an article
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
A month-long elective may feel like a long time, but it's remarkably short for this kind of work! I expect each of you will have begun making edits live on Wikipedia (e.g. not merely in your sandboxes) before the end of this week.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Peer Review Guiding framework
What should a peer review look like?
During our discussion in class on September 30, we will define specific attributes to be itemized here.
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By the start of Week 4, every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles.
What should a response to the peer reviewer's comments look like?
During our discussion in class on September 30, we will define specific attributes to be itemized here.
Resources:
Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
Guiding questions
Friday, October 25
At our wrap up meeting we will gather to share accomplishments and lessons learned from the elective. The final presentations will be 10 minutes each and cover the prompts from the Wrap Up report: