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- Course name
- TCOM WikiMed Advanced Directed Studies Elective
- Institution
- Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Instructor
- Scott Ewing
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Medicine
- Course dates
- 2021-03-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-03-28 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 6
Welcome to your 4 week directed studies course for 4th year medical students at TCOM! This course is designed to encourage electronic healthcare literacy. Students will work remotely to select articles, research, and then edit over the course of the month.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 4 March 2021
- In class - TCOM WikiMed Directed Studies course
Welcome to your TCOM WikiMed 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:
- In class - Brief Check-in meeting
- Welcome to the course! 3/1 @ 12pm
Meeting will be held via Zoom on (Monday Mar 1st at 12pm)
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
Due this week (by Mar 5th 
11:59p): select your article and post your work-plan
- Assignment - Day 1
- Get started on Wikipedia
Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
Due by the end of Day 1 (Mar 1st).
- Assignment - Day 2
- Wikipedia for Medical Students
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6
Due by the end of day 2 (Mar 2nd).
- In class - Weekly Discussion Meeting
- Library Lunch Lecture: on 03/04 @ 12p
Join the team from the UNTHSC Lewis library in discussing which tools are available to us and how to access them in our research.
The meeting will be held on Mar 4th at 12p via zoom.
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
FInd below the pre-work required before the meeting. There is also a 5 min post-course survery that follows after the courses.
Info Retrieval & Appraisal
Citation Management & EndNote
- Assignment - Selection of Article and Posting your Workplan
So that you can engage with the Wikipedian community members who are interested & actively following your article, post your Workplan on the talk page of your selected Wikipedia article.
Consider explicitly declaring any/all of the following (but don't feel limited to these):
- Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference?
- Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
- Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
- Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
- Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
- Check a few citations. Do the links work? Is there any close paraphrasing or plagiarism in the article?
- Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
- Which sections will you prioritize?
- What resources do you intend to look up, and when?
- How will you decide what things (signs, symptoms, side-effects, etc.) to explicitly include? To explicitly exclude?
- Will you also embed additional links to other Wiki pages?
- How will you ensure you avoid "doctor-speak" and not use jargon?
Review pages 4-7 of the Evaluating Wikipedia brochure. This will give you a good, brief overview of what to look for in other articles, and what other people will look for in your own.
Due by the end of the week (Mar 5th)
Resources: Evaluating Wikipedia, Using Talk Pages
- Milestones
By the end of the week, everyone should have made an account, selected a topic and posted their work plan!
Excellent work!
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Assignment - Theme of the week
- Accuracy and Plagiarism
To be discussed at the weekly WIP meeting:
A major source of healthcare information from our patients is from Dr. Google. With increased access to knowledge online, comes the dangers of inaccuracy. How can we be a part of that conversation outside of the face-to-face office interaction?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448244/
Assignment:
Read through the above article about the reliability of Google and come prepared to the weekly meeting to discuss your thoughts on the subject. Consider what the consequences of inaccurate information on your chosen medical wiki might be. Locate and read the liability information on the medical wiki. Should medical wikis be subject to FDA or other oversight?
- In class - Brief Check-in Meeting
- Monday 3/8 @ 12p
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
This meeting is just get a short update from everyone about where they are at with choosing a topic and creating a work plan.
- In class - Weekly Discussion meeting #2
- Wed 3/10 @ 12pm
Follow the zoom link to join the class to discuss the assignment and your achievements for the week.
Meeting will be held on Mar 10th at 12pm.
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
Due this week (by Friday Mar 12th at 11:59p): the first draft of your article
- Milestones
This week is all about starting to make edits live on Wikipedia (not just your Sandbox).
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 18 March 2021
- In class - Theme of the week
- Collaborative Medicine
It is safe to say that with the ever-increasing accessibility of the internet, our world is becoming smaller and closer together. It has also allowed us to become privy to the extent of human knowledge at a very fast pace. This means that discoveries made on one side of the world that once took years to get to the other, are now avaibile at a moments notice. This begs the question then, how can collaboration shape the way we diagnose and treat our patients?
Assignment: watch the first episode of the show "Diagnosis" on Netflix.
Come prepared to the weekly meeting to discuss your thoughts on the subject.
- Assignment - Lend a hand to your classmates and peer review their article!
Work on helping your classmates by conducting peer reviews:
- Post your Review to the talk page of the article you are reviewing.
- Aim for finishing your peer review BEFORE Wed
How to conduct peer review? :
- Make sure it's understandable to the indended WP audience
- Make sure we include appropriate sources, mostly NOT primary literature. But OK to use primary literature when there is no secondary literature
- Also OK to use closed-access resources
- Look at the workplan and compare/contrast to actual work done
- Don't be harsh on your classmate
- Spot check a few links to ensure links are not broken
- Ensure structure of article flows understandably
- Follow readability guidelines (no sentences longer than 26 words)
- Lots of periods, few commas or semicolons
- Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
Peer editing how-to:
- Go to your home page and click peer review under the "Articles I’m peer reviewing" subheading.
- This should take you to making a new page and walks you through what you should be looking for.
- Go ahead and add edits to the talk page of the peer review article so it’s easier to see
- You need to have that peer review page published for this assignment to count.
Handout: wikipedia peer-review rubric
- In class - Weekly Discussion meeting #3
- Wed 3/17 @12pm
Follow the zoom link to join the class to discuss the assignment and your achievements for the week.
Meeting will be held on 3/17 at 12pm.
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
Due this week (by Friday Mar 19th at 11:59pm): peer review of your classmates article
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Thursday, 25 March 2021
- In class - Brief Check-in Meeting on Fri 3/26 at 1p
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
- In class - Brief Check-in Meeting on Mon 3/22 at 12p
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
This meeting is just get a short update from everyone about where they are with their project.
- In class - Theme of the week
- Medical Wikis: Discovery and Retention
The world is constantly changing. What was once represented by a blurb in medical education reference books has become one of the most relevant topics of today; coronavirus. Therefore, Wikipedia articles that are visited more frequently have the higher burden of accuracy. The ”rate of returning visitors” (RVR) is a major measure of success for any web resource. How does your article fare in this battle for viewership?
Readings:
- Google Analytics overview
- Article on RVR
- Dr. Azzam's student's success story
Assignment:
Using one or more search engines (e.g., Google, Bing, Yagoo, Baidu etc.) of your choice, try to discover some of the content of your chosen medical wiki. Come prepared to the meeting ready to comment on where the search results appear (if at all) and how this might impact traffic to the medical wiki. Are search engines the best way for new users to discover medical wiki content? What are other methods that might also be effective?
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
Use the final week of the course to respond to your peer-reviewer's suggestions. Additionally:
- Leverage the Wikipedian community members who are interested in your article
- Consider replying to the peer review directly on the talk page of your article
- If you disagree with your peer reviewer, explain your rationale
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!
- Milestones
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.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
- In class - Weekly Discussion meeting #4
- Wed 3/24 @12p
Follow the zoom link to join the class to discuss the assignment and your achievements for the week.
Meeting will be held on Mar 24th at 12pm.
https://zoom.us/j/99797581409?pwd=UHhsZFM5ZmI3L2w0UXJWL0xWZmRqQT09
Due this week (by Fri Mar 26th at 11:59p): Your final draft of the article
- Milestones
Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.