Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCSF School of Medicine/WikiMed Nov-Dec 2020 UCSF SOM (Career Launch Block 9)
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- Course name
- WikiMed Nov-Dec 2020 UCSF SOM
- Institution
- UCSF School of Medicine
- Instructor
- Amin Azzam, MD, MA
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Medicine
- Course dates
- 2020-11-23 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-12-20 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 12
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 course will help you better understand the WP “ecosystem” including Wikiprojects, Translators Without Borders, and the offline Wikipedia health app.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 23 November 2020 | Tuesday, 24 November 2020
- In class - Day 1
- Mon 11/23
Welcome to your Wikipedia course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for this rotation, 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.
Monday 11/23 
10am - noon
- Overview of the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
- Additional content:
- presentation by Amin: "Becoming a Wikipedian in medical school"
- 30 min of protected time to begin completing all Wiki Ed assigned trainings
- discuss workplan, Wikiproject Medicine style guidelines, begin selecting articles, begin designing your teams and workplans
- Finish all remaining assigned trainings BEFORE Tuesday 11/24.
Resources:
Digital Handout: Attendance Expectations
Presentation: Amin's day 1 slides
- Assignment - Basic Wikipedia training modules
These are the Wiki Ed produced training modules that I believe are important and relevant to our work in this rotation. You are expected to complete all of them by the end of your lunch break on Day 1 of the course.
- Assignment - Editing Wikipedia as a health-professional student
These are additional training modules that are especially relevant to you as medical students. You are expected to complete these before you go to sleep at the end of Day 1 of the course.
- In class - Day 2
- Tues 11/24
Tues 11/24 10am - noon
- update on selected articles, collective editing, Hemingway
- discuss expectations of peer-review & WP-WIP's
- go over proliferation of platforms document, tour Wiki literature folder, platforms PRN
- draw names for peer review assignments, residual Q&A
- librarian resources: "How to seek reliable sources when writing for Wikipedia"
- presentation by Amin: "An emerging global movement: Embracing Wikipedia-editing in health professional schools"
- optional free lunchtime therapy about the stress of residency applications (12-1pm)
====== Resources
Wiki Editing Resources: folder ======
Josephine's handout 1 : link
Josephine's handout 2 : link
Whit's "historical handout: link
Johnathon's open resources handout: link
Digital Handout: Workplan template
====== Wiki literature: Folder
Presentation: Amin's day 2 slides ======
Digital Handout: Proliferation of platforms explanations
- Assignment - How to assign yourself an article for this course
- Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area
- Assignment - Workplan
By 9:30am on Mon 11/30 (e.g. before our first WP-WIP), 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, I 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):
- 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?
Digital Handout: Workplan template
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 30 November 2020 | Friday, 4 December 2020
- In class - WP-WIP #1
- Mon 11/30 @ 10 - 11am
On Mon 11/30 from 10 - 11am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
- Milestones
A month-long rotation 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.
- In class - WP-WIP #2
- Fri 12/4 @ 10 - 11am
On Fri 12/4 from 10-11am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 9 December 2020
- In class - WP-WIP #3
- Wed 12/9 @ 10 - 11am
On Wed 12/9 from 10 - 11 you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
- Assignment - Peer review an article
Please perform peer reviews beginning on Wed 12/9 after our WIP#3
- What should a peer-review look like? Here's our suggested plan:
- Peer review of Nov-Dec 2020:
- Don't re-write any original text but instead make broad yet specific suggestions
- Take some time to become familiar with the page they edited so you can give specific advice
- Consider communicating with your reviewee on what they're looking for feedback on.
- Consider reviewing their intended workplan for the month!
- Look for (and catch) typos, grammatical errors
- Provide encouragement (remember ye old feedback sandwich?)
- We as peer-reviewers should know the audience of viewers/readers and keep that in mind as we provide peer-review
Logistical Details:
- Peer reviews are DUE by end of week 3 = Before you go to sleep on Sun 12/13.
- Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
- Here's a link to a wikipedia peer-review rubricoffered by Wiki Ed for evaluating student contributions to Wikipedia articles. While we will NOT formally use the point system, it does provide a nice complement to our "home-grown" peer-review process.
Resources:
- Evaluating Wikipedia (WikiEd Brochure)
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- In class - Discussion
- 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 4
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 15 December 2020 | Friday, 18 December 2020
- Milestones
BEFORE we start our WP-WIP #4 on Sun 12/14 5pm, ALL peer-reviews should have been completed and posted to the talk page of the page being reviewed.
- In class - WP-WIP #4
- Sun 12/14 @ 5 - 6pm
On Tues 12/15 from 10 - 11am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Here's a link to the google doc for this WP-WIP.
Topic: UCSF Wiki course: WP-WIP #4
Time: Dec 13, 2020 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/95655143578?pwd=Q0R0ZWVjNWY2a3FraHRQR1J2SFlzZz09
- Assignment - Respond to your peer review
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 draft to make those changes.
How to respond to the peer-reviewer's comments?
- Tears are appropriate
- Remember the peer-reviewer has the best of intentions
- Specifically address each (all?) of their recommendations
- If you disagree, politely explain why you disagree
Logistical Details:
- Post your responses to peer-review on the TALK page near the peer review.
- This will allow other Wikipedians to engage with the recommendations long after you finish this course
Resources:
- Evaluating Wikipedia (WikiEd Brochure)
- Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.
- 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 Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!
- In class - WP-Wrap-up Session
- Thurs 12/17 @ 2 - 4 (note longer duration)
On Thurs 12/17 from 2-4pm (note longer duration) we will convene for a meeting to share accomplishments and discuss lessons learned. Final presentations will be structured as follows: round robin "reports" (maximum of 10 minutes each) from each of you as follows:
- What did I accomplish this month (broad overview)?
- What did I learn?
- What will I take forward with me into the future?
- Now in hindsight, is there anything I would have done differently?
Here's a link to the google doc for this Wrap-up Session.
Topic: UCSF Wiki course: Wrap-up
Time: Dec 18, 2020 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)