Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/UCSF School of Medicine/WikiMed Oct-Nov 2022 UCSF SOM (Career Launch Block 8)
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- Course name
- WikiMed Oct-Nov 2022 UCSF SOM
- Institution
- UCSF School of Medicine
- Instructor
- Amin Azzam, MD, MA
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Medicine
- Course dates
- 2022-10-25 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-11-20 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 10
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, and the offline Wikipedia health app.
| Student | Assigned | Reviewing |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Solarczyk | Open fracture | Polycythemia |
| Lavendermatcha | Uveitis | Open fracture |
| Canine Snow | Drain (surgery) | Uveitis |
| GP2b3a | Polycythemia | Drain (surgery) |
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Tuesday, 25 October 2022 | Friday, 28 October 2022
- In class - Wikipedia bolus
- Mon 10/24 & Tues 10/25
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 10/24
- Overview of the course
- Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
- Additional content will include:
- presentation by Amin: "Becoming a Wikipedian in medical school"
- lunch on your own and complete all Wiki Ed assigned trainings
- discuss workplan, Wikiproject Medicine style guidelines, begin selecting articles, begin designing your teams and workplans
Tues 10/25
- 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
- presentation by Amin: "An emerging global movement: Embracing Wikipedia-editing in health professional schools"
Resources:
Digital Handout: Attendance Expectations
Presentation: Amin's day 1 slides
Wiki Editing Resources: folder
Wiki literature: Folder
====== Digital Handout: Workplan worksheet
Presentation: Amin's day 2 slides ======
Parent gDrive folder for all of the above: here
- 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.
- 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 Fri 10/28 (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?
Handout: Workplan worksheet
- In class - WP-WIP #1
- Fri 10/28 @ 10 - 11:30am
On Fri 10/28 
10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
Link to the gDoc for this WP-WIP (fill in only if you will MISS this session)
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 2 November 2022
- 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
- Thurs 11/3 @ 4-5:30pm
On Thurs 11/3 
4 - 5:30pm you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
If you'll miss this WP-WIP, here's the gDoc for your progress reports.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Wednesday, 9 November 2022
- In class - WP-WIP #3
- Wed 11/9 @ 10 - 11:30am
On Wed 11/9 10 - 11:30am 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 11/9 after our WIP#3
- What should a peer-review look like? Here's our suggested plan:
- Peer review of Oct-Nov 2022:
- Start by reviewing their stated workplan
- Two things they're doing well
- Two things they might improve on
- General principles of feedback (e.g. be SPECIFIC)
- Include overall global impressions too
- Readability
- Flow
- Specific areas to fix
- Be OK with telling someone they've gotten too "into the weeds here"
- Be nice and professional
- Assume good intent from the writer
Logistical Details:
- Peer reviews are DUE by end of week 3 = Before you go to sleep on Sun 11/13
- Post the peer-review on the TALK page of the article you are reviewing.
- Here's a link to a wikipedia peer-review rubric offered 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:
- Editing Wikipedia
- 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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- Monday, 14 November 2022 | Friday, 18 November 2022
- Milestones
BEFORE we start our WP-WIP #4 on Mon 11/14 10am, ALL peer-reviews should have been completed and posted to the talk page of the page being reviewed.
- In class - WP-WIP #4
- Mon 11/14 @ 10-11:30am
On Mon 11/14 10 - 11:30am you will informally present your work-in-progress to Amin and classmates. We will help troubleshoot or discuss your evolving thoughts on your work.
If you'll miss this WP-WIP, here's the gDoc for your progress reports.
- 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?
- Thank your reviewer for their EXCELLENT peer review
- Acknowledge the things you agree with and your intent to address them
- Query for the things you disagree with so you can either negotiate or justify your viewpoint
- Point out how/where you've made the changes suggested by your peer-reviewer
- If you don't have time or bandwidth to complete all the suggestions declare that for future wikipedians.
- Be nice and professional
- Assume good intent from the writer
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
- 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 11/17 @ 8 - 9am
On Thurs 11/17 8 - 9am 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.