Re: Should clinicians edit Wikipedia to engage a wider world web?
Exactly 12 months ago, I responded to a BMJ editorial "WikiProject Medicine,"[1] advocating that clinicians’ evidence-based practice workshops and journal clubs adopt a “stub” or an incomplete section of WikiProject Medicine or look at an appropriate specialty-based or topic-specific Wiki and provide some critically appraised input.[2]
So now I’m putting my money where my mouth is by organising a Medical Wiki Workshop at University Hospital, Coventry, on Friday 31st August. This will provide an introduction to editing Wikipedia’s medical content, with plenty of hands-on editing practice. There are still some places available, so here's your chance to get involved. See http://coventrywiki.eventbrite.co.uk
Competing interests:
I am organiser of the event mentioned in this Response.
I am also an Administrator of EEPDwiki (http://eepdwiki.org.uk), a specialty-based Wiki on perinatal data.
06 July 2012
Helga J Perry
Electronic Systems & Resources Librarian
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust
Rapid Response:
Re: Should clinicians edit Wikipedia to engage a wider world web?
Exactly 12 months ago, I responded to a BMJ editorial "WikiProject Medicine,"[1] advocating that clinicians’ evidence-based practice workshops and journal clubs adopt a “stub” or an incomplete section of WikiProject Medicine or look at an appropriate specialty-based or topic-specific Wiki and provide some critically appraised input.[2]
So now I’m putting my money where my mouth is by organising a Medical Wiki Workshop at University Hospital, Coventry, on Friday 31st August. This will provide an introduction to editing Wikipedia’s medical content, with plenty of hands-on editing practice. There are still some places available, so here's your chance to get involved. See http://coventrywiki.eventbrite.co.uk
REFERENCES
[1] Editorial. WikiP{roject Medicine. BMJ 2011;342:d3387
[2] Perry H. You’ve got to be in it to win it.
http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/11/03/youve-got-be-it-win-it
Competing interests: I am organiser of the event mentioned in this Response. I am also an Administrator of EEPDwiki (http://eepdwiki.org.uk), a specialty-based Wiki on perinatal data.