Accepted Type
Workshop
Code
WF1-2
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Workshop
Sub Type
Affiliation
Title
Leveraging open scholarship in medical education with Wikipedia
Length of Presentation
Rationale/Background
In conventional health communication and education, expert organizations take for granted that the quality of their information is high. However, the distribution and dissemination of this information to relevant audiences can be challenging. Wikipedia has the opposite challenge. It has a large audience requesting particular information but seeks expert partnerships to develop its content. English Wikipedia is the 7th most accessed web page in Canada and at the end of 2013, its medical content had collectively received 4.8 billion page views (Heilman, 2015).
We will review the precedent of experts and organizations sharing medical information through Wikipedia and measure the impact of these efforts.
We will provide participants with an opportunity to explore Wikipedia's medical information, their potential to help build its medical content, and its utility as a tool in educating medical students who can learn to find, critically appraise, and summarize in plain language, high-quality evidence.
Instructional Methods
A brief introduction to the utility of Wikipedia as an educational tool (12-15 minutes) followed by small-group editing training with guidance from the instructor(s)
Target audience
Anyone curious about Wikipedia, its role in medical education, its internal review system, its reliability and utility, or a gentle introduction to editing. No experience required. Experienced editors are welcome.
Learning Objective
Participants will be able to add one sentence and one citation to Wikipedia and access Wikipedia's specialized educator tools. Skills taught include:
Monitoring students during editing projects;
Publishing in Wikipedia;
Measuring readership and impact;
How to query Wikipedia's general reference structured data
Optional Literature References
Azzam A., Bresler D., Leon A., et al. Why Medical Schools Should Embrace Wikipedia: Final-Year Medical Student Contributions to Wikipedia Articles for Academic Credit at One School. Acad Med. 2017;92(2):194-200. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001381
Murray H., Walker M., Maggio L., Dawson J. Wikipedia medical page editing as a platform to teach evidence-based medicine. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2018;23(Supplement 1): A12-A13. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111024.24
Heilman J.M., West A.G. Wikipedia and medicine: quantifying readership, editors, and the significance of natural language. J Med Internet Res. 2015;17(3):e62. doi:10.2196/jmir.4069
Keyword 1
Open knowledge
Keyword 2
Wikipedia
Keyword 3
undergraduate medical education
Level of Training
General
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
E-Learning/Technology
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Denise Smith
Lane Rasberry
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
Virtual Presentation Option
yes
