Wikipedia:WikiProject Columbia University/SIPA meetup January 2017

The School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University is hosting a private Wikipedia meetup for friends of the Wiki loves the Dominican Republic project. Only invited persons may attend.

This team is

• user:Anelsona
• user:Jes2336
• user:Lh2814
• user:Marielavzla
• user:Mgonzalezmillan
• user:Vivavariola

Attendees please sign-in online.

Event details

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Columbia School of International and Public Affairs

• Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 4-6pm
• School of International and Public Affairs, 118th and Amsterdam, 8th floor room 823
• Presentation by Lane Rasberry, user:bluerasberry, Wikipedian-in-Residence at Consumer Reports
• slides

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Presentation - "Wikipedia's place in health communication"

"Wikipedia's place in health communication" presented by Lane Rasberry, Wikipedian in Residence at Consumer Reports

0:00-0:05 - introductions

0:05-0:15 - presentation

0:15-0:25 - Q&A and general discussion about Wikipedia

0:25-2:00 - hands-on workshop

Wikipedia has been one of the most consulted sources of medical information for a generation. Despite popularity among readers, Wikipedia has a challenging relationship with universities, researchers, and educators in public health. This talk explores the place of health information on Wikipedia among health information on the Internet and shares the precedent for universities responding to Wikipedia.

The event will start with a presentation which gives the Wikipedia community perspective on the following:

• To what extent does Wikipedia matter in health communication?
• How does one edit Wikipedia?
• What is Wikipedia's quality control system?

Following the presentation, anyone may ask any question about Wikipedia to get answers or demonstrations.

Participants in the workshop will practice the following skills -

1. Identifying reliable sources
2. Adding information from reliable sources to Wikipedia
3. Citing one's sources
4. Asking the Wikipedia community for review and feedback
5. Responding to feedback, and potentially continuing the editing cycle of adding information then getting review and either revising or resolving the matter

Referenced reading materials

• 
  Why Medical Schools Should Embrace Wikipedia
• 
  Editing Wikipedia articles on medicine
• 
  Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying Readership, Editors, and the Significance of Natural Language
• 
  Wikipedia Education Program Case Studies

Other support

The presentation is provided by Consumer Reports. Organizations supporting Wikipedia outreach to health classes in New York include the following:

• 
  Consumer Reports
• 
  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• 
  Choosing Wisely
• 
  Cochrane
• 
  Wiki Project Med
• 
  Wikimedia New York City
• 
  Wiki Education Foundation
• 
  Docgraph

All of these organizations endorse this classroom outreach. Your facilitator, user:bluerasberry, does not represent any of them except Consumer Reports. The nature of the support is as follows -

• Consumer Reports sponsors the outreach and presentation.
• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is providing review of medical information and many other types of support in this project.
• Choosing Wisely is the outreach health campaign on which this Wikipedia outreach program is based.
• Cochrane remains available to provide access to Cochrane publications or talk with Wikipedia contributors about using good sources.
• Wikimedia New York City is the local volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community.
• Wiki Project Med is the international volunteer chapter of the Wikipedia community supporting the development of Wikipedia's medical coverage.
• Wiki Education Foundation provides support for professors in assignment design and students as they navigate editing Wikipedia for the first time, and software to report impact of Wikipedia editing by groups of students.
• DocGraph is providing analysis of Wikipedia use by medical students. Please consider opting in to participate.

Tools and support

• WikiProject Medicine, Wikipedia's own community forum for developing Wikipedia's health content
• DOI Wikipedia reference generator, a simple tool for converting a DOI into a citation on Wikipedia
• The Wikipedia Adventure, an online training program
• The Wikipedia:Education program provides Wikipedia:Training/For students

Contact

For local Wikipedia support contact user:bluerasberry, lrasberryconsumer.org.