Wikipedia:Wikipedia in Health Professions Education/Queens University

Queen's University, Faculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

This site began in 2017 with a project integrated directly into the first year medical school curriculum at Queen's University. During the fall of their first year, undergraduate medical students edit Wikipedia articles as part of their required course MEDS 112 - Critical Appraisal of Research and Lifelong Learning (CARL). The course focuses on six main themes "1) Medical information literacy (searching and filtering reliable medical information), 2) Diagnostic tests and their properties, 3) research designs and methods, 4) Understanding the results of medical research, 5) Critical appraisal of medical literature, 6) Key learning strategies to foster effective educational and professional learning."

• Course Dashboard: MEDS 112 - Critical Appraisal of Research and Lifelong Learning (CARL)

• Student Type: Undergraduate medical students, first year
• Course Type: Faculty-led
• Instructor(s): Drs. Heather Murray, Melanie Walker, and Jennifer Dawson
• Link to instructional resources: Wikipedia Project Resource Page

• Publication(s):

• Murray, Heather; et al. (2019-11-12). "Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to Medical Students Using Wikipedia as a Platform". Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000003085. ISSN 1938-808X. PMID 31725466.
• Dawson, Jennifer; et al. (2018-06-01). "Wikipedia medical page editing as a platform to teach evidence-based medicine". BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 23 (Suppl 1): A12–A13. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111024.24. ISSN 2515-446X.
• Walker, Melanie; et al. (2018-06-01). "Wikipedia culture and usage: a survey of first year medical students to determine barriers and facilitators". BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine. 23 (Suppl 1): A25–A25. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111024.50. ISSN 2515-446X.

• Media Coverage:

• Murray, Heather (2019). "More than 2 billion pairs of eyeballs: Why aren't you sharing medical knowledge on Wikipedia?". BMJ evidence-based medicine. 24 (3): 90–91. doi:10.1136/bmjebm-2018-111040. ISSN 2515-4478. PMID 30108058.