Azzam, AminJacobs, JoshuaRichards, MaureenHird, KathrynKahili-Heede, MelissaLebowitz, DavidCostello, JospehDexter, NadineBrock, TinaGeres, NourBrennan, Emily2019-12-132019-12-132019-11http://hdl.handle.net/10125/64992poster presentation<p>● Wikipedia is the world’s most frequently used health-information source.<br> ● Embracing the platform helps fulfill health professional schools’ teaching & service missions.<br> ● Student & faculty effort searching, analyzing, writing & editing Wikipedia is scholarly work.<br> ● The Wiki Education Foundation’s “Students in the Health Professions” campaign aggregates all efforts of these students editing WIkipedia as part of formal coursework.<br> ● Since 2013, there have been 1,271 students who have added 711,000 words, 86 images and 9,030 references to 642 health-related Wikipedia pages.<br> ● These Wikipedia pages have been viewed 55.2 million times since students began contributing.<br> ● Participants highlight the refreshingly collaborative nature of the work-- for students, librarians, and faculty alike!<p/>1en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United StatesWikipediaEducationMedical collegesLibrariesPublic healthPharmacyTeeth--DiseasesWikipedia-editing as a teaching strategy in health professional schools: 6 years, 5 countries, 5 professions...and counting.Presentation