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Lane Rasberry (user:bluerasberry), the Wikipedian at Consumer Reports, visits universities to support students in contributing to Wikipedia pages. Particularly this happens with students and teachers in health classes.

Purpose

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Wikipedia is a highly consulted source of information on many topics. If people contribute to Wikipedia then readers of Wikipedia benefit.

Anyone can contribute to Wikipedia articles, including students. In the Wikipedia's education program, there are tutorials and support resources to help professors and classes integrate exercises to contribute to Wikipedia into classrooms. Students who contribute to Wikipedia report that they find the experience meaningful and helpful for their learning.

Scope

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This project is sponsored by Consumer Reports, and for that reason, professors and classes which are sharing information which is relevant to typical consumers are favored in this project.

More particularly, classes in New York state are favored, and medical schools and health classes are preferred over other kinds of classes.

Process

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Wikipedia outreach to universities began in summer 2010 with the public policy project. After that trial was finished, the Wikipedia education program was established to develop best practices and resources for classes to partner with Wikipedia. About 1000 classes have participated in the program. Most of what happens in the course of this kind of outreach is established and can be predicted, even though since Wikipedia is live and public, there are always surprises.

Resources

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Wikipedia education program

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Health content on Wikipedia

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Affiliations

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Potential affiliations

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Medical schools are the obvious options for partnership.

Medical and Allied Health Schools in New York
School University affiliation Hospital affiliation Institution type Location
Albany Medical College Union University Albany Medical Center Hospital medical school Albany
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Yeshiva University ? medical school The Bronx
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University Columbia University Medical Center medical school Manhattan
Hofstra University North Shore–LIJ School of Medicine Hofstra University North Shore University Hospital medical school Long Island
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai none Mount Sinai Hospital medical school Manhattan
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine New York Institute of Technology ? medical school Long Island
New York Medical College Touro College Metropolitan Hospital Center medical school Valhalla, New York
New York University School of Medicine New York University NYU Langone Medical Center medical school Manhattan
Stony Brook University School of Medicine Stony Brook University Stony Brook University Hospital medical school Long Island
State University of New York Upstate Medical University State University of New York ? medical school Syracuse
SUNY Downstate Medical Center State University of New York ? medical school Brooklyn
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Touro College ? medical school Harlem
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences University at Buffalo (does not own hospital) medical school Buffalo, New York
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Rochester University of Rochester Medical Center medical school Rochester, New York
Weill Cornell Medical College Cornell University ? medical school Manhattan

Events

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Consumer Reports presented the "Why Medical Schools Should Embrace Wikipedia" paper as noted on that paper's project page.

Participate!

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Anyone can participate in the Wikipedia education program if they like. If you are in New York and interested in health articles and want to partner with Consumer Reports in developing Wikipedia health content, then contact Lane Rasberry, Wikipedian in Residence at Consumer Reports!

  • email lrasberry@consumer.org
  • call 914.378.2684 during office hours EST. This number is in New York.