Evolution of wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future

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dc.contributor.authorShafee, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMasukume, Gwinyai
dc.contributor.authorKipersztok, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorDas, Diptanshu
dc.contributor.authorHäggström, Mikael
dc.contributor.authorHeilman, James
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-18T09:40:14Z
dc.date.available2017-10-18T09:40:14Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractAs one of the most commonly read online sources of medical information, Wikipedia is an influential public health platform. Its medical content, community, collaborations and challenges have been evolving since its creation in 2001, and engagement by the medical community is vital for ensuring its accuracy and completeness. Both the encyclopaedia’s internal metrics as well as external assessments of its quality indicate that its articles are highly variable, but improving. Although content can be edited by anyone, medical articles are primarily written by a core group of medical professionals. Diverse collaborative ventures have enhanced medical article quality and reach, and opportunities for partnerships are more available than ever. Nevertheless, Wikipedia’s medical content and community still face significant challenges, and a socioecological model is used to structure specific recommendations. We propose that the medical community should prioritise the accuracy of biomedical information in the world’s most consulted encyclopaedia.en
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dc.identifier.citationShafee, T., Masukume, G., Kipersztok, L., Das, D., Häggström, M. and Heilman, J. (2017) 'Evolution of wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and future', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, pp. 1-8. doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208601en
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/jech-2016-208601
dc.identifier.endpage9
dc.identifier.issn0143-005X
dc.identifier.issn1470-2738
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Epidemiology and Community Healthen
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/4893
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen
dc.relation.urihttp://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2017/08/24/jech-2016-208601
dc.rights© 2017, Article authors or their employer unless otherwise stated in the text of the Article. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectWikipediaen
dc.subjectMedical informationen
dc.subject~Medicine - Journal Articles~en
dc.titleEvolution of wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and futureen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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