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TCU SOM Wikipedia Elective Spring 2025

A 2-week elective course for medical students to learn about Wiki education (medicine focus), best practices and instruction through training, choosing a section to edit/update, and finally enacting the changes.

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  • Week 1 (03/30 - 04/05)

    Meetings: Monday (03/31), Tuesday (04/01), Wednesday (04/02), Thursday (04/03), Friday (04/04)
    • Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

      In Class

      Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

      Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

      Resources:

    • Get started on Wikipedia

      Assignment

      Training

      Wikipedia policies
      Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists
      Communicating with others on Wikipedia

      Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

    • Everyone has a Wikipedia account

      Milestone
      This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
    • Evaluate Wikipedia

      Assignment -

      Due: 2025-04-01

      Training

      Evaluating articles and sources
      How to edit: Wikicode vs Visual Editor

      Exercise

      Evaluate WikipediaDue on Apr 1st
    • Review the rules for health topics

      Assignment -

      Due: 2025-04-02

      Training

      Editing health and psychology topics

      Exercise

      Cite a systematic reviewDue on Apr 2nd
    • Choose possible topics

      Assignment -

      Due: 2025-04-02

      Training

      Finding your article

      Exercise

      Find potential articlesDue on Apr 2nd

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

    • Make a small edit

      Assignment -

      Due: 2025-04-02

      Training

      Adding citations

      Exercise

      Make a small editDue on Apr 2nd
    • Finalize your topic and find sources

      Assignment -

      Due: 2025-04-02

      Building your bibliographyDue on Apr 2nd
    • Start drafting your contributions

      Assignment

      Training

      Plagiarism
      Drafting in the sandbox

      Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

      Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

    • Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

    • Everyone has started writing

      Milestone

      Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.