Thank you for sharing it Doc James :) On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 at 10:53 AM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A study, published on Oct 31st, 2017 in the Journal of Medical > Internet Research Medical Education, has found that Wikipedia helps > Canadian medical students improve their knowledge of medical content. > Wikipedia was compared to UpToDate, a subscription based online > medical resource, and a standard medical textbook. > > The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial of 116 medical > students from four Canadian medical schools. Students initially wrote > a multiple choice exam similar to that used for licensing Canadian > physicians. They were then randomized to one of three electronic > resources, Wikipedia, UpToDate, or Harrison’s textbook of Internal > Medicine and had 30 minutes to use their assigned resource. During > this time, they were observed for compliance and had the opportunity > to take notes. The students then rewrote their original exam, armed > with the notes taken while using their resource. > > The primary outcome was improvement in tests scores before and after > accessing the assigned resource. The authors found that medical > students assigned to Wikipedia had a statistically significant greater > improvement in test scores, compared to the medical textbook and a > trend towards improved performance as compared to UpToDate. > > Full study available under an open license at > https://mededu.jmir.org/2017/2/e20/ > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Sailesh _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
