Hi, On Tue, 31 Oct 2017 10:09:51 -0600 James Heilman <[email protected]> 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. > good to hear! Thanks for sharing. > 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/ > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Summerschool-at-the-NSA/ Larry Wall applies a patch manually quicker than GNU patch. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Larry-Wall/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
