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| Title |
Wikipedia – challenges and new horizons in enhancing medical education
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12909-015-0309-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Verena G Herbert, Andreas Frings, Herwig Rehatschek, Gisbert Richard, Andreas Leithner |
| Abstract |
Wikipedia gains growing attention as a provider of health information. This study aimed to investigate the use, relevance and challenges of Wikipedia among medical students. An online questionnaire was made accessible to students at five medical universities in Germany, Austria, and Norway. Besides demographical data, the questions covered the role of Wikipedia in the academic life of medical students. The questionnaire investigated if the students had ever found erroneous medical entries and whether they corrected these. A frequent use of Wikipedia in general is statistically significant correlated with a frequent use in medical studies (p < 0.001). Information retrieved from Wikipedia is predominantly critically appraised either by comparing it to profound knowledge (79%) and/or to specific literature (75%). Despite most (97%) respondents disclosed that they already had found false information in Wikipedia, recognized errors were seldomly corrected (~20%). The information retrieved from Wikipedia is critically appraised. However, we found shortcomings in handling erroneous entries. We argue for professional responsibility among medical students in dealing with this dynamic resource. Moreover, we encourage medical schools to supplement information to Wikipedia to further benefit from the vast possibilities of this platform. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 28 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 32% |
| United States | 6 | 21% |
| Canada | 4 | 14% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| Hungary | 1 | 4% |
| Sweden | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 5 | 18% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 54% |
| Scientists | 8 | 29% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 63 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 62 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 8% |
| Other | 14 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 33% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 22% |
| Unknown | 13 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 21. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2024.
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