2019:Education/EDUWiki for Medical content
![]() | This is an Accepted submission for the Education space at Wikimania 2019. |

Title
EDUWiki for Medical content
Session leader(s)
Full Name* | Email address* | Wikimedia Username (if you have one) | Affiliation | Country | Role, website or any other details you'd like to share | In person or online |
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James Heilman | User:Doc James | WPMed Foundation; | Canada | In person | ||
Shani Evenstein | shani.even@gmail.com | Esh77 | WPMed Foundation; Wikipedia & Education User Group; Tel Aviv University | Israel | Chair; Lecturer | In person |
Lane Rasberry | lane@bluerasberry.com | user:bluerasberry | University of Virginia | US | In person | |
Jenny Dawson | User:JenOttawa | WPMed Foundation, Cochrane | Canada | Online | ||
Mossab Banat | User:Avicenno | WPMed Foundation | Jordan | In person | ||
Susanna Mkrtchyan | WikiTatik | Wikimedia Armenia, Wikipedia & Education User Group | Armenia | In person | ||
Doug Taylor | WPMed Foundation | UK | In person | |||
Li-Yun Lin | Jamie@wikimedia.tw | Li-Yun Lin | Wikimedia Taiwan | Taiwan | Board members | In person |
Tim Moody | WPMed Foundation; Internet-in-a-Box | Canada | In person | |||
Amin Azzam, MD, MA | Amin_azzam@berkeley.edu
Amin@osmosis.org Amin.Azzam@ucsf.edu |
AminMDMA | UCSF | US | panelist | not yet sure |
Merrilee Proffitt | proffitm@oclc.org | Merrilee | OCLC | US | Can talk about upcoming training program for US public libraries | In person |
Daniel Mietchen | University of Virginia | US / Germany | Online |
Session type
Each Space at Wikimania 2019 will have specific format requests. The program design prioritises submissions which are future-oriented and directly engage the audience. The format of this submission is a:
- Panel with audience Question & Answer session - 45 min
Description
This session will bring together leaders of EDUWiki initiatives from around the world, that focus on creating medical content on Wikimedia Projects. The goal of this panel would be to explore together best practices and discuss the benefits and challenges of doing Med-related work in educational settings, as well as give some tips to other Wikimedians who might want to start similar work.
Supporting work
Optional:
- Link 1
- Link 2
Relationship to the theme
This session will address the conference theme — Wikimedia, Free Knowledge and the Sustainable Developme nt Goals — in the following manner:
Session outcomes
At the end of the session, the following will have been achieved:
Relation to other Spaces
Requirements
The session will work best with these conditions:
- Room:
- Audience:
- Recording:
Slides: