Wikipedia as an evidence source for nursing and healthcare students
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| Wikipedia as an evidence source for nursing and healthcare students | |
| Authors: | Carol A. Haigh [edit item] |
| Citation: | Nurse Education Today : . 2010. |
| Publication type: | Journal article |
| Peer-reviewed: | Yes |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.05.004. |
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| Added by Wikilit team: | Added on initial load |
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Contents
[edit] Abstract
Where students once were confined to the University library, they are now at liberty to wander through cyber-space at will. There is evidence to suggest that student have been very quick to exploit the opportunities that the Internet can offer them. Students frequently cited search engines such as Google and Web 2.0 information sharing sites such as Wikipedia as the first places they look when seeking information for an assignment. Although a number of disciplines have accepted that Wikipedia can be viewed as an accurate and legitimate evidence source nurse educators tend to view Wikipedia with a degree of suspicion. The purpose of this paper is to carry out an exploratory study of health and health related content on a sample of Wikipedia site with the overall intention of assessing the quality of their source and supporting information. A 10% sample of health related Wikipedia entries were evaluated, with a total of 2598 references assessed. In total 1473 (56%) of the references citied on the Wikipedia pages reviewed could be argued to come from clearly identifiable reputable sources. This translates to a mean number of reputable sources of M=29 per Wikipedia entry. The quality of the evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 Wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, Wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students.
[edit] Research questions
"The purpose of this paper is to carry out an exploratory study of health and health related content on a sample of Wikipedia site with the overall intention of assessing the quality of their source and supporting information."
Research details
| Topics: | Reliability, Domain-specific student readership [edit item] |
| Domains: | Health, Education, Information systems [edit item] |
| Theory type: | Analysis [edit item] |
| Wikipedia coverage: | Main topic [edit item] |
| Theories: | "Undetermined" [edit item] |
| Research design: | Content analysis, Statistical analysis [edit item] |
| Data source: | Websites, Wikipedia pages [edit item] |
| Collected data time dimension: | Cross-sectional [edit item] |
| Unit of analysis: | Website [edit item] |
| Wikipedia data extraction: | Live Wikipedia [edit item] |
| Wikipedia page type: | Article [edit item] |
| Wikipedia language: | English [edit item] |
[edit] Conclusion
"A 10% sample of health related Wikipedia entries were evaluated, with a total of 2598 references assessed. In total 1473 (56%) of the references citied on the Wikipedia pages reviewed could be argued to come from clearly identifiable reputable sources. This translates to a mean number of reputable sources of M = 29 per Wikipedia entry.
The quality of the evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 Wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, Wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students."
[edit] Comments
""The quality of the evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 Wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, Wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students" p. 135"
Further notes[edit]
| Abstract | Where students once were confined to the U … Where students once were confined to the University library, they are now at liberty to wander through cyber-space at will. There is evidence to suggest that student have been very quick to exploit the opportunities that the Internet can offer them. Students frequently cited search engines such as Google and Web 2.0 information sharing sites such as Wikipedia as the first places they look when seeking information for an assignment. Although a number of disciplines have accepted that Wikipedia can be viewed as an accurate and legitimate evidence source nurse educators tend to view Wikipedia with a degree of suspicion. The purpose of this paper is to carry out an exploratory study of health and health related content on a sample of Wikipedia site with the overall intention of assessing the quality of their source and supporting information. A 10% sample of health related Wikipedia entries were evaluated, with a total of 2598 references assessed. In total 1473 (56%) of the references citied on the Wikipedia pages reviewed could be argued to come from clearly identifiable reputable sources. This translates to a mean number of reputable sources of M=29 per Wikipedia entry. The quality of the evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 Wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, Wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students.s appropriate for use by nursing students. |
| Added by wikilit team | Added on initial load + |
| Collected data time dimension | Cross-sectional + |
| Comments | "The quality of the evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 Wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, Wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students" p. 135 |
| Conclusion | A 10% sample of health related Wikipedia e … A 10% sample of health related Wikipedia entries were evaluated, with a total of 2598 references assessed. In total 1473 (56%) of the references citied on the Wikipedia pages reviewed could be argued to come from clearly identifiable reputable sources. This translates to a mean number of reputable sources of M = 29 per Wikipedia entry. The quality of the evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 Wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, Wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students.s appropriate for use by nursing students. |
| Data source | Websites + and Wikipedia pages + |
| Doi | 10.1016/j.nedt.2010.05.004 + |
| Google scholar url | http://scholar.google.com/scholar?ie=UTF-8&q=%22Wikipedia%2Bas%2Ban%2Bevidence%2Bsource%2Bfor%2Bnursing%2Band%2Bhealthcare%2Bstudents%22 + |
| Has author | Carol A. Haigh + |
| Has domain | Health +, Education + and Information systems + |
| Has topic | Reliability + and Domain-specific student readership + |
| Peer reviewed | Yes + |
| Publication type | Journal article + |
| Published in | Nurse Education Today + |
| Research design | Content analysis + and Statistical analysis + |
| Research questions | The purpose of this paper is to carry out an exploratory study of health and health related content on a sample of Wikipedia site with the overall intention of assessing the quality of their source and supporting information. |
| Revid | 11,094 + |
| Theories | Undetermined |
| Theory type | Analysis + |
| Title | Wikipedia as an evidence source for nursing and healthcare students |
| Unit of analysis | Website + |
| Url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691710000924 + |
| Wikipedia coverage | Main topic + |
| Wikipedia data extraction | Live Wikipedia + |
| Wikipedia language | English + |
| Wikipedia page type | Article + |
| Year | 2010 + |
