The pathology informatics curriculum wiki: harnessing the power of user-generated content
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| Authors: | Ji Yeon Kim, Thomas M. Gudewicz, Anand S. Dighe, John R. Gilbertson [edit item] |
| Citation: | Journal of Pathology Informatics 1 : . 2010. |
| Publication type: | Journal article |
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[edit] Abstract
BACKGROUND: The need for informatics training as part of pathology training has never been so critical, but pathology informatics is a wide and complex field and very few programs currently have the resources to provide comprehensive educational pathology informatics experiences to their residents. In this article, we present the "pathology informatics curriculum wiki", an open, on-line wiki that indexes the pathology informatics content in a larger public wiki, Wikipedia, (and other online content) and organizes it into educational modules based on the 2003 standard curriculum approved by the Association for Pathology Informatics (API).
METHODS AND RESULTS: In addition to implementing the curriculum wiki at http://pathinformatics.wikispaces.com, we have evaluated pathology informatics content in Wikipedia. Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API curriculum, 90% have at least one associated Wikipedia article. Furthermore, evaluation of articles on a five-point Likert scale showed high scores for comprehensiveness (4.05), quality (4.08), currency (4.18), and utility for the beginner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners. These results are compelling and support the thesis that Wikipedia articles can be used as the foundation for a basic curriculum in pathology informatics.
CONCLUSIONS: The pathology informatics community now has the infrastructure needed to collaboratively and openly create, maintain and distribute the pathology informatics content worldwide (Wikipedia) and also the environment (the curriculum wiki) to draw upon its own resources to index and organize this content as a sustainable basic pathology informatics educational resource. The remaining challenges are numerous, but largest by far will be to convince the pathologists to take the time and effort required to build pathology informatics content in Wikipedia and to index and organize this content for education in the curriculum wiki.
[edit] Research questions
"The need for informatics training as part of pathology training has never been so critical, but pathology informatics is a wide and complex field and very few programs currently have the resources to provide comprehensive educational pathology informatics experiences to their residents. In this article, we present the "pathology informatics curriculum wiki", an open, on-line wiki that indexes the pathology informatics content in a larger public wiki, Wikipedia, (and other online content) and organizes it into educational modules based on the 2003 standard curriculum approved by the Association for Pathology Informatics (API)."
Research details
| Topics: | Comprehensiveness, Currency, Reliability [edit item] |
| Domains: | Information science [edit item] |
| Theory type: | Analysis, Design and action [edit item] |
| Wikipedia coverage: | Main topic [edit item] |
| Theories: | "Undetermined" [edit item] |
| Research design: | Content analysis, Statistical analysis [edit item] |
| Data source: | 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
"Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API curriculum, 90% have at least one associated Wikipedia article. Furthermore, evaluation of articles on a five-point Likert scale showed high scores for comprehensiveness (4.05), quality (4.08), currency (4.18), and utility for the beginner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners. These results are compelling and support the thesis that Wikipedia articles can be used as the foundation for a basic curriculum in pathology informatics."
[edit] Comments
"Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API curriculum, 90% have at least one associated Wikipedia article. Furthermore, evaluation of articles on a five-point Likert scale showed high scores for comprehensiveness (4.05), quality (4.08), currency (4.18), and utility for the beginner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners."
Further notes[edit]
| Abstract | BACKGROUND: The need for informatics train … BACKGROUND: The need for informatics training as part of pathology training has never been so critical, but pathology informatics is a wide and complex field and very few programs currently have the resources to provide comprehensive educational pathology informatics experiences to their residents. In this article, we present the "pathology informatics curriculum wiki", an open, on-line wiki that indexes the pathology informatics content in a larger public wiki, Wikipedia, (and other online content) and organizes it into educational modules based on the 2003 standard curriculum approved by the Association for Pathology Informatics (API).
METHODS AND RESULTS: In addition to implementing the curriculum wiki at http://pathinformatics.wikispaces.com, we have evaluated pathology informatics content in Wikipedia. Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API curriculum, 90% have at least one associated Wikipedia article. Furthermore, evaluation of articles on a five-point Likert scale showed high scores for comprehensiveness (4.05), quality (4.08), currency (4.18), and utility for the beginner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners. These results are compelling and support the thesis that Wikipedia articles can be used as the foundation for a basic curriculum in pathology informatics. CONCLUSIONS: The pathology informatics community now has the infrastructure needed to collaboratively and openly create, maintain and distribute the pathology informatics content worldwide (Wikipedia) and also the environment (the curriculum wiki) to draw upon its own resources to index and organize this content as a sustainable basic pathology informatics educational resource. The remaining challenges are numerous, but largest by far will be to convince the pathologists to take the time and effort required to build pathology informatics content in Wikipedia and to index and organize this content for education in the curriculum wiki.tent for education in the curriculum wiki. |
| Added by wikilit team | Added on initial load + |
| Collected data time dimension | Cross-sectional + |
| Comments | Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API … Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API curriculum, 90% have at least one associated Wikipedia article. Furthermore, evaluation of articles on a five-point Likert scale showed high scores for comprehensiveness (4.05), quality (4.08), currency (4.18), and utility for the beginner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners.inner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners. |
| Conclusion | Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API … Of the 199 non-duplicate terms in the API curriculum, 90% have at least one associated Wikipedia article. Furthermore, evaluation of articles on a five-point Likert scale showed high scores for comprehensiveness (4.05), quality (4.08), currency (4.18), and utility for the beginner (3.85) and advanced (3.93) learners. These results are compelling and support the thesis that Wikipedia articles can be used as the foundation for a basic curriculum in pathology informatics.basic curriculum in pathology informatics. |
| Data source | Wikipedia pages + |
| Google scholar url | http://scholar.google.com/scholar?ie=UTF-8&q=%22The%2Bpathology%2Binformatics%2Bcurriculum%2Bwiki%3A%2Bharnessing%2Bthe%2Bpower%2Bof%2Buser-generated%2Bcontent%22 + |
| Has author | Ji Yeon Kim +, Thomas M. Gudewicz +, Anand S. Dighe + and John R. Gilbertson + |
| Has domain | Information science + |
| Has topic | Comprehensiveness +, Currency + and Reliability + |
| Peer reviewed | Yes + |
| Publication type | Journal article + |
| Published in | Journal of Pathology Informatics + |
| Research design | Content analysis + and Statistical analysis + |
| Research questions | The need for informatics training as part … The need for informatics training as part of pathology training has never been so critical, but pathology informatics is a wide and complex field and very few programs currently have the resources to provide comprehensive educational pathology informatics experiences to their residents. In this article, we present the "pathology informatics curriculum wiki", an open, on-line wiki that indexes the pathology informatics content in a larger public wiki, Wikipedia, (and other online content) and organizes it into educational modules based on the 2003 standard curriculum approved by the Association for Pathology Informatics (API).sociation for Pathology Informatics (API). |
| Revid | 10,985 + |
| Theories | Undetermined |
| Theory type | Analysis + and Design and action + |
| Title | The pathology informatics curriculum wiki: harnessing the power of user-generated content |
| Unit of analysis | Website + |
| Url | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805963 + |
| Volume | 1 + |
| Wikipedia coverage | Main topic + |
| Wikipedia data extraction | Live Wikipedia + |
| Wikipedia language | English + |
| Wikipedia page type | Article + |
| Year | 2010 + |
