Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/University of Pennsylvania/Medical missionaries to Community Partners (Fall 2020)

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Course name
Medical missionaries to Community Partners
Institution
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Kent Bream
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
History, Global Health, Biography
Course dates
2020-09-02 00:00:00 UTC – 2021-01-06 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
16


Global health is an often repeated goal for motivated individuals, modern leaders of countries, and non-governmental organizations. Despite its modernity, this goal has been elusive for more than 100 years and despite scientific advancement. Critics highlight language of a new imperialism through aid programs, exoticizing through medical tourism, and the reification of traditional social hierarchies. We will examine the evolution over time and place of people and programs to improve health of “underserved” populations globally. Traditionally categorized as public health and efforts to achieve a just society, we will develop an evaluation tool for past programs and conceptualize future partnerships on both a local and international stage. To put this work into practice, students will be expected to develop and publish online a historical article regarding a medical missionary, global health scientist, or concept in missionary medicine. At the end of the course, students should conceptualize health and medical scientists through history, anthropology, global politics, and biomedicine

Student Assigned Reviewing
Michzhang.mz Ernest Frederic Neve
ACSchreib Florence J. Murray
Lorisun0619 John G. Kerr Refuge for the Insane
PatyKing Katherine Neel Dale
Neshasubramaniam Mary Elizabeth MacCallum Scott
Sreyap James Bennett McCord
Awoods20 Theodore Maxwell
Danakarson Samuel William Bonney, Catherine Bonney
Kblitzer Kenneth Buxton
VirgilRL9 David Landsborough III
Dlederman Henry Graham
Hannatulchinsky Hirji Sorab Adenwalla
DanielaUribe98 Kheroth Bose (Medical Missionary)
Eurekaaa.83 Colin C. Valentine
Themedicalmarvel Albin Garfield Anderson

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 2

Course meetings
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise- evaluating articles

Evaluate an article


In class - Discussion on plagarism and accidental plagarism

Thinking about sources and plagiarism

Assignment - Review the rules for health topics

Week 3

Course meetings
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
In class - Discussion on content gaps

What's a content gap?

Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise- Exploring topics

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 4

Course meetings
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise- Add a citation

Add a citation


Assignment - Exercise on Copyediting

Copyedit an article

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Biographies

History

Medicine


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 6

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Assignment - Exercise- Finalize your Research Subject

Finalize your topic / Find your sources

Identify the subject of your wikipedia article, find a missionary or global health scientist in the library that does not currently have a wikipedia page. Upload the subject on canvas and add it to the course page on wikipedia.

Week 7

Course meetings
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
In class - Discussion about Wikipedia

Thinking about Wikipedia

Week 8

Course meetings
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Assignment - Wikipedia Outline

Write an introduction("Lead Section"), outline, and an annotated bibliography for your culminating project.


Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10

Course meetings
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 11

Course meetings
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.


Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 12

Course meetings
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 13

Course meetings
Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.


Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!


Assignment - Exercise Promoting your article

Nominating your article for Did You Know