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Welcome
editWelcome to Wikipedia! We have compiled some guidance for new healthcare editors:
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– the WikiProject Medicine team Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:21, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
This is very helpful. Thanks for the information! @Doc James Fasano.m.a (talk) 17:38, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
Information for your instructor
editSome information you may want to pass along to your instructor: Wikipedia has a formal program for helping teachers who want to use Wikipedia writing assignments as part of their coursework. They can find out about it at Wikipedia:Education program/Educators and Wikipedia:Education program/FAQ. Meanwhile, if you need help I suggest you contact one of the "ambassadors" who offered their help on my talk page. --MelanieN (talk) 15:57, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
Perfect--thank you again! I forwarded this to our professor.@MelanieN Fasano.m.a (talk) 17:37, 20 March 2018 (UTC)