维基百科——医学教育提升中的挑战与新视野。
Wikipedia--challenges and new horizons in enhancing medical education.
作者信息
Herbert Verena G, Frings Andreas, Rehatschek Herwig, Richard Gisbert, Leithner Andreas
机构信息
Dermatologikum Hamburg, Stephansplatz 5, 20354, Hamburg, Germany.
Department of Ophthalmology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
出版信息
BMC Med Educ. 2015 Mar 6;15:32. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0309-2.
BACKGROUND
Wikipedia gains growing attention as a provider of health information. This study aimed to investigate the use, relevance and challenges of Wikipedia among medical students.
METHODS
An online questionnaire was made accessible to students at five medical universities in Germany, Austria, and Norway. Besides demographical data, the questions covered the role of Wikipedia in the academic life of medical students. The questionnaire investigated if the students had ever found erroneous medical entries and whether they corrected these.
RESULTS
A frequent use of Wikipedia in general is statistically significant correlated with a frequent use in medical studies (p < 0.001). Information retrieved from Wikipedia is predominantly critically appraised either by comparing it to profound knowledge (79%) and/or to specific literature (75%). Despite most (97%) respondents disclosed that they already had found false information in Wikipedia, recognized errors were seldomly corrected (~20%).
CONCLUSIONS
The information retrieved from Wikipedia is critically appraised. However, we found shortcomings in handling erroneous entries. We argue for professional responsibility among medical students in dealing with this dynamic resource. Moreover, we encourage medical schools to supplement information to Wikipedia to further benefit from the vast possibilities of this platform.
背景
维基百科作为健康信息提供者受到越来越多的关注。本研究旨在调查医学生对维基百科的使用情况、相关性及面临的挑战。
方法
向德国、奥地利和挪威五所医科大学的学生提供在线问卷。除人口统计学数据外，问题涵盖维基百科在医学生学术生活中的作用。问卷调查了学生是否曾发现错误的医学条目以及他们是否进行了纠正。
结果
一般情况下频繁使用维基百科与医学学习中频繁使用在统计学上具有显著相关性（p < 0.001）。从维基百科检索到的信息主要通过与专业知识（79%）和/或特定文献（75%）进行比较来进行批判性评估。尽管大多数（97%）受访者表示他们已经在维基百科中发现了错误信息，但识别出的错误很少得到纠正（约20%）。
结论
从维基百科检索到的信息经过了批判性评估。然而，我们发现处理错误条目存在不足。我们主张医学生在使用这一动态资源时应承担专业责任。此外，我们鼓励医学院校向维基百科补充信息，以便进一步利用该平台的巨大潜力。
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