Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Melbourne, Australia.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College Cork, The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, Cork, Ireland.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017 Nov;71(11):1122-1129. doi: 10.1136/jech-2016-208601. Epub 2017 Aug 28.
As one of the most commonly read online sources of medical information, Wikipedia is an influential public health platform. Its medical content, community, collaborations and challenges have been evolving since its creation in 2001, and engagement by the medical community is vital for ensuring its accuracy and completeness. Both the encyclopaedia's internal metrics as well as external assessments of its quality indicate that its articles are highly variable, but improving. Although content can be edited by anyone, medical articles are primarily written by a core group of medical professionals. Diverse collaborative ventures have enhanced medical article quality and reach, and opportunities for partnerships are more available than ever. Nevertheless, Wikipedia's medical content and community still face significant challenges, and a socioecological model is used to structure specific recommendations. We propose that the medical community should prioritise the accuracy of biomedical information in the world's most consulted encyclopaedia.
作为最常被阅读的在线医学信息来源之一，维基百科是一个有影响力的公共卫生平台。自 2001 年创建以来，其医学内容、社区、合作和挑战一直在不断发展，医学领域的参与对于确保其准确性和完整性至关重要。百科全书的内部指标以及对其质量的外部评估都表明，其文章的质量差异很大，但在不断提高。虽然任何人都可以编辑内容，但医学文章主要由一群核心医学专业人员撰写。各种合作项目提高了医学文章的质量和影响力，合作机会比以往任何时候都更加丰富。然而，维基百科的医学内容和社区仍然面临着重大挑战，社会生态学模型被用来构建具体的建议。我们提出，医学界应该优先考虑世界上最受欢迎的百科全书中生物医学信息的准确性。
