Updating and creating notes on WikEM

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Creating a New Note

You must go to www.wikem.org on a computer or smart phone to create or edit a note. If you have a working internet connection, the downloaded WikEM smartphone app will take you to the site to make a new note.

On the Web

To create a new note:

  1. YOU MUST FIRST LOGIN
    1. See Create an Account
  2. Search for the term in the search field in the upper right hand corner of the page
    1. If you find a note with a similar theme, please edit it with your new content (see below)
    2. If you don't find a note on your subject, click on the link: "Create the page on this wiki!"
  3. Please follow formatting guidelines below

iPhone

The new version allows users to store personal notes within the WikEM iOS application. To create your note:

  • Tap the Personal Notes icon
  • Tap the + icon in the upper right corner
  • Type a note title, this cannot be changed
  • Type a note body

Notes can be deleted by swiping over a note title in the list view, or tapping the edit button in the upper left corner.

Editing Notes

To edit a note:

  1. Find the note using the "Categories" tab on the Navigation field on the left side of the page or search for it via the search field in the upper right hand corner
  2. Click on the "Edit" in the middle of the page above the note
  3. Edit away
    1. Please follow formatting guidelines below

General Comments

  • Before making new notes, please first use the search function to see if there are already similar or related note! If there are, make your additions to the existing note, unless you're adding distinctly new content.
  • Keep entries concise and as simple as possible, so that you can look up information quickly. Preference is for "notes," not "chapters" (i.e. think Pepid, not UpToDate)
  • Remember that the user format is the smart phone (view it on your phone to see the final format)
  • Focus on practical knowledge (with little to no pathophysiology or non-useful facts)
  • Reference other Memos if appropriate (as done above)
  • Put your source(s) at the bottom, if appropriate
  • Put a category at the end of the entry, see example of how to add the category from other notes
  • Feel free to divide notes into several notes, or combine them, if it makes them more useful
  • Use one of the templates (see above) if appropriate, you will need to copy the wikitext of the template onto your new entry

Style Guidelines

All major headings should be set to Format: Heading 2. Headings should not be entered in all caps. A maximum of 3 indent levels should be used in all articles. Beyond 3 indent levels text becomes hard to read on mobile devices All tables should be sized to be 300px wide. If content is not readable in this size please consider reformatting to an outline or some another format. Valid text formatting includes: bold, underline, italics, strike through, foreground color, background color. Any other formatting may interfere with mobile display. Please note that text formatting is currently not available on the blackberry, so please use it very limitedly (or not at all) Cite other notes as "Folder: Name-of-Note" (e.g. Peds: Rash)

Images

Embedded images are now supported. To upload an image to WikEM, (must first log-in) click on the link Special:Upload which appears under 'Toolbox' in the links on the left. The page also includes directions for how to use the images once uploaded. Please be considerate of the Style Guidelines. For formatting of the file (resizing, thumbnails, etc..) please refer here[1] 

To see a list of uploaded images by WikEM users, see Special:ListFiles. 

Standardized Abbreviations

  • CXR Chest X-Ray / Radiograph
  • DM Diabetes Mellitus
  • HTN Hypertension
  • DDx Differential Diagnosis

See Also

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