Updating and creating notes on WikEM

General Comments

  • Keep entries concise and as simple as possible
    • Preference is for notes, not chapters (i.e. think Pepid, not UpToDate)
  • Remember that the most common user format is the smart phone (view it on your phone to see the final format)
  • Focus on practical knowledge (with little to no non-relevant pathophysiology or non-useful facts)
  • Reference other notes whenever possible
    • Internal Links: [[NameOfLinkedToNote]]
  • Put your source(s) in a "Sources" section
    • Or use the Footnote Referencing function (see below)
  • Put a category at the end of the entry
    • Format for categories is [[Category:NameOfCategory]] see also Editing Notes section below
  • Feel free to divide notes into several notes, or combine them if it makes them more useful
  • Use one of the templates (see Templates below) if appropriate

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 sparingly (or not at all)

Creating a New Note

  1. YOU MUST FIRST LOGIN
    1. See Create an Account
      1. You must confirm your email address (check your email account) before the site will give you the ability to make changes.
  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 instead with your new content (see below) rather than making a duplicate page
    2. If you don't find a note on your subject, click on the link: "Create the page on this wiki!"
      1. Use the Boilerplate (Template) function for your type of note (see Templates below)
  3. Please follow formatting guidelines below

Editing Notes

  1. YOU MUST FIRST LOGIN (see above)
  2. Find the note by searching or by category
  3. After you click on the note click on "Edit" (found in at the upper right of the page above the note)
  4. Edit away
    1. Please follow formatting guidelines below
  5. Click "Preview" at the top of the page at any time to see how you are doing
  6. Use toolbar on top for bold, italics, and internal links
  7. Wiki-language is simple, you only need to know a few codes (don't type the quotes (")):

Headings

  • ==Heading 1==
  • ===Heading 2===
  • ====Heading 3====

Bullet points

  • *Level 1
  • **Level 2
  • ***Level 3
  • ****Level 4

Outline numbers/letters

  • #Level 1
  • ##Level 2
  • ###Level 3
  • ####Level 4

Category

  • [[Category:NameOfCategory']]
  • See list of categories

Internal Links

  • [[NameOfLinkedToNote]]

Images

  • Upload image in .jpg or .png format using the "Upload file" on the left. All images should be "creative commons" licensed
  • [[File:File.jpg]]to use the full version of the file
  • [[File:File.png|200px|thumb|left|alt text]] to use a 200 pixel wide rendition in a box in the left margin with 'alt text' as description
  • [['''Media:File.ogg''']]for directly linking to the file without displaying the file

Footnote Referencing

  • Add the tags <ref>and </ref>on either side of the journal citation
  • Place the tag <references/> at the bottom of the article in the Sources Section for auto-generated footnotes

Quizes

wikitext rendering comments 
 {Question
 |type="()"}
 + The correct answer.
 || Feedback for correct answer.
 - Distractor.
 || Feedback for distractor.
 - Distractor.
 || Feedback for distractor.
 - Distractor.
 || Feedback for distractor.

Question

The correct answer.
Distractor.
Distractor.
Distractor.

  • Feedback is text which is initially hidden, and then shown to the user when they submit the quiz for correction. Feedback typically serves the purposes of encouragement, explanation, congratulation and commiseration.
  • Feedback is set with all types by using a double vertical line || immediately after a response.
  • The pipes beginning the feedback section must be on a new line.
  • Unlike some other quiz systems, all feedback items are displayed on correction. With other quiz systems, the norm is to display the feedback only for those items which were selected by the user.
  • To try out the feedback effect, choose a response and click the correction button. The feedback will then appear.

Boilerplate Templates

Images

  1. To upload an image to WikEM
    1. Log-in
    2. Click on the link Special:Upload which appears under 'Toolbox' in the links on the left
      1. The page also includes directions for how to use the images once uploaded
      2. Please be considerate of the Style Guidelines
      3. For formatting of the file (resizing, thumbnails, etc..) please refer to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Linking_to_an_image_without_displaying_it
  2. 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

Personal Notes

  • Use of the Personal Note function is discouraged, these do not transfer to WikEM and are not transferred to future versions
  • Please instead make your additions to WikEM via the website

Iphone

  • To create your personal 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
  • To delete your note
    • Swipe over a note title in the list view or tap the edit button in the upper left corner

Android

  • Open a note
    • On the bottom of the note it will say "type here for a custom note"

See Also

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