Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
10-5-2009
Abstract
Objective Pilot a group assignment using blogs and wikis to develop evidence-based medicine skills in third year medical students on an internal medicine clerkship. Instead of the clerkship’s previous individual ten-page paper assignment, the students were divided into four groups of sixteen. During the clerkship, students are on geographically dispersed rotations. The earlier ten-page paper had required the students to complete a patient history and physical write-up. With the pilot project, each group was assigned a librarian and a physician faculty mentor. Each student recorded on the blog a clinical scenario and question they encountered. They were encouraged to communicate with the librarian to construct a well formed clinical question. Each student group then came to consensus on which question to pursue and collaborated on a wiki including a list of citations to the best available evidence, a critique of the studies, and implications for the patient.
Recommended Citation
Kaplan, MSLIS, Gary E.; Kipnis, MSI, Daniel G.; Grasberger, MS, Margy; Krasznavolgyi, MLS, Karen; Frisby, PhD, Anothny J.; Veloski, MS, J. Jon; and Salt, MD, Jessica, "Replacement for the 10 page paper? A pilot project using blogs and wikis for a collaborative EBM assignment in a 3rd year internal medical clerkship" (2009). Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations. Paper 19.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/aisrpubs/19
