Thankfully I have Sue sitting next to me; she was able to give me some tips as to where to find health-related wikis, as my google search was not very helpful. Sue pointed me in the direction of David Rothman's list of medical-related wikis. So my first learning point was that it isn't easy locating wikis.
David Rothman's list was not very extensive and what was listed were specialty-linked sites aimed at clinicians. I am very dubious about the authority of any wikis that aim to be of interest to health staff. I was intrigued by a wiki called GANFYD, the name is taken from a term apparently coined by UK GPs " Get a note from your doctor" the jokey title does not really relate to the contents of the wiki however, I assumed it would contain a list of common complaints presented to GPs in their surgeries, but the contents were general and aimed at medical students or junior doctors. It was a mix of details on specialty-related conditions and survival guides tips on how to carry out various procedures for doctors taking exams and starting practice.
Parts of the site look quite authoritative and well-organised and could have been lifted straight from a textbook, other areas were very thin or empty. The site appears to be developed by doctors in the UK and Australia.
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Hi Gwen
I too had problems finding medical wikis. Could you tell me where I could find David Rothman's list? (Apologies if the link is somewhere obvious and I've just missed it!)
Also, you've probably seen the list circulated today on lis-medical, but just in case you missed it - http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=501&pid=28969 is the list of wikis, podcasts etc that Powys Local Health Board have compiled. Just too late for our course, but potentially an interesting one to follow up and point users to.
Lesley H
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