This is appalling! I can see why you and the lecturers are off to the pub. I see it was an extensive survey of "over 50 pages" (of 3.5 million). I wonder if there was a control group of 50 stupid health pages and a set of rules to help nursing students tell the two apart.

Wikipedia's home page proudly boasts it's the "encyclopaedia that anyone can edit" Did these researchers not think that might be important in this context?

Regards,

Paul

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From: UK medical/ health care library community / information workers [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Beverley Walsh [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 February 2011 12:42
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Subject: Now its Wikipedia

Hi all,

Can I draw your attention to the latest issue of Nurse Education Today, and an article written by Carol Haigh entitled “Wikipedia as an evidence source for nursing and healthcare students.”

It concludes that,

The quality of evidence taken obtained from the 2500 plus references from over 50 wikipedia pages was of sufficiently sound quality to suggest that, for health related entries, wikipedia is appropriate for use by nursing students.

My colleagues and I accompanied by the university lecturers are just off down the pub!

Kind Regards

Beverley Walsh ACLIP

Asst Librarian

West Suffolk Hospital

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