2018/medical meetup

The WikiConference 2018 medical meetup was breakout session including presentations, discussion, and a workshop for persons interested in medical content to collaborate to develop Wikipedia and Wikimedia content. This session was open to anyone. Discussion was be non-technical and accessible to beginners. Experienced Wikipedia editors and professionals in the field of health and medicine were in attendance.

Attendees

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1. Anne Nelson
   • School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
   • en:Wikipedia:Offline Internet Resources for Latin America, meta:Internet in a Box
2. Sam Smith
   • showcasing en:Gene Wiki
3. Sydney Poore
   • formerly of meta:Cochrane-Wikipedia Initiative/Welcome
4. John Sadowski
   • en:Wikipedia:NIOSH
5. Abhishek Suryawanshi
   • Indian Mission to the United Nations
   • en:WP:Translation Task Force
6. Jeremy Baron
   • Wiki NYC
   • advocating for police safety for public health
7. Nour Geres, EditingDentist
   • Cochrane, University of Dundee
   • presented Submissions:2018/Wikipedia_Collaboration_of_Dental_Schools
8. Shira Weiner
   • Touro College, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
9. ???
   • developing medical research information in Wikimedia projects
10. Bill Beutler, User:WWB
11. Eileen Sheil
    • Cleveland Clinic
12. Lane Rasberry
    • Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia
13. TJ Smith
    • working in health field, in Wikipedia to do non-health
14. Jill Horbacewicz
    • Touro College, Doctor of Physical Therapy Program

Projects shared

• Ongoing Cochrane projects
• research project
• publications