Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Assignment 4: A health related wiki

While I was searching for inspiration, I came across David Rothman's list of medical wikis http://davidrothman.net/list-of-medical-wikis there was nothing on my theme of Epilepsy so i checked out another topic close to my heart (chest?) at the moment www.fluwikie.com but this turned out to be a bit like 'Protect and Survive' so in the end I decided to have a look at http://ebmlibrarian.wetpaint.com. I don't know how I've never come across this before !

As a trainer I found it really interesting with lots of links to useful things for me like training materials, handouts, exercises and scenarios, some of which linked back to CASP, but others were completely new to me. You are invited to add to the scenarios and other materials, which I haven't done yet, but intend to. I also intend to share exercises, it's a great resource for me, I've been looking for a new icebreakers and other exercises for ages.

As a librarian I found the look of the wiki more familiar than some I've encountered with links in a navigation box, rather than just a search facility making it easier to find your way around. At the moment you are invited to' check out the EBCP search engine created by Andrew Booth' (I should have known !)
I really like this wiki and intend using it frequently.

1 comment:

Karen said...

What a goldmine of an undiscovered resource ebmlibrarian seems to be. It looks to be updated frequently and so really seems to 'hit the mark' with its intended audience. It looks like users can really start to 'own' this resource, making them more likely to contribute and keep the resource current - like yourself Sue!