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The '''[<tvar name="1">https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Wiki%20Project%20Med%20Foundation</tvar> Wiki Project Med Foundation (WPMEDF)]''', also known within the <tvar name="2">{{ll|Wikimedia movement}}</tvar> as '''Wikimedia Medicine''', is the [[<tvar name="3">Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia thematic organizations</tvar>|Wikimedia thematic organization]] dedicated to promoting development and distribution of health care content within our movement.


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More broadly, we are an independent corporation founded in December 2012 committed "to make clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice online and off."
<span style="font-size:250%">Wiki Medicine<br /><br /></span>
<span style="font-size:170%">Imagine a world<br /></span>
<span style="font-size:170%">in which every single person<br /></span>
<span style="font-size:170%"> is given free access to the sum of all medical knowledge.<br /></span>
<span style="font-size:170%"> That's what we're doing.<br /></span>
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*{{w|Wikipedia:MEDICINE}}, for information about Wikipedia health articles
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'''Wiki Medicine '''('''WMMED''') is a proposed [[Wikimedia_Thematic_Organizations#Thematic_organizations_in_discussion|thematic organization]] first announced at Wikimania in 2012. The organization will promote the development of medical content on Wikimedia projects. Methods to accomplish this will be via forming collaborations with other like-minded organizations, giving talks / lectures at universities and other organizations, working to develop greater access to the medical literature for Wikipedians, among others.
We do this by forming collaborations with other like-minded organizations, giving talks at universities and other organizations, and working to develop greater access to the medical literature for Wikipedians, among many others.


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==Mission==
We are incorporated in New York State and tax-exempt in the United States, but are a global group with members from all continents with permanent residents.
'''To make clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice.'''


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==Strategy==
We are recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation as a thematic organization, and so granted the right to use the "Wikimedia Medicine" name, since Summer 2019.
This organization will not have any direct editorial control over the health care content of the Wikimedia projects themselves. We believe the goals of the Wikimedia movement are best achieved in collaboration with other organizations who share those goals, and we see Wiki Medicine's role primarily as an educational one, where we will provide advice and instruction to other like-minded individuals and organizations regarding how to contribute to Wikimedia projects.
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Wiki Medicine will fulfill its mission in the following ways:
#Provide training to organizations and individuals so that they can contribute health content to Wikimedia projects
#Create, collect, process, and present the sorts of metrics which describe usage statistics and quality of health content on Wikimedia projects


⇒&nbsp;'''[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWfjVFbDO4ji-_qn2SsAgdCflhcOZychLnr1JUacsPaBr1eA/viewform <translate><!--T:152--> Join at no associated cost</translate>]'''
While Wiki Medicine members may contribute health content themselves, they will do so not as members or representitives of Wiki Medicine but as members of the projects that host that content (Wikipedia, Wikiversity, Wiktionary, Commons, etc.).


⇒&nbsp;'''[https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=S9GD6CR3SXSSQ <translate><!--T:153--> Donate securely through PayPal</translate>]'''
==Projects==
{{Main|Wiki Medicine/Projects}}
This organization will promote participation in [[:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine|English Wikiproject Medicine]] and equivalent projects in all languages.


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===Health organization outreach===
== Mission == <!--T:154-->
Any organization which serves people who get information from the Internet has a stake in the quality of information on Wikipedia and related Wikimedia projects. For many demographics and for many topics, Wikipedia is the most consulted source of health information.


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Health organizations who want to participate in Wikipedia projects to do health education outreach need the following:
To make clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/List of Wikipedias</tvar>|in the language of their choice]] on and off line.
#Presentations on Wikipedia and statistics of how people use Wikipedia
#Training materials to introduce them to aspects of Wikipedia that are of most relevance to them as new contributors. In many cases, health professionals' time is scarce and they appreciate first receiving key information on how they can contribute within their field
#A maintained and curated collection of scholarly literature describing the nature, scope, and quality of Wikipedia health content
#A point of contact for requesting conversations from members of the health community in Wikipedia on how their organization can connect with the Wikipedia community and learn to contribute content
#A community networking space
#A historical repository for collecting case studies about community experiences in developing health content on Wikipedia


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Collaborations are currently being developed with the [[:w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/ICD11|World Health Organization]], [[:en:Cancer Research UK|Cancer Research UK]], and the United States National Library of Medicine / [[:en:National Institutes of Health|National Institutes of Health]]. Efforts include issues surrounding copyright and the support of the creation of [http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence Wikipedians in Residence].


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A number of presentations have been given globally regarding the significance of Wikipedia in Medicine including in Canada, the UK, India, Switzerland and Nepal.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Editor_outreach] A model presentation is available here under a CC BY SA license for others to use and adapt.[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13RuuAFfT30k2b9qdeUwWuo6bJ5t09bDmmr_UTMrMZCU/edit#slide=id.p]
Some of our projects include:
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*[https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:Translation_task_force Translation Task Force]
*[https://mdwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page MDWiki.org]
*[https://nccommons.org/wiki/Main_Page NC Commons]
*[https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:App Offline Apps]
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*[https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:OWID Our World in Data Mirror]
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===Translation Task Force===
Membership is free for active contributors of medical content to a Wikimedia project (such as MDWiki or Wikipedia) or participants in an organization whose mission aligns with Wiki Project Med's. More details about the exact requirements can be found [[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wiki Project Med/Membership</tvar>|here]].
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The Translation Task Force is a project began on English Wikipedia in collaboration with [[:w:en:Translators Without Borders|Translators Without Borders]] to improve key medical articles via translation. A summary of the project is as follows:
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#Identify the most globally important health articles on Wikipedia (a list is [[:w:en:book:Health care|here]])
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#Improve them to "Good Article" or "Featured Article" status in English according to English Wikipedia criteria
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#Once an article reaches at least good status, have it professionally reviewed
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#Put the article in queue for translation into every other language in the world at [[:w:en:Translators Without Borders|Translators Without Borders]], with emphasis on languages which do not have equivalent articles of good quality (another partner "Content Rules" is working on simplifying the content for simple English Wikipedia)
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#Present the most comprehensive multilingual source of health information ever compiled to the world, for free, continually as it is being created
After filling out the application form, please be sure to add your name to the '''[[<tvar name="1">Special:MyLanguage/Wiki Project Med/Membership#People interested</tvar>|public list]]''' as well.

===Wikipedia - journal collaboration===
*One reason some academics express for not contributing to Wikipedia is that they are unable to get the recognition they require for their current professional position. A number of medical journals have agreed in principle to publishing high quality Wikipedia articles under authors' real names following formal peer review. These journals include: [[:w:en:Open Medicine|Open Medicine]], [[:w:en:PLoS medicine|PLoS medicine]], the [[:w:en:Journal of Medical Internet Research|Journal of Medical Internet Research]] and [[w:en:Open BMJ|Open BMJ]]. Further details [[:w:en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Collaborative_publication|here]].
*There are certain articles which, although published in scholarly journals, could either be readily adapted into Wikipedia articles or preferably published verbatim as Wikipedia articles if they were appropriately licensed during publication. Some work has already gone into this concept; this project supports further efforts into reforming publishing standards so as to incorporate sharable media into Wikipedia as efficiently as possible.
*General discussion on potential collaborations are taking place with the [[:en:Cochrane Collaboration|Cochrane Collaboration]] as described [[:en:WikiProject_Medicine/Evidence_based_content_for_medical_articles_on_Wikipedia|here]].
*In parallel to broader efforts to create a [[EN:W:TWL|Wikipedia Library]], efforts are underway to build relationships with scientific/medical publishing houses resulting in the donation of free and full access to their content for active Wikipedians. Partnerships with [[EN:W:CREDO|Credo Reference]], [[EN:W:HighBeam|HighBeam Research]], and [[EN:W:QUESTIA|Questia Online Library]] have set a precedent for such relationships to be mutually beneficial: they provide visibility to the research databases and they give select Wikipedia editors direct access to the best available academic, scholarly, and professional reliable sources. Talks are ongoing with [[EN:W:JSTOR|JSTOR]] and [[EN:W:Cochrane Collaboration|Cochrane Collaboration]] which have both expressed interest in joining The Wikipedia Library. Future targets include [[EN:W:UpToDate|UpToDate]], [[EN:W:Elsevier|Elsevier]], and [[EN:W:Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]].
*Possibly improving/creating medical {Find sources} templates, or creating a live feed of recent high-quality clinical guidelines or meta analyses to article talk pages.

===Campus ambassadors to medical schools and health classes===
{{main|:outreach:Wikipedia Education Program}}
There is an existing Wikipedia outreach program which sends Wikipedia ambassadors - "campus ambassadors" - to schools to encourage students and professors to incorporate contributions to Wikipedia projects into the learning curricula. This organization facilitates participation in the campus ambassador program for those participating in health-related education projects at universities.

===Wikipedia Loves (Medical) Libraries===
{{main|:outreach:Wikipedia Loves Libraries}}
Wikipedia Loves Libraries is the name of an outreach program which helps librarians and the Wikipedia community work together to serve the needs of communities who use library and Wikipedia resources. This organization participates in the Wikipedia Loves Libraries program by promoting events at medical and health science libraries.

===Research relations===
The organization will be a point of contact for researchers who want to study the health information on Wikipedia. Many organizations need advice on how they can run surveys on the extent to which the public uses health content on Wikipedia. This organization will work with the existing [[Research:Committee|Research Committee]] to assist researchers in getting the data and community support they need to be able to manage their own Wikipedia research at their own institution.

Since there is also precedent in the medical community of supervising human subject research, this organization will also participate in existing community programs for reviewing human subject research on Wikipedia. For example, if a researcher who is not a Wikipedian seeks to recruit Wikipedians for long interviews, this organization will be mindful of and participate in discussions about minimizing harm to and promoting benefit to Wikipedians who participate in such research and the Wikipedia community in general.

===Consent review===
In some cases a health care provider may take a photograph or other media of a particular patient to create a learning tool for discussing a medical condition with visible symptoms. Wiki Medicine may either mediate or arranges mediation of queries about whether such content compromises patient personal identification and/or raises privacy concerns. One way that this group might do this is verify the existence of a consent to release a photograph with the photographing doctor. Wiki Medicine also provides, collects and shares guidelines for health professionals who have media to share, such as photos or x-rays. Wiki Medicine promotes patient rights and safety in media sharing.

===Political advocacy===
{{Main|Wiki Medicine/Advocacy}}
This organization advocates for free access to educational health material. When a political action may serve to increase access to health information through the Internet and especially through Wikimedia projects, this organization may endorse those actions in any country. More commonly, this organization publishes talking points and arguments that other organizations may use in their own activist efforts when they discuss policy with their lawmakers.

==Name==
We will be initially incorporating as ''Wiki Medicine'' if available until we get authority to use ''Wikimedia Medicine'' from the WMF.

===Domains===
Have currently purchased the domains wikimediamedicine.com and wikimediamedicine.org

== Scope and territorial overlap with national chapters ==
* The territory of activity is everywhere in the world where there are people interested in achieving our mission.
* Initially the organization will be located in the USA but people from around the world can join.

==Provisional board members==
* James Heilman [[User:Jmh649|<span style="color:#0000f1">'''Doc James'''</span>]]
* Jacob de Wolff
* Brian
* [[User:Peter.C|Peter.C]] ([[User talk:Peter.C|talk]])
* [[User:Vini 175|Vinicius Siqueira]] ([[User talk:Vini 175|talk]])
* <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"> [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] - [[WiR/OS]] ([[User talk:Daniel Mietchen|talk]]) </font>
* [[User:RexxS|RexxS]] ([[User talk:RexxS|talk]])
* [[:en:User:Anthonyhcole|Anthony Cole]] ([[:en:User talk:Anthonyhcole|talk]])
* Jake Orlowitz [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]] ([[User talk:Ocaasi|talk]])

===Positions on the board===
*President: sets and chairs meetings - James Heilman
*Vice president: manages above when president not available - Jacob de Wolff
*Secretary: Takes notes- Brian
*Membership secretary: Manages membership - [[:en:User talk:Anthonyhcole|Anthony Cole]]
*Treasurer: Takes financial statements - Doug/Rexx
*Tax person: Takes care of taxes and yearly corporate renewal -Peter Coti

==Process==
The proposed by-laws are here - [[/Bylaws]].

chaptercommittee-l@lists.wikimedia.org

==Discussion==

===Meeting minutes===
[[Wikimedia Medicine/minutes|View meeting minutes here.]]

===Email communication===
Have created mailing list [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-medicine here] but it is expect that most discussion will take place on meta.

===Mumble===
Useful communication program [[:w:en:Wikipedia:Mumble]]

==People interested==
You will be notified from time to time as the project approaches or passes important milestones, such as the opening of the official membership list.
# [[User:Jmh649|<span style="color:#0000f1">'''Doc James'''</span>]] ([[User talk:Jmh649|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/Jmh649|contribs]] · [[Special:EmailUser/Jmh649|email]]) 14:47, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
#<font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"> [[User:Daniel Mietchen|Daniel Mietchen]] - [[WiR/OS]] ([[User talk:Daniel Mietchen|talk]]) </font> 22:31, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Bluerasberry|<span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">''' Blue Rasberry '''</span>]][[User talk:Bluerasberry|<span style="cursor:help"><span style="background:#cedff2;color:#11e">(talk)</span></span>]] 20:28, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Vini 175|Vinicius Siqueira]] ([[User talk:Vini 175|talk]]) 05:20, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:LeadSongDog|LeadSongDog]] ([[User talk:LeadSongDog|talk]]) 17:33, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
# ''[[en:User:Rich Farmbrough|Rich ]] [[en:User talk:Rich Farmbrough| Farmbrough]]'' 01:38 18 August 2012 (GMT).
# [[User:MistyMorn|MistyMorn]] ([[User talk:MistyMorn|talk]]) 23:39, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
# [[:en:User:Anthonyhcole|Anthony Cole]] ([[:en:User talk:Anthonyhcole|talk]]) (Australia) 00:48, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Kpjas|Kpjas]] ([[User talk:Kpjas|talk]]) 15:27, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
# --[[User:Adert|Adert]] ([[User talk:Adert|talk]]) 22:54, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Amqui|Amqui]] ([[User talk:Amqui|talk]]) 16:44, 30 August 2012 (UTC) (as an observer, may help periodically if you need someone on the ground in the Canadian Prairies)
# have no real extra time to be active ATM but intrigued. [[User:Casliber|Casliber]] ([[User talk:Casliber|talk]]) 01:02, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Biosthmors|Biosthmors]] ([[User talk:Biosthmors|talk]]) 15:19, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Scray|Scray]] ([[User talk:Scray|talk]]) 22:38, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:BullRangifer|Brangifer]] ([[User talk:BullRangifer|talk]]) 05:28, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Andreas Werle|Andreas Werle]] ([[User talk:Andreas Werle|talk]]) 18:32, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Zad68|Zad68]] ([[User talk:Zad68|talk]]) 17:34, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[:en:User:Ildiko_Santana|Ildiko Santana]] ([[:en:User talk:Ildiko_Santana|talk]])
#[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine&oldid=502611001#Wikimedia_Medicine Other editors interested]
#[[User:Peteforsyth|Pete F]] ([[User talk:Peteforsyth|talk]])
# --[[User:RexRowan|RexRowan]] ([[User talk:RexRowan|talk]]) 08:18, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:FiachraByrne|FiachraByrne]] ([[User talk:FiachraByrne|talk]]) 22:25, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Mikael Häggström|Mikael Häggström]] ([[User talk:Mikael Häggström|talk]]) 13:05, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
#[[User:Jane023|Jane023]] ([[User talk:Jane023|talk]]) 19:03, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Andrew Davidson|Andrew Davidson]] ([[User talk:Andrew Davidson|talk]]) 06:52, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
#[[User:Mrjohncummings|Mrjohncummings]] ([[User talk:Mrjohncummings|talk]]) 15:59, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Ocaasi|Ocaasi]] ([[User talk:Ocaasi|talk]]) 19:29, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Sharkli|Helga Perry]] ([[User talk:Sharkli|talk]]) 13:52, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Rupertfawdry|Rupertfawdry]] ([[User talk:Rupertfawdry|talk]]) 14:16, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Leighblackall|Leighblackall]] ([[User talk:Leighblackall|talk]]) 01:06, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:DGG|DGG]] ([[User talk:DGG|talk]]) 05:16, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Benjitheijneb|Benjitheijneb]] ([[User talk:Benjitheijneb|talk]]) 21:21, 25 October 2012 (UTC) (No medical experience, and not even in university yet, but I'll try to contribute where possible)
# [[User:Palma Marton Chatonnet|Palma Marton Chatonnet]] ([[User talk:Palma Marton Chatonnet|talk]]): biologist, translator (EN-HU), editor (EN,HU) 17:24, 26 October 2012‎
# [[User:ashashyou|ashashyou]] ([[User talk:ashashyou|talk]] · [[Special:Contributions/ashashyou|contribs]] · [[Special:EmailUser/ashashyou|email]])--[[User:Ashashyou|Ashashyou]] ([[User talk:Ashashyou|talk]]) 08:19, 27 October 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:GeneralBelly|GeneralBelly]] ([[User talk:GeneralBelly|talk]]) 19:39, 1 November 2012 (UTC) - Irish doctor, very interested in WP and medical education
# <span style="background-color: #bbbbff;">[[User:DrGaellon|DrGaellon]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">([[User talk:DrGaellon|talk]] &#124; [[Special:Contributions/DrGaellon|contribs]])</span></span> 22:56, 1 November 2012 (UTC) - Medical educator in NYC area, general internist/hospitalist
# [[User:Titodutta|Tito Dutta]] ([[User_talk:Titodutta|Talk]]) 12:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC) (no relevant qualification)
# [[user:madhero88|<font color="005F4C"><b>M</b></font><font color="0134B1">aen</font><font color="005F4C"><b>K.</b></font><font color="005F4C"><b>A.</b></font>]][[user_talk:madhero88|<font color="0134B1"><b><sub>Talk</sub></b></font>]] 18:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:NCurse|NCurse]] ([[User talk:NCurse|talk]]) 20:49, 9 November 2012 (UTC), you can count on me!
# --[[en:User:Ziphon|Ziphon]] ([[en:User talk:Ziphon|talk]]) 21:14, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
# [[en:User:UseTheCommandLine|UseTheCommandLine]] ([[en:User talk:UseTheCommandLine|talk]]) 03:04, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:Mattopaedia|Mattopaedia]] Yes, Ive been a bit silent lately, but I'm still interested!. [[User:Mattopaedia|<font color='Indigo'><b>Matto</b></font>]][[Special:Contributions/Mattopaedia|<font color='DodgerBlue'>paedia </font>]][[User talk:Mattopaedia|<font color='Olive'> <sup>Have a yarn</sup></font>]] 04:37, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
# [[en:User:Netha Hussain|Netha]] - Medical student from India, interested in medical education and public health.
# [[en:User:Owain.davies|Owain Davies]] - professional digital healthcare provider
# [[:en:User:Hydra Rain|Hydra Rain]] ([[:en:User talk:Hydra Rain|talk]])
# [[:en:User:AbhiSuryawanshi|Abhishek Suryawanshi]] Pharmacy student, and young scientist from India.


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== Participant demographics ==
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Participants come from a variety of countries, including:
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Wiki Project Med
Chapters (37)
Thematic organizations (2)
Wikimedia user groups (148)

The Wiki Project Med Foundation (WPMEDF), also known within the Wikimedia movement as Wikimedia Medicine, is the Wikimedia thematic organization dedicated to promoting development and distribution of health care content within our movement.

More broadly, we are an independent corporation founded in December 2012 committed "to make clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice online and off."

We do this by forming collaborations with other like-minded organizations, giving talks at universities and other organizations, and working to develop greater access to the medical literature for Wikipedians, among many others.

We are incorporated in New York State and tax-exempt in the United States, but are a global group with members from all continents with permanent residents.

We are recognized by the Wikimedia Foundation as a thematic organization, and so granted the right to use the "Wikimedia Medicine" name, since Summer 2019.

How to get involved

⇒ Join at no associated cost

⇒ Donate securely through PayPal

Mission[edit]

To make clear, reliable, comprehensive, up-to-date educational resources and information in the biomedical and related social sciences freely available to all people in the language of their choice on and off line.

Projects[edit]

Some of our projects include:

Join[edit]

Membership is free for active contributors of medical content to a Wikimedia project (such as MDWiki or Wikipedia) or participants in an organization whose mission aligns with Wiki Project Med's. More details about the exact requirements can be found here.

Join Wiki Project Med Foundation

After filling out the application form, please be sure to add your name to the public list as well.

For more information, visit mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed:WPMF

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