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Physiopedia has been added to Facebook! We have created a group in Facebook where we hope to foster communication, discussion and networking among Physiopedia members and users. It is a great opportunity to discuss things related to Physiopedia such as article pages that have been created, reliability and validity of evidence used to support writing and ways to develop the whole project, for example. I have started two discussions today asking for help in structuring the Neurology and Paediatric sections which I am keen to get going. So join today and help us develop this global project in a collaborative way.
Looking for images to use?
Adding images to article pages in Physiopedia is a great idea! Not only do they make the page look nicer and help to engage the reader with the topic, they can also help to improve the readers understanding of the topic.
There are so many pictures out there on the web which we could use, but it is important in Physiopedia that we have permission to copy them before we use them. This is not often possible with pictures that are randomly found however there are a few good image libraries out there that have images that we can use. We recommend searching these libraries for images to decorate your page:
- Wikimedia Commons – A database of freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. They have some good anatomy images including the full collection from Grays.
- Welcome Images – The Biomedical Collection holds over 40 000 high-quality images from the clinical and biomedical sciences. Selected from the UK’s leading teaching hospitals and research institutions, it covers disease, surgery, general healthcare, sciences from genetics to neuroscience including the full range of imaging techniques.
Both of these image libraries release most of their images under the Creative Commons Licence which allows users to copy, distribute and display the freely downloadable version of the image under the terms of this licence. It is important that when you upload an image from either of these sources to Physiopedia that you always add an attribution to the provider in the summary box. When a reader then clicks on an image in Physiopedia they will be taken to a specific Physiopedia page for that image where the attribution can be seen. For added attribution you could also reference it on the page in Physiopedia that you add it to!
Adding References
Physiopedia uses the Vancouver style of referencing as this is the style used in most leading medical journals. When, in your work, you have used an idea from a book, journal article, etc. you must acknowledge this in your text. This is referred to as ‘citing’. Each piece of work which is cited in your text should have a unique number, assigned in the order of citation. If, in your text, you cite a piece of work more than once, the same citation number should be used.
To cite a piece of work in Physiopedia follow these instructions:
- At the point where you wish to cite a piece of work, click on <R> in the toolbar of the editing box.
- A new editing box will pop-up on your screen.
- In this box you should write the reference in the ‘reference text’ box. Please use the Vancouver style of referencing.
- Then add a reference name. This could be ‘Smith and Jones’ or ‘Smith et al’ for example.
- Then click OK.
- Once you save the page that you are editing the reference for your cited piece of work will automatically appear at the bottom of the page.
If you wish to cite peice of work more than once on the same page:
- Complete the steps above for the first citation of that piece of work. When you come to cite the same piece of work again click on <R> in the toolbar again for the pop-up editing box to appear, but this time you need only fill in the reference name. This should be the same name that you gave to the reference the first time you cited it.
- If you do not know the name that has been given to the reference, for example if someone else added it, you can find it in the wikitext. Click on the wikitext link in the toolbar of the editing box. Look in the wikitext for the reference that you wish to cite for a second (or multiple) time. It should start with <ref name=”reference name”>
where “reference name” is the name that you are looking for. - If it does not have a reference name i.e. it just starts with <ref> and ends with </ref> you can add a reference name yourself by adding name=”reference name” inside the first <ref> tag so that it looks like this <ref name=”reference name”>.
For further explanation and more on Vancouver Referencing have a look at the Adding References user tutorial.
Adding Video
You can add video to any Physiopedia page as long as it has been uploaded to YouTube first.
Unfortunately it is not as simple as just adding the link that YouTube provide to the page that you are editing. To add video to a Physiopedia page, the video will need to be added directly to the wikitext.
So the firt step is to click on the Wikitext link in the toolbar of the editing box. Then add the following to the page where you want the video to appear:
- {{#ev:youtube|id}} -or-
- {{#ev:youtube|id|width}}
Where:
- id is the id of the video to include
- width (optional) is the width in pixels of the viewing area (height will be determined automatically)
See the Adding Video user tutorial for more information and advanced editing.
Medical College of Georgia student project
In the most ambitious project to date in Physiopedia, Eric Robertson (with the help of our featured contributor Tyler Shultz!) has directed his DPT students to create some great new pages as part of their recent spinal course. The students were allowed to select of spine topic of their choice and the assignment was very non-prescriptive in nature, allowing the students the opportunity to decide what content would best make their page. Many made their own videos and took their own pictures to upload which we are very impressed with! Once they got past the initial learning curve, the students really enjoyed making the content. One student posted on twitter that this “really was a neat way to learn.” I hope the pages they created will be a nice resource for many physios!
Take a look at he pages they created:
- Neck Pain Clinical Guidelines
- Sacroiliac Joint
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Straight Leg Raise Test
- Femoral Nerve Tension Test
- Spinal Stenosis
- Transverse Ligament Stress Test
- Gaenslen Test
- Spinal_Stabilization
- Prone Instability Test
- Spinal Manipulation
- Slump Test
- Degenerative Disc Disease
- Lumbur Radiculopathy
- Waddels Sign
- Hoover Test
- Spurlings Test
