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.
Adding Images
It is really useful to add images to Physiopedia articles, not only does it make the page far more aesthetically pleasing but it also compliments the writing on the page to help the reader understand the topic better. To add images to pages in Physiopedia you first need to upload the image to Physiopedia before inserting it on to your page, follow these instructions:
- Save the image to your computer
- Go to Physiopedia
- Click the Upload File button
- Fill in the details of the image in the pop-up box (including a short and appropriate destination name and its reference in the summary box)
- Click Upload File
- Go to the page you wish to add the image to
- Click the Edit tab to get the editing box open
- Place the cursor where you wish to insert the image
- Click on the insert/edit image button in the toolbar of the editing box
- Fill in the details of the pop-up box (the image file name is the same as the destination name that you gave it when you uploaded it to Physiopedia)
- Click OK
- Save the page that you are editing
Hey presto! The image will now be on the page that you are editing. As you have uploaded your image to Physiopedia it can now easily be used on numerous pages and if you filled in the reference for the image in the summary box when you uploaded it you will not need to reference it on the pages that it resides in Physiopedia.
For more information on adding images see the adding images user turorial.
Increasing your profile and web presence with Physiopedia
It’s becoming more and more important to have a presence on the web. Everyone’s doing it these days with blogs, YouTube, Twitter and many similar web based tools. It can also be good for you professionally by allowing you to publicise your work and make contact with similar people throughout the globe that you would never have been able to seek out before.
Have you ever Googled your name? Where did you appear? Did you know that Physiopedia can help increase your web presence and may even move you up the Google rankings?
Once you have registered with Physiopedia you will automatically be given a profile page. You can write whatever you like on this profile page (within our advertising restrictions!) and can create a very professional web presence via this page. Create an online CV and publicise your efforts by placing links to your work, publications, projects etc on your profile page. You can direct people to this page to view your profile but also whenever you make edits in Physiopedia they will link back to this page. Furthermore, if you are an original editor or lead editor on a Physiopedia page, you will be permanently credited on that page with a link back to your profile.
So keeping your profile page full of information and up-to-date can be great for your web presence and professional profile.
Getting Started
Getting started in Physiopedia can be a daunting prospect, but don’t worry it doesn’t take long to find your way around and soon the editing will become easy and addictive!
If you are not quite sure where to start in Physiopedia, have a look at the ‘Getting Started‘ user tutorial. We encourage you to start by editing your profile page so that the information about you in Physiopedia is correct and up-to-date. Once you have done this you will hopefully feel more confident to go ahead and edit pages or create new pages. You might like to add some information to one of the Articles that have already been created in Physiopedia. Don’t be put off by the fact that you are editing someone elses work, Physiopedia is a continually evolving resource and you may be able to add some more recent evidence or add your expertise to the page. If you are interested in a particular topic but that page has not yet been written feel free to create that page and be its original editor. If the topics or clinical areas that you would like to contribute to are not yet evident in Physiopedia and would like some help creating them, please contact us and we will help you out.
If we could all just create one page in our diverse areas of expertise just imagine what an amazing resource we would all create!
