Quality Standards

Introduction[edit | edit source]

Physiopedia aims to be a clinical reference for student and qualified physiotherapists. The Physiopedia quality assurance standards and processes have been developed on this basis and focus on providing confidence that content meets that quality standards expected of a professional resource.

These quality standards are best practices for content creation, layout and formatting of Physiopedia pages. Editors should attempt to follow these guidelines, though they are best treated with common sense, and occasional exceptions may apply.

Content Guidelines[edit | edit source]

Content on Physiopedia pages should comply with these guidelines:

  • Articles are summaries of a topic and should be written in a clear and concise manner that is accessible, comprehensible and can easily be applied to physiotherapy practice. For large topics consider splitting the topic into several linked shorter pages.
  • All content should be written in the English language.
  • All content should be up to date, evidence based and include references where appropriate (see Referencing Guide).  
  • Internationally agreed professional scope of practice should be respected at all time.
  • Relevance to the physiotherapy profession should always be included.
  • Copyright policy (Terms and Conditions Section 9) should be followed at all times.
  • Always respect the Physiopedia Community Culture.

Page Layout Recommendations[edit | edit source]

The general layout for the page should include the table of contents and editor credits at the top, followed by the main content for the page, related research, resources and references, as shown below:

<div class="researchbox"><div class="editorbox"> '''Original Editor '''- The original editor is the first person to contribute significant content to the page. This person can be identified by looking at the History tab. They are credited with a link to their profile page by adding the wikitext [[User:Username|Username]]

Top Contributors - The top 5 contributors are automatically added with the following wikitext {{Special:Contributors/{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}

Heading

The page content should be divided up by appropriate sub-headings as demonstrated on this page and in wikitext below. Please try not to use more than 3 sub-headings. See formatting help

Sub-heading 1

Bulleted lists must be added with wikitext or the list functions in the editing tool bar. See formatting help:

  • xxx
  • xx
  • x

Sub-heading 2

Numbered lists must be added with wikitext or the list functions in the editing tool bar. See formatting help:

  1. xxx
  2. xx
  3. x

Resources

Resources are useful links that will provide good quality further reading and information. Add them as a bulleted list in this section.

References

References should be added in Vancouver style using the particular method offered by this editor. See the Adding References tutorial