Students Step by Step Guide

This guide has been written to assist students that are taking part in a formal student project in Physiopedia. The guide will help you with setting up your account, editing pages and problem solving.  

Please note that your tutor will be your first point of contact if you have any questions.

Project Instructions

Initially you will be given instructions from your tutor on the nature of your project in Physiopedia and what you will be expected to acheive.

These instructions will be outlined on a specific project page in Physiopedia which can be found listed somewhere on our main Projects page.

Get your own Physiopedia account

To make edits in Physiopedia you must have a Physiopedia account.  To do this follow the instructions below:

1. Click on the request account tab in the left sidebar.  
   
2. You will be asked to complete a form where you must tell us:
   • your email address
   • your full name - as you will be adding to a professional resource this must be your full real name
   • a short biography - this will be included on your profile page, you can edit it later
   • your licence or registration details - please indicate that you are a student, which university you are from and which project you are working on
3. Once you have submitted this form you will be sent an email which contains a link to confim your email address.  
   If you do not receive this email within 24 hours there is a problem with your email (some university firewalls reject Physiopedia emails). First please check your spam folder to check that it hasn't been filtered into your spam.  If you still can't find it you should contact us
4. Once you have confirmed you email address we will activate you account and you will receive your login details (username and password) by email. This process may take up to 48 hours.
   

Now that you are able to login to Physiopedia we suggest that you complete you profile within Physiopedia.

Setting up your profile

Everyone with an account has a profile page in Physiopedia. These pages are easily found by Google so we suggest that you complete your profile to give yourself a professional presence on the site.

1. Once your account has been activated have a go at editing a page yourself.  It is best to start by editing your profile page to give yourself a presence in Physiopedia.  See our user tutorials on editing pages and editing your profile.