PP02- Week Two

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Introduction

This week you are going to create a new page in Physiopedia and reflect upon this experience.

Video from Rachael

Task 1: Creating a new page in Physiopedia

Creating new pages in Physiopedia is a daunting but (once you have done it once) a very simple task!

The page that you create can be on any topic that doesn’t already exist in Physiopedia. It can be in any clinical area (there is a lot of space for contributions outside the musculoskeletal/orthopaedics area i.e. respiratory, neurology, paediatrics etc) or even add to our Resources (e.g. an outcome measure or clinical guideline).

1. Choose a topic - first you must choose a page to create.  Choose a topic that interests you and/or is relevant to your current practice.  If you are struggling to come up with a topic just choose a muscle!
2. Search -  now you should check that this page doesn’t already exist within Physiopedia. Use the ‘search’ box to check what is already available. Make sure that you search using all the terms that might refer to the topic that you have chosen, for example for tendinopathy you should search for:  tendinopathy, tendinosis, tendinitis etc.  If the topic that you have chosen already exi
3. Create Page - there are three ways to create a new page, see the Creating A New Page tutorial for help.
4. Add a Template - once you have created your new page you should add a Template to your page. You can see a list of Templates here, at least, you should add the New Page template. When you have chosen the template you wish to use follow these Adding Templates instructions.
5. Edit the Page - once your template has been added you can make edits to the page to add content. You are welcome to change any sub-headings or create new ones as you feel is appropriate
6. References - the content that you add to the page should be supported by evidence. Please make sure that you use the referencing functionality correctly. See the Adding References tutorial for help.
7. Add Media - all pages are enhanced by the addition of images and/or video. You should add a video and an image to your page. See the Adding Images Tutorial and the Adding Videos Tutorial.
8. Finally add your name as the original editor - 

We understand that this task may take some time as you will need to get to grips with all the editing tasks involved in creating a new page. However, completing this task will make you a skilled and confident editor of Physiopedia and give you a great set of skills for your future volunteer roles.

Social Media Sharing - (use the #physiopedia hash tag)

Post a link to your new Physiopedia page to your favourite social media platform

e.g. "Just created a new page on [topic] in #Physiopedia [link]" "Take a look at my new page on [topic] in #Physiopedia [link]"

Task 3: Discussion 

Go to the Facebook group for all online discussions.

1. Share a link to your new page - add a link to your new page and share your reflections on the task.  Tell us why you chose this page, how did you find this task, what difficulties you encountered, where did you find help etc.
2. Provide feedback on the new pages of your fellow participants - take a look at the new pages that your colleagues created and provide them with feedback.  What do you like about their page, what do you think they did well, what do you think they could have added or omitted etc.

Please post your discussions in the relevant discussion thread that will be set up for you.

Feel free to start your own discussion thread as well. You can post any question or comment related to what you have learnt this week.