WikiVet is a wiki of veterinary content based on the MediaWiki platform.[1] The website is a collaborative initiative between various veterinary schools, and its content covers the entire veterinary curriculum. WikiVet is part of the WikiVet Educational Foundation (UK registered charity number 1160546).[2]
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Type of site | Veterinary content |
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| Available in | English, Spanish, French |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Owner | WikiVet Educational Foundation |
| URL | Official website |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 50,000 |
| Launched | April 2007 |
| Current status | Online |
Full access to WikiVet requires a free registration, which is available to veterinarians, veterinary students and veterinary technicians.[3] Except for content relating specifically to the veterinary curriculum, articles are authored by students or veterinarians, and subsequently peer reviewed by subject specialists.[4]
History
editWikiVet was established in 2007 to provide online access to a comprehensive veterinary undergraduate curriculum.[5][6] The consortium was initially formed by three UK veterinary schools, London's Royal Veterinary College, the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and the University of Cambridge's Department of Veterinary Medicine, and was subsequently joined by the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.[5]
WikiVet was initially funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).[1] Subsequent commercial sponsors include Mars Petcare,[7] RCVS Trust,[6] Pfizer Global Alliances,[8] Ceva,[9] and the Donkey Sanctuary.[4]
In 2010, WikiVet had 6,000 registered users.[10] A Spanish language version was launched in May 2011.[11] A survey of first year veterinary students in Spain, conducted when only the English-language version of WikiVet was available, found that 9% had used WikiVet.[12] In survey of veterinarians and veterinary students in Germany, reported in 2013, 8% of respondents used WikiVet, compared to 96% who used Wikipedia.[13] In 2016, WikiVet had 50,000 registered users from more than 130 countries.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Brown, Gillian; Quentin-Baxter, Megan; Belshaw, Zoe (2010). "WikiVet: building a community of practice to support a self-sustaining wiki for veterinary education" (PDF). International Journal of Web Based Communities. 6 (2): 183–196. doi:10.1504/IJWBC.2010.032234. S2CID 34507422. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Webliography on Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science". College of Veterinary Medicine Library. University of the Philippines Los Baños. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Larkin, Melinda (15 December 2013). "News | Navigating a sea of technology". Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 243 (12): 1646–1673. doi:10.2460/javma.243.12.1646.
- ^ a b "Donkey data online". Veterinary Record. 166 (22): 670. 29 May 2010. doi:10.1136/vr.c2806. S2CID 219222124.
- ^ a b c Woodmansey, David (17 June 2016). "50,000 users for vet knowledge hub". Vet Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b "RCVS Trust funding puts e-learning online". RCVS Knowledge. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "Educational materials on pet nutrition published online". Vet Times. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "News in brief | Commercial support for WikiVet". Veterinary Record. 167 (4): 113. 24 July 2010. doi:10.1136/vr.c3937. S2CID 219206093.
- ^ Kernot, Holly (29 December 2015). "Online resource to concentrate on troublesome cats". Vet Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ "WikiVet partners with Pfizer". Vet Times. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Gaitskell-Phillips, G.; López Albors, O.; Short, N.; Stanikova, B. (September 2014). WikiVet y La Traducción de WikiVet al Español [WikiVet and the Translation of WikiVet into Spanish] (PDF). I Congreso VetDoc de Docencia Veterinaria (in Spanish). Lugo, Spain. p. 71. doi:10.13140/2.1.4080.2562. ISBN 978-84-697-1029-6. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ López Albors, Octavio; Gil Cano, Francisco; Sarriá Cabrera, Ricardo; Ros Sempere, Juan; Rojo Ríos, Daniel; Latorre Reviriego, Rafael; Ramírez Zarzosa, Gregorio; Ayala Florenciano, Maria Dolores; Vazquez Autón, José Maria (2011). Experiencia de integración de TICs en la docencia presencial y no presencial de anatomía veterinaria (asignatura de grado Anatomía II) (in Spanish). Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena. hdl:10317/2308. ISBN 978-84-694-5333-9.
- ^ Tenhaven, Christoph; Tipold, Andrea; Fischer, Martin R.; Ehlers, Jan P. (2013). "Is there a "net generation" in veterinary medicine? A comparative study on the use of the Internet and Web 2.0 by students and the veterinary profession". GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung. 30 (1): Doc7. doi:10.3205/zma000850. PMC 3589689. PMID 23467682.