20 فبراير 2009

الموسوعة الطبية ميدبيديا MEDPEDIA


الموسوعة الطبية (ميدبيديا)

أطلقت النسخة التجريبية من الموسوعة الطبية (ميدبيديا) في نسختها التجريبية. هذه الموسوعة على الطريقة الويكية كما يمكن ذكره، وذلك بمعنى إتاحة الفرصة للجمهور(حالياً مقتصرة على فئات معينة) بالإضافة والتعديل على المحتوى. هذه الموسوعة إطلقت بجهد تعاوني بين كل من Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School وهيئات طبية وصحية على المستوى العالمي. من المؤمل من الموسوعة أن تكون بوابة معرفية لكل ما يتعلق بالعلوم الطبية وما يتعلق بها من المجالات المساندة.

The Medpedia

...[I]s a long-term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public...
Users of the platform include physicians, consumers, medical and scientific journals, medical schools, research institutes, medical associations, hospitals, for-profit and non-profit organizations, expert patients, policy makers, students, non-professionals taking care of loved ones, individual medical professionals, scientists, etc.

In association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School and other leading global health organizations, Medpedia will be a commons for the gathering of the information and people critical to health care. Many organizations have united to support The Medpedia Project.

The Medpedia wiki is the collaborative encyclopedia and resource for information about health, medicine and the body.

Intended Uses and Benefits:
  • Reference source for both medical professionals and the lay-public covering information about health, medicine and the body
  • Forum for individuals and groups to be recognized for their areas of expertise
  • Clearinghouse of bio-medical journal articles, data, research, and educational materials
  • Forum for debating emerging issues
  • Platform for advancing medical knowledge

Licensing

The Medpedia Project and Medpedia.com is maintained by Medpedia Inc., a brainchild of Ooga Labs, a technology greenhouse in San Francisco. The wiki portion of Medpedia runs on Mediawiki, open source software which runs many wikis including Wikipedia. Like Wikipedia, the Articles created on Medpedia.com are freely licensable under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) unless otherwise noted.