Cochrane has a commitment to producing and sharing high-quality medical evidence to as broad an audience as possible. As a way of achieving this, Cochrane has an initiative with Wikipedia with a view to improving the evidence base of medicine articles there, using quality, reliable secondary sources such as recent Cochrane Systematic Reviews to help improve the reliability of freely available health information.

The initiative, that started in 2014, supports the inclusion of relevant evidence within all Wikipedia medical articles, as well as processes to help ensure that medical information included in Wikipedia is of the highest quality and as accurate as possible. Trusted, evidence-based research can help people to make informed decisions about their own health care.

We welcome all who want to help improve the evidence base of medical articles in Wikipedia. Whether you are a new to Wikipedia and Cochrane, or you are a seasoned Wikipedian or Cochrane contributor.

How to get involved:

Cochrane-Wikipedia Project Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/Cochrane

Please contact JenOttawa on Wikipedia with questions or ideas on how we can work together. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JenOttawa