Learning patterns/Creation of an editing workshop or course with patients in an institution.
What problem does this solve?
editYou want to coordinate an editing workshop or course with patients at an institution, a hospital or a clinic.The project may be delayed due to possible interference and different obstacles. Many times the onset can be delayed due to the hospital bureaucracy. Moreover, not all patients work well for this type of projects. If you do not have the acceptance of the staff working at the institution you can face a big obstacle because if they are not convinced of the project they can paralyze it in many ways. You can also face technical obstacles relating to the physical components that make up the infrastructure like the computers or the connection speed, for example, the wifi connection may not work well.
What is the solution?
editIt is very important to design the course taking into account the opinions of the staff and the rules of the institution. It's fundamental to take into account the bureaucracy of the institution. If you don't, you can have many surprises later. Consulting the staff during the design phase is an important way of overcoming the obstacles. Ii is very important to invest time to explaine the staff Wikimedia's misión, your goals and why you are doing this.
Things to consider
edit- Find out in advance what are all the required papers and documents to work at the institution.
- Test the equipment and make sure that there is a good internet connection.
- Consultate the staff during the design phase before you begin the course.
- Explaine them Wikimedia's goals and mission.
- Explaine them why your project may help their patients.
- Conduct individual interviews to select candidates before you initiate the course.
When to use
editWhen you can work at a hospital or a clinic, you get access to patients and you are interested in teaching editing Wikimedia projects to them.
Endorsements
edit- Important work Kritzolina (talk) 16:58, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
- Because I believe that wikimedia projects can grow beyond the initial objective. In this case combines elements that I think are framed in the values of the Foundation:
- Helps the creation and improvement of project items.
- It helps the integration of people into the technological culture, by teaching them positive uses of technology, not mere consumption of masses.
- Helps patients of the institution as an "active" and "attractive" therapeutic tool.
- It helps to improve the image of the Foundation by acting in the real environment, and not only in the "virtual" world. Ayagaures 0 (talk) 17:20, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
- I suscribe previous comments, little can be added to them. Just to point out that if editing works as a therapy bureaucracy shouldn't stop it, it deserves a try before reject it. Anna (talk) 03:30, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
- This is useful advice. Also, I endorse the endorsement by Ayagaures 0 above: It helps the integration of people into the technological culture, by teaching them positive uses of technology, not mere consumption of masses. This is a VERY important - albeit often overlooked - component.Saintfevrier (talk) 18:40, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
- Very humane project. Bojana Wiki PG (talk) 20:57, 18 April 2017 (UTC)
See also
edit- Wikitherapy
- How to write a report when working with mental health patients
- Working with psychiatric patients in an editing workshop
- Grants:Learning patterns/Matching newcomers to Wikimedia projects and activities: nurturing happy, passionate editors:)
- Grants:Learning patterns/Wikimedia young projects in therapy settings with psychiatric patients.
- How to choose patients for an editing teaching course
- Creation of an editing workshop or course with patients in an institution