Wikipedia:Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is a United States government-sponsored organization that funds and reports the relative effectiveness of various medical treatments.

This page lists projects and resources that support individuals who use or collaborate with PCORI content. This is not a Wikipedia article, but rather a project page. Information here can be edited by anyone. The Wikipedia community of editors maintains this page, including with the support of WikiProject Medicine participants.

Creating a Wikipedia account and learning to edit[edit]

If you do not have a Wikipedia account, it is helpful (though not necessary) to create one. Some people use their real name on Wikipedia, yet others use a pseudonym for privacy reasons. All Wikipedia contributions and edits are tied to your username indefinitely, including edits and the editing reputation you will begin to develop. It is difficult to change a username after you begin using it, so consider this before creating one.

It is recommended you provide your email address when you create your account, and then respond to the confirmation email. This will allow you to get notifications and alerts of changes to your edits (if you choose), and will also allow Wikipedians to contact you if there is a need. A confirmed email address is the only way to recover your account if you ever forget your password. Your email will not be publicly visible nor given to anybody else without your consent.

Resources for learning to edit include:

Editing Wikipedia - a general overview, with a specific one on medicine article editing
A Primer for Newcomers - includes links and resources for editing and becoming a member of the Wikipedia-editing community
Help with the most common questions related to Wikipedia

Resources for editing medical and healthcare articles[edit]

These resources are intended to help guide those who want to edit medical or healthcare articles on Wikipedia. Many of them are provided by WP:WikiProject Medicine, a group of volunteers who provide guidance and oversight on editing medical and healthcare content due to its value and the potential for misinformation.

All edits on Wikipedia should include credible sources to provide evidence for any claims that are made.
Medical and healthcare article editing guidance can be found here -- How to edit WikiProject Medicine)
Refer to Identifying reliable sources (medicine) for specific guidance in how medical articles get edited.
The Manual of Style for Medicine-related articles provides useful stylistic guidance.

Want to begin editing medical articles, and need suggestions on where to begin?

See the list of Medical articles that require clean-up that can all benefit from identifying and including reliable sources.
See the list of Medical articles that are missing and consider writing one of them.

External resources[edit]

Programs and events[edit]

PCORI Annual Meeting Pre-Event October 2022, Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Online Edit-a-thon on Asthma, May 2022, Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Online Edit-a-thon on Urinary Incontinence, November 2021, Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Online Edit-a-thon, August 2021, Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Online Edit-a-thon, January 2020, Thursday, January 30, 2020
PCORI Staff Editathon, January 2020, Wednesday, January 29, 2020
PCORI Annual Meeting 2019, Wednesday and Thursday 18-19 September 2019
January 2019 wiki party - private Wiki editing event for staff
October 2018 meetup - private internal wiki discussion
September 2018 meetup - private Wiki meetup for staff
Precursor event -
- 2015 annual meeting, PCORI keynote speaker is Phil Bourne, Wikipedia supporter now at the Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia

Wikipedian-in-Residence[edit]

For assistance with learning to edit or Wikipedia in general, contact PCORI's Wikipedian-in-Residence via leaving a new message here or Wikipedia email.
2018 call for Wikipedian-in-Residence

External links[edit]

Official website