Comparison of the Impact of Wikipedia, UpToDate, and a Digital Textbook on Short-Term Knowledge Acquisition Among Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Web-Based Resources
Comparison of the Impact of Wikipedia, UpToDate, and a Digital Textbook on Short-Term Knowledge Acquisition Among Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Web-Based Resources
Michael A Scaffidi
1
*
, BSc, MEd
;
Rishad Khan
1
*
, BSc
;
Christopher Wang
1
, MD
;
Daniela Keren
1
, BSc
;
Cindy Tsui
1
, BSc
;
Ankit Garg
1
, MD
;
Simarjeet Brar
1
, MD
;
Kamesha Valoo
1
, MD
;
Michael Bonert
2
, MASc, MD
;
Jacob F de Wolff
3
, MBBS
;
James Heilman
4
, MD
;
Samir C Grover
1
, MEd, MD
1
Division of Gastroenterology
,
St. Michael's Hospital
,
University of Toronto
,
Toronto
,
ON
,
CA
2
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
,
McMaster University
,
Hamilton
,
ON
,
CA
3
Acute Medicine
,
Northwick Park Hospital
,
London
,
GB
4
Department of Emergency Medicine
,
University of British Columbia
,
Cranbrook
,
BC
,
CA
*these authors contributed equally