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Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment

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This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Montana State University supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program during the 2012 Spring term.

The above message was substituted from {{WAP assignment}} by PrimeBOT (talk) on 16:53, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: WikiProject Medicine Winter 2023 UCF COM

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2023 and 3 February 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Aemorrison (article contribs). Peer reviewers: JCMD23.

— Assignment last updated by DLEMERGEBM (talk) 00:28, 27 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Workplan for 01/2023:

  1. Review references
  2. Update the intro to have pictures of the thyroid and the other names of the condition
  3. Add epidemiology section
  4. Update signs and symptoms. Add pictures of the goiter, myxedema and any diagrams that show the whole body and how it is affected
  5. Combine the causes and mechanism categories. Existing causes listed should be changed to associations for the title and can be their own subcategory. Add more to the section
  6. Table of antibodies in mechanism to summarize if possible. Add pictures of pathology
  7. Diagnosis - Reword the paragraph for easier readability. Update the category and potentially add a flow chart with the diagnostic steps
  8. Treatment - add the full spectrum of drugs such as triiodothyronine with descriptions. And side effects of medications
  9. Add a section under treatment for follow-up monitoring of TSH levels after initiation of therapy
  10. Review for readability and change language away from doctor-speak when appropriate

Suggestions are appreciated and this plan will be updated as the month progresses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aemorrison (talkcontribs) 21:56, 10 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Peer review
You did a great job of improving this article. You started with a well-organized work plan and accomplished almost every item on your list. The pictures and sections you added have made the article a lot more informative, and I feel that you’ve managed to maintain good readability for a general audience without too much medical jargon. You used quality up-to-date secondary sources for the added information and the links to citations are working. The overall narrative appears to be neutral without any distracting information.
Peer recommendations:
1) You mentioned potentially adding a table of antibodies to the mechanism section of the article. This could add even more visual appeal to the article, but I don’t think it would be completely necessary because the antibodies are summarized well in the paragraph.
2) You considered adding a flowchart to the diagnosis section in your work plan. This could likewise present information in a visually interesting way, but the diagnosis section would still be informative without it.
Considering the importance of the topic, I think your efforts have had a strongly positive impact on the article. Excellent job!
JCMD23 (talk) 06:20, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]