WikiVet

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WikiVet
Screenshot of home page
Type of site
Veterinary content
Available inEnglish, Spanish, French
Country of originUnited Kingdom
OwnerWikiVet Educational Foundation
URLOfficial website
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Users50,000
LaunchedApril 2007
Current statusOnline

WikiVet is a

veterinary schools, and its content covers the entire veterinary curriculum. WikiVet is part of the WikiVet Educational Foundation (UK registered charity number 1160546).[2]

Full access to WikiVet requires a free registration, which is available to veterinarians, veterinary students and veterinary technicians.[3] Except for content relating specifically to the veterinary curriculum, articles are authored by students or veterinarians, and subsequently peer reviewed by subject specialists.[4]

History

WikiVet was established in 2007 to provide online access to a comprehensive veterinary undergraduate curriculum.[5][6] The consortium was initially formed by three UK veterinary schools, London's Royal Veterinary College, the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and the University of Cambridge's Department of Veterinary Medicine, and was subsequently joined by the University of Nottingham's School of Veterinary Medicine and Science.[5]

WikiVet was initially funded by the

Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).[1] Subsequent commercial sponsors include Mars Petcare,[7] RCVS Trust,[6] Pfizer Global Alliances,[8] Ceva,[9] and the Donkey Sanctuary.[4]

In 2010, WikiVet had 6,000 registered users.[10] A Spanish language version was launched in May 2011.[11] A survey of first year veterinary students in Spain, conducted when only the English-language version of WikiVet was available, found that 9% had used WikiVet.[12] In survey of veterinarians and veterinary students in Germany, reported in 2013, 8% of respondents used WikiVet, compared to 96% who used Wikipedia.[13] In 2016, WikiVet had 50,000 registered users from more than 130 countries.[5]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 34507422. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2020-02-18. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Webliography on Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science". College of Veterinary Medicine Library. University of the Philippines Los Baños. Archived from the original on 1 August 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. doi:10.2460/javma.243.12.1646
    .
  4. ^
    S2CID 219222124
    .
  5. ^ a b c Woodmansey, David (17 June 2016). "50,000 users for vet knowledge hub". Vet Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b "RCVS Trust funding puts e-learning online". RCVS Knowledge. 20 November 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Educational materials on pet nutrition published online". Vet Times. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. S2CID 219206093
    .
  9. ^ Kernot, Holly (29 December 2015). "Online resource to concentrate on troublesome cats". Vet Times. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ^ "WikiVet partners with Pfizer". Vet Times. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ISBN 978-84-697-1029-6
    . Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  12. ISBN 978-84-694-5333-9
    .
  13. PMID 23467682
    .

External links

Official website

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