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* The page name should be '''"(Disease name) historical perspective"''', with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
* The page name should be '''"(Disease name) historical perspective"''', with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
* '''Goal:''' to provide the background on the history of how the disease/condition was discovered, and the developments in the study of the disease over time.
* '''Goal:''' to provide the background on the history of how the disease/condition was discovered, and the developments in the study of the disease over time.
* As with all microchapter pages liking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put <nowiki>{{CMG}}</nowiki>, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
* As with all microchapter pages linking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put <nowiki>{{CMG}}</nowiki>, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
* Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing <nowiki>[[square brackets]]</nowiki> around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click [[Help:Links|here]].
* Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing <nowiki>[[square brackets]]</nowiki> around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click [[Help:Links|here]].
* Remember this is not the page for patient history, or the natural history of the disease.
* Remember this is not the page for patient history, or the natural history of the disease.

Revision as of 14:15, 10 August 2012

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Charmaine Patel, M.D. [2]

Introduction to the Historical Perspective Page

  • The page name should be "(Disease name) historical perspective", with only the first letter of the title capitalized.
  • Goal: to provide the background on the history of how the disease/condition was discovered, and the developments in the study of the disease over time.
  • As with all microchapter pages linking to the main page, at the top of the edit box put {{CMG}}, your name template, and the microchapter navigation template you created at the beginning.
  • Remember to create links within Wikidoc by placing [[square brackets]] around key words which you want to link to other pages. For more information on how to create links click here.
  • Remember this is not the page for patient history, or the natural history of the disease.
  • Remember to follow the same format and capitalization of letters as outlined in the template below
  • You should include the name of the disease in the first sentence of every subsection.

Overview

  • This section should include the name of the disease in the first sentence, and give a brief description of the important aspects of the information that is relayed in the rest of the page.
  • For an example of the overview section of the historical perspective page, click here.

Discovery

  • This section should describe how the disease was initially discovered, when it was discovered, and who discovered it.
  • For an example of the discovery section within a historical perspective page, click here.

Development of Treatment Strategies

  • Include notable scientists who studied the condition.
  • Include landmark changes in approaches to studying the disease.
  • This is a good place to include pictures of treatments, such as the "iron lung" for polio. For more information on adding pictures, click here.
  • For an example of a development of treatment strategies section within a historical perspective page, click here.

Impact on Cultural History

  • Here you can include the impact the disease has had over time from a cultural aspect.
  • Include pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks, and initial mortality.
  • Include the impact of the disease on society, such as the devastation, the way the sick were treated, and the impacts of the treatments that were used at the time.
  • For an example of an impact on cultural history section within a historical perspective page, click here.

Famous Cases

  • Include prominent cases of the condition in history (eg. Typhoid Mary).
  • Include famous people who were afflicted by the condition.
  • Include famous cases that defined the condition in history.

References

  • References should be cited for the material that you have put on your page. Type in {{reflist|2}}. This will generate your references in small font, in two columns, with links to the original article and abstract.
  • For information on how to add references into your page, click here.