WikEM-Now will attempt to turn the guideline world upside down with a new, collaborative way of developing concrete management guidelines.  It will be the first time that the majority of emergency medicine pracitioners get to vote/contribute to their own guidelines.
The plan is to:
Identify/flag controversial issues
Have as many contributors as interested make an "Evidence Based Lit Review" page for the clinical question on WikEM
the page should have both pro and con argument
the page should be neutral (the "Wikipedia goal")
Then, all WikEM users will have the opportunity to read the Lit Review and vote on which option they will choose in practice, based on the current evidence.  We will be sending out a notice of the vote via our blog/apps and there will be one vote per WikEM username.
Once we have a winner, in addition to sending out the result on the blog/app, we will then highlight the winning opinion (with total votes and percentage of vote for each option) at the top of the Lit Review page (the "take home message," similar in format as done in Annals of EM lit review articles).  This option will also be the first one used/highlighted in the related clinical note, with a link to the relevant WikEM-Now page.
the page should have both pro and con argument
the page should be neutral (the "Wikipedia goal")
Please edit the page to improve the arguments on both sides.
You are encouraged to:
Improve the pro/con arguments
Add literature citations and summaries
Write for both pro and con positions (to improve the logic/writing of both sides of the argument)
Add additional scenarios, if necessary
Don't:
Edit the article to worsen the "other side's" argument
Use non-professional language
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