Registrant Types

Key elements
A key element of OurMed's new website, will be how various user types are defined and have unique access rights throughout the site.

After a new user fills out their First and Last name, Username, Password and CAPTCHA anti-spam word, an email will be sent to the new user to validate them and activate their OurMed account. At this stage, this account will be a "general user" account and The users will not be able to post, publish or edit articles--They will however be able to "comment" on articles or new ideas for the site.

This further set of questions are necessary to allow healthcare professionals to post, adjust or edit articles. As of Friday June 11th these questions need to be validated by the healthcare community.

A proposal for registration
One proposal would be to designate users in general categories from which they can design create their professional, non-professional or interests further. First user demographics are entered (further information can be entered from a user's settings screen):

Country of residence*___________(dropbox)

Postal Code *_______

State/Province __________ (dropbox depending on country/postal code input)

City __________

Birthday ________

How I'd like to use OurMed *:

[] Reading articles (General User)

[] Communing with patient community and receiving emails particular to a particular disease

[] Editing Healthcare Articles - I work or study in a medical or healthcare related field. (if clicked then further designation of Professional, Academic or Alternative/Complementary dropboxes are provided:

*denotes required information

 Professional Degrees  MD - Medical Doctor MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery DO - Doctor of Osteopathy DO - Osteopathic Physician DC - Chiropractic Physician OD - Doctor of Optometry OMD - Oriental Medical Doctor RPT/DPT - Physical Therapist PharmD - Doctor of Pharmacy DPM - Doctor of Podiatric Medicine DVM - Doctor of Veterinary medicine PhD (Clinical Psych) - Clinical Psychologist NP - Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Pract. Nurse MSw - Masters in Social Work PA - Physicians Assistant RN - Registered Nurse RD - Registered Dietitian Student Other - Specify _____________________

(if click Other, then Other: ______ would allow additional inputs)

Academic Doctoral  (drop box of choices) PhD - Doctor of Philosophy MPH - Master of Public Health ScD - Doctor of Science PsyD - Doctor of Psychology EdD-Doctor of Education DSc- Doctor of Science Student

Other - Specify _____________________ (if click Other, then Other: ______ would allow additional inputs)

Complementary &amp; Alternative  (drop box of choices) LAc - Licensed Acupuncturist ND - Doctor of Naturopathy D.Hom/HMC - Doctor of Homeopathy DN - Doctor of Naprapathy Practitioner of Ayurvedic Medicine Practitioner of Zhi Gong or Tsui Na I work for a health organization/association Student Other - Specify ____________________ (if click Other, then Other: ______ would allow additional inputs)

Disclosures
NB: It is imperative that users write a narrative of their commercial affiliations; (This needs to be researched so that users will write useful information and any specific POV will be honestly revealed). I.e., Some form of disclosure might be requested after an article is published/edited.

Are you associated with any of the following organizations?:

Any company or entity doing business in the health care industry; advocating issues on its behalf or representing the interests of such company or entity in any manner; or producing or providing products or services to the health care industry either directly or indirectly? NB: The type of organizations include, but are not limited to, drug manufacturers, legal and accounting firms, advertising firms, consulting companies, health or medical insurance carriers, marketing, servicing companies, lobbying firms and all other companies/entities that derive a potion or all of their revenue from health related products, services, or professional associations in and/or for the health care industry.


 * [ ]-Yes; [ ]-No

Or are you a member or employee of any of the following POV organizations?:


 * National Council Against Health Fraud(or any branch or related association thereto) [ ]-Yes; [ ]-No
 * CSI (The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry)(or any National or International branch or related association thereto) [ ]-Yes; [ ]-No
 * James Randi "Educational" Organization(or any National or International branch or related association thereto) [ ]-Yes; [ ]-No

NB: please note that failure to honestly report such affiliations may be penalized by loss of editing privileges, and/or listing on an ethics issues page.

System Access
System access is separate issue, and only provided to chosen Board Member, E.D, and CTO

User Privileges
Legend: ✓=has privilege

NB: All privileges assume that the higher level has same function.

Thus, users could work their way up the ladder, gaining additional privileges as they earn them and thereby eventually apply to become admin/sysops, or higher, as necessity and openings allow.

Where the term "check boxes" is used above, it is anticipated that these will be Check boxes which appear on the admin/sysop and bureaucrat's screens, which allow them to grant users these specific privileges.

So, in the same way that blocked users are automatically placed in a category, so that all can see them, those granted these specific privileges, will be automatically placed in an appropriate category, so that admins and others with appropriate privileges can move the articles along the process. Scenarios:


 * A Physician (or PhD or equal) registers: starts writing an article (initially in a sandbox). His/her credentials should be reviewed ASAP by an admin or user with "reviewer" privilege, and once accepted, granted "Publish" privileges, which automatically gives the doctor all lower privileges as well. I.e., to edit existing articles, give stamp of approval for articles waiting in sandboxes written by lay persons, etc.
 * A lay person registers and starts an article in a sandbox. On completion, s/he can check a box, that gets the attention of an admin or user with above privilege, and the article can be reviewed and published by the person with appropriate authority.
 * After a lay contributor make several quality edits, they can apply, at a forum for that purpose, for advancement to a higher level of privilege. E.g., to be able to edit existing articles, etc.

Thus the Categories below listed can be automated. Others can be created as required and applied to appropriate articles.

All articles should have a link at the bottom for all users to vote on rating the article. ★ - ★★★★★ stars.

Anyone to whom an admin grants permissions, should be automatically on the watch page for that admin, and likewise any article given an approval stamp should be on the watch list for the user granting the approval and the admin who supervises that user.

NB Please see the Mediawiki page on User Rights at: [] for a full explanation of all possible rights.