Exploring public perspectives of e-professionalism in nursing

Ryan, Gemma Sinead; Jackson, Jessica; Cornock, Marc

doi:10.7748/nm.2019.e1870

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“…To facilitate this, sectors like pharmacy and dentistry have seen a growth in research into the issues surrounding digital professionalism [13,14]. The skills and professionalism required by nurses engaging online has more recently been explored [15,16], and training introduced to pre-registration programmes [17]. However, there is reluctance amongst midwifery educators to adopt such programmes [18].…”

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Using Facebook groups to support families: midwives’ perceptions and experiences of professional social media use

Morse

Brown

2022

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Seeking support from Facebook groups during pregnancy is now widespread and social media has been widely used by maternity services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, little is currently known about midwives’ attitudes towards, and experiences of social media in practice. Research is needed to understand barriers and solutions to meeting mothers’ expectations of online support and to improve services. This study explored midwife involvement in Facebook groups, exploring experiences and perceptions of its use to communicate with and support mothers. 719 midwives and student midwives completed an online survey during August- September 2020 and their numerical and free-text responses analysed descriptively. Few participants were involved in providing Facebook support, and most of these were unpaid. There was a consensus on a range of benefits for mothers, but widespread concern that engaging with mothers online was a personal and professional risk, underpinned by a lack of support. Experience of being involved in midwife moderation increased belief in its benefits and reduced fear of engaging online, despite a lack of renumeration and resources. Midwives and students felt they were discouraged from offering Facebook support and sought further training, guidance and support. Although limited, experiences of providing Facebook group support are positive. Perceptions of risk and a lack of support are significant barriers to midwives’ involvement in using Facebook groups to support mothers. Midwives seek support and training to safely and effectively engage with mothers using Facebook. Engaging with mothers via social media is embedded in national policy and digital strategy, and progress is needed to fulfil these, to improve services and meet mothers’ expectations. Midwives’ experiences suggest extending opportunities to provide Facebook support would benefit midwives, services and families. Consultation to revise local policy to support midwives and students in line with strategic goals is recommended.

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Using Facebook groups to support families: midwives’ perceptions and experiences of professional social media use

Morse

Brown

2022

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“…According to negative behavioral contagion models, rudeness is like a cold, and this behavior can be easily activated in social networking and spread easily by any user [ 37 ]. In a study by Ryan et al [ 38 ] that examined public perspectives on digital professionalism in nursing, participants perceived profanities used generally or against individuals or groups as unacceptable and unprofessional. Such tweets have been reported as rude, disrespectful, and unprofessional in other studies of cybercivility by health professionals and students [ 19 , 39 ].…”

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“…These findings reinforce the need to teach digital professionalism to cultivate respect from students for their peers, colleagues, and patients. The structure of social norms in digital professionalism is complex and evolves based on changing social and individual norms, values, attitudes, beliefs, and context [ 38 ]; therefore, instructional materials should include socially and culturally appropriate content and input by individuals from diverse backgrounds.…”

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“…Researchers, educators, and regulators in health professions have been concerned that posts on the web that are perceived as unprofessional could potentially cost public trust and the professional image of health professions [ 21 , 47 ]. Several studies have recommended that health professionals keep their presence on the web safe and secure by separating professional and private accounts or by using the privacy options of their social media accounts [ 38 , 47 , 49 ]. Kouri et al [ 49 ] argued that health professionals cannot be general users of social networking platforms because their identity makes any information or content they post appear reliable and trustworthy, an argument disputed by the professional backlash to the retracted medbikini article [ 48 ].…”

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Analysis of Cyberincivility in Posts by Health Professions Students: Descriptive Twitter Data Mining Study

Gagné¹,

Cho²,

Yamane³

et al. 2021

JMIR Med Educ

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Background Health professions students use social media to communicate with other students and health professionals, discuss career plans or coursework, and share the results of research projects or new information. These platforms allow students to share thoughts and perceptions that are not disclosed in formal education settings. Twitter provides an excellent window through which health professions educators can observe students’ sociocultural and learning needs. However, despite its merits, cyberincivility on Twitter among health professions students has been reported. Cyber means using electronic technologies, and incivility is a general term for bad manners. As such, cyberincivility refers to any act of disrespectful, insensitive, or disruptive behavior in an electronic environment. Objective This study aims to describe the characteristics and instances of cyberincivility posted on Twitter by self-identified health professions students. A further objective of the study is to analyze the prevalence of tweets perceived as inappropriate or potentially objectionable while describing patterns and differences in the instances of cyberincivility posted by those users. Methods We used a cross-sectional descriptive Twitter data mining method to collect quantitative and qualitative data from August 2019 to February 2020. The sample was taken from users who self-identified as health professions students (eg, medicine, nursing, dental, pharmacy, physician assistant, and physical therapy) in their user description. Data management and analysis were performed with a combination of SAS 9.4 for descriptive and inferential statistics, including logistic regression, and NVivo 12 for descriptive patterns of textual data. Results We analyzed 20 of the most recent tweets for each account (N=12,820). A total of 639 user accounts were analyzed for quantitative analysis, including 280 (43.8%) medicine students and 329 (51.5%) nursing students in 22 countries: the United States (287/639, 44.9%), the United Kingdom (197/639, 30.8%), unknown countries (104/639, 16.3%), and 19 other countries (51/639, 8.0%). Of the 639 accounts, 193 (30.2%) were coded as having instances of cyberincivility. Of these, 61.7% (119/193), 32.6% (63/193), and 5.7% (11/193) belonged to students in nursing, medicine, and other disciplines, respectively. Among 502 instances of cyberincivility identified from 641 qualitative analysis samples, the largest categories were profanity and product promotion. Several aggressive or biased comments toward other users, politicians, or certain groups of people were also found. Conclusions Cyberincivility is a multifaceted phenomenon that must be considered in its complexity if health professions students are to embrace a culture of mutual respect and collaboration. Students’ perceptions and reports of their Twitter experiences offer insights into behavior on the web and the evolving role of cyberspace, and potentially problematic posts provide opportunities for teaching digital professionalism. Our study indicates that there is a continued need to provide students with guidance and training regarding the importance of maintaining a professional persona on the web.

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“…Opinions regarding medical professionalism diverse 11,12 , and mostly represent medical and academic professionals view point 13 , with substantially lesser discourse from the public perspective 14,15 . Patient opinion and perspective was not given consideration while developing the "Physician Charter".…”

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Medical Prfessionalism: Comparing Views of Public and Doctors

Bano

Ahmed

Tassadaq

2021

PAFMJ

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Objective: To compare the views of public and doctors about importance of attributes of medical professionalism. Study Design: cross-sectional comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: Study was carried out at Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi from Oct 2019 to Mar 2020. Methodology: Study included 115 public participants and 115 doctors. Their perceptions about the importance of different attributes of medical professionalism were recorded on a structured questionnaire by rating on a 5-point Likert scale of importance. Independent samples t-test was used to compare the mean scores of the public group to the mean scores of the doctors for every attribute. Results: View of public and doctors were very similar. “Honesty and integrity, sound judgment and decision making, responsible behavior, confidentiality, professional development, abiding professional rules, and being reliable” were ranked among the top ten important attributes by both groups. On the other extreme “maintaining a high standard of living” was ranked at the bottom of list by both groups. Significant differences in views of public and doctors were found regarding attributes of social justice among doctors (4.4 vs 4.09, p=0.012) and among patients (4.43 vs 4.09, p=0.05) and autonomy (4.42 vs 4.2; p=0.042). Conclusion: The opinions of public and doctors on what constitutes medical professionalism are similar with integrity and honesty being the most important attribute and to maintain a high standard of living being the least important attribute.

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Exploring public perspectives of e-professionalism in nursing

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

Using Facebook groups to support families: midwives’ perceptions and experiences of professional social media use

Using Facebook groups to support families: midwives’ perceptions and experiences of professional social media use

Analysis of Cyberincivility in Posts by Health Professions Students: Descriptive Twitter Data Mining Study

Medical Prfessionalism: Comparing Views of Public and Doctors

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