Is it time for medicine to update its Facebook status?

Osman, Ahmed A.; Wardle, Andrew

doi:10.1136/bmj.d6334

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“…Social media is defined as "Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking" 1 and its use is increasing among young health professionals. 2 Social media includes social networking platforms including Facebook and Twitter and media sharing sites, for example, YouTube and Instagram. Platforms also include blog sites and micro-blogging sites.…”

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Social media use, attitudes, behaviours and perceptions of online professionalism amongst dental students

2016

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Use of social media has increased amongst health professionals. This has benefits for patient care but also introduces risks for confidentiality and professional fitness to practise. This study aimed to examine dental student attitudes towards professional behaviour on social media. The secondary aim was to establish the extent and nature of social media use and exposure to potentially unprofessional behaviours. A cross-sectional study was carried out in one dental school. Data were collected using questionnaires to examine social media use, perceptions and attitudes towards social media and professional behaviours online. Students who responded (N = 155) all used social media at least once per week; most used more than one platform. Students were aware of the relationship between social media use and professional practice. Posting drunken photographs and interacting with staff and patients online were widely considered as unprofessional. Security settings affected behaviour and most had seen inappropriate behaviours online. The study found that students use social media extensively.. Students are aware of the risks but there is a greater sense of safety in closed groups and many students are exposed to potentially inappropriate content online. This suggests that training should be implemented to help students manage these risks.

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“…Females were more likely to post photographs of students at social events (X 2 (1, N=155) = 8.191 p=<0.005). Females were more likely to consider discussing staff (X 2 (6, N=155) = 13.578 p=<0.05) and interacting with patients online (X 2 (5, N=155) = 12.924 p=<0.05) as being highly unprofessional.…”

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Social media use, attitudes, behaviours and perceptions of online professionalism amongst dental students

2016

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“…Social networking sites may have important applications for studying social interaction and communication related to health and medicine [29,30]. The medical community has largely focused on discussing the ethics of doctor-patient interaction on social networking sites [31-37] and professionalism of younger practitioners’ exposure via social networking sites [38-44]. Only more recently has interest emerged in using social networking sites to employ health interventions [45,46] and to identify certain health behaviors [47-49].…”

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Did You Hear the One About the Doctor? An Examination of Doctor Jokes Posted on Facebook

Davis¹,

Haney²,

Weeks³

et al. 2014

J Med Internet Res

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BackgroundSocial networking sites such as Facebook have become immensely popular in recent years and present a unique opportunity for researchers to eavesdrop on the collective conversation of current societal issues.ObjectiveWe sought to explore doctor-related humor by examining doctor jokes posted on Facebook.MethodsWe performed a cross-sectional study of 33,326 monitored Facebook users, 263 (0.79%) of whom posted a joke that referenced doctors on their Facebook wall during a 6-month observation period (December 15, 2010 to June 16, 2011). We compared characteristics of so-called jokers to nonjokers and identified the characteristics of jokes that predicted joke success measured by having elicited at least one electronic laugh (eg, an LOL or “laughing out loud”) as well as the total number of Facebook “likes” the joke received.ResultsJokers told 156 unique doctor jokes and were the same age as nonjokers but had larger social networks (median Facebook friends 227 vs 132, P<.001) and were more likely to be divorced, separated, or widowed (P<.01). In 39.7% (62/156) of unique jokes, the joke was at the expense of doctors. Jokes at the expense of doctors compared to jokes not at the expense of doctors tended to be more successful in eliciting an electronic laugh (46.5% vs 37.3%), although the association was statistically insignificant. In our adjusted models, jokes that were based on current events received considerably more Facebook likes (rate ratio [RR] 2.36, 95% CI 0.97-5.74).ConclusionsThis study provides insight into the use of social networking sites for research pertaining to health and medicine, including the world of doctor-related humor.

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“…The possibilities offered by Web 2.0 in conjunction with mobile technology such as smartphones raise the risk of sensitive patient data being leaked. In future, students and staff at healthcare facilities must at all costs be alerted to the dangers [13], [14]. At present, for example, very few medical schools in the United States have suitable guidelines in place governing behaviour in the social web [15].…”

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Medizinstudium 2.0 dank Web 2.0?! – Risiken und Chancen am Beispiel des Leipziger Medizinstudiums

Hempel

Neef²,

Rotzoll³

et al. 2013

GMS Zeitschrift Für Medizinische Ausbildung; 30(1):Doc11; ISSN 1860-3572

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Is it time for medicine to update its Facebook status?

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Social media use, attitudes, behaviours and perceptions of online professionalism amongst dental students

Social media use, attitudes, behaviours and perceptions of online professionalism amongst dental students

Did You Hear the One About the Doctor? An Examination of Doctor Jokes Posted on Facebook

Medizinstudium 2.0 dank Web 2.0?! – Risiken und Chancen am Beispiel des Leipziger Medizinstudiums

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