Assessment of dentists’ behaviour on the use of patients’ images

Abstract

BackgroundPhotographs and radiographs are indispensable resources for dental education, research and dissemination of clinical cases in scientific journals. The objective of this study was to evaluate the behaviour of dentists on the use of patients’ images.Material and MethodsFifty‐two dentists were interviewed using a semi‐structured script containing open‐ended questions on the use of patients’ images. The answers were analysed using a qualitative‐quantitative method of the discourse of the collective subject, and the distribution of the absolute and relative frequency of the answers was presented according to the central ideas obtained from the discourses.ResultsThe following central ideas on the use of patients’ images were identified: (a) purpose: didactic and/or academic; (b) informed consent: verbal or absent when the patient cannot be identified; (c) discussion groups on social media contribute to learning; (d) most dentists would not appreciate and sue the author if they had their own photographs/imaging examinations posted on social media; 5. most dentists received some information on ethical regulations during dental school and state that images can be used with patient authorisation, without identification and for didactic/academic purposes.ConclusionDentists consider the use of patients’ images for didactic and scientific purposes beneficial, request informed consent to share mainly images that reveal the identity and would not appreciate if their personal images were shared without consent.

Dental education and undue exposure of patients’ image in social media: A literature review

“…After phase one, 18 full‐text articles were assessed for eligibility. Finally, 7 studies 14‐20 were included. A summary flow diagram is presented in Figure 1.…”

“…Included studies were all very recent, concentrating publications in the last five years (2016‐2020). Five studies were conducted in Brazil, 15‐18,20 one in Ireland 19 and one in the United Kingdom 14 . Martorell LB, from Centro Universitário de Anápolis —UniEVANGÉLICA, Brazil, was the main author of three studies 15,16,18…”

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Dental Education: Perception of Professors and Students

“…The participants' answers were transcribed and analyzed using the qualitative-quantitative method of the discourse of the collective (17,18) using the Qualiquantisoft software (SPI-Sales & Pascoal Company, São Paulo, Brazil). Initially, one researcher coded all the participants' answers.…”

“…Two other researchers independently analyzed each group's answers, aiming to identify in more than one perspective the key expressions, that is, the most significant parts of the answers. The key expressions were then compared and synthesized into central ideas by consensus, which were identified by letters of the alphabet and distributed according to the absolute and relative frequency in which they were cited by the participants (17,18). Subsequently, the answers of participants with similar central ideas were grouped, obtaining the collective subject discourse (17,18), obtaining a version for professors (Table 1), and another for students (Table 2).…”

“…Fifty professors (30 women and 20 men) and fifty-two undergraduate and graduate students (36 women and 16 men) from Brazil, Costa Rica, United States, and Italy participated in the present study. Each group's sample size was sufficient to obtain saturation of the answers; that is when no different information was obtained from the participants' answers in each group (17). All participants had their face-to-face classes suspended in March 2020, when each location's governments implemented physical distance measures.…”