Exploring educational interventions to facilitate health professional students’ professionally safe online presence

Henning, Marcus A.; Hawken, Susan J.; Macdonald, J. A.; McKimm, Judy; Brown, Menna; Gasquoine, Susan; Chan, Kwong Djee; Hilder, Jo; Wilkinson, Tim

doi:10.1080/0142159x.2017.1332363

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“…The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Dental School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) (IRB protocol number 421/03.07.2019). An anonymous, 23‐item questionnaire was assembled based on previous studies 6,10,12,13,15,21,24,26‐29 investigating the relationship of Facebook and e‐professionalism. It included multiple‐choice questions regarding (a) demographics and general characteristics of responders; (b) Facebook profile settings and main reasons for its use; (c) Facebook content shared by dental students; (d) student‐patient relationship via Facebook; and (e) students' perception about the impact of their online behaviour (File ).…”

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The relationship between Facebook behaviour and e‐professionalism: A questionnaire‐based cross‐sectional study among Greek dental students

Karveleas

Kyriakouli

Koukou

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Eur J Dental Education

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Introduction The social media attitude of health science students might affect patients' opinion about the health profession and have negative impact on e‐professionalism. The aim of this study is to investigate the behaviour of Greek dental students on Facebook, focusing on potentially unprofessional posts and the online student‐patient relationship. Materials and methods Five hundred and twelve dental students in Greece answered an anonymous, 23‐item questionnaire including multiple‐choice questions about various topics, including Facebook profile settings and content shared by dental students, student‐patient relationship via Facebook; and students' perception about the impact of their online behaviour. Results 93.2% of responders had a Facebook profile and 80.5% admitted that their online attitude might affect patients' opinion about dental profession. However, 71.7% posted pictures from holidays, 41.5% from nightclubs, and 26.2% photographs wearing swimwear/underwear, while 12.8% expressed online political party predilection. One quarter of students in clinical years were Facebook friends with patients and 58% and 30% of them had online discussion about topics related or not to dentistry, respectively, while 6.8% of dental students had posted defamatory comments about the dental school, faculty members or academic staff on Facebook. Discussion In accordance with studies in other countries, most Greek dental students had a Facebook profile and, although the majority realised the impact of Facebook behaviour on e‐professionalism, a considerable percentage posted unprofessional content. Conclusion Dental students might fall into pitfalls when it comes to e‐professionalism. As social media are becoming an integral part of life, there is need to include e‐professionalism in dental education curriculum.

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The relationship between Facebook behaviour and e‐professionalism: A questionnaire‐based cross‐sectional study among Greek dental students

Karveleas

Kyriakouli

Koukou

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Eur J Dental Education

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“…Maintaining professional identity on social media is a daunting task as the boundary between professionalism and unprofessional conduct is delicate and invisible. Educators nd it hard to de ne the extent to which the online identity should be allowed to re ect the concerned professional (41). An interesting term of a "dual-citizen model" has been coined that can be applied by creating different online pro les.…”

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“…The ensuing adult and active learning would aim at developing professional identities of healthcare professionals and students (3). A great majority of medical educators and health policy makers have argued that use of social media in medical disciplines should be taught early in medical education and this module should include; professional standards for use of social media, integration of social media into clinical practice, professional networking (41), and research (19). Furthermore, essential remedial measures should be inculcated into this module that can explain concerns about social media and professionalism (21,40).…”

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“…1. Usage of social media by healthcare professionals and students (1,7, By and large, the usage of social media by health professionals has escalated during the last decade (1,7,, there is a negative impact of social media usage on medical professionalism as re ected by erosion of professional integrity (11,17,21,(25)(26)(27)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41), an upsurge of awareness about professional identity but rise in unprofessional behaviors in the digital era (7,11,13,18,21,24,27,39,40,43,44) and some evidence of enhanced acquisition of knowledge about digital professionalism by incorporating structured modules in curricula (3,11,19,21,24,26,34,40,41,46,47).…”

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Preserving Professional Identities, Behaviors, and Values in Digital Professionalism: A Scoping Review

Guraya

Yusoff

2020

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Background Despite a rapid rise of use of social media in medical disciplines, uncertainty prevails among healthcare professionals for providing medical content on social media. There are also growing concerns about unprofessional behaviors and blurring of professional identities that are undermining digital professionalism. This review tapped the literature to determine the impact of social media on medical professionalism and how can professional identities and values be maintained in digital era. Methods We searched the databases of PubMed, ProQuest, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, and EBSCO host using (professionalism AND (professionalism OR (professional identity) OR (professional behaviors) OR (professional values) OR (professional ethics))) AND ((social media) AND ((social media) OR (social networking sites) OR Twitter OR facebook)) AND (health professionals). The research questions were based on participants (health professionals), concept (professionalism), and context (social media, digital world). We screened initial yield of titles using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria and selected a group of articles for qualitative analysis. We used the Biblioshiny® software package for generation of popular concepts as clustered keywords. Results Our search yielded 44 articles with four leading themes; marked rise in use of social media by healthcare professionals and students, negative impact of social media on digital professionalism, blurring of medical professional values, behaviors, and identity in digital era, limited evidence for teaching and assessing digital professionalism. A high occurrence of violation of patient privacy and professional integrity and cyberbullying is reported. There are no existing guidelines and policies for digital professionalism that can safeguard healthcare professionals, students and patients. Conclusion Our scoping review reports a rapid rise of unprofessional behaviors on social media among healthcare professionals. The boundaries between personal and professional practices are mystified in digital professionalism. These findings call for potential educational ramifications to resurrect professional virtues, behaviors and identities of healthcare professionals and students.

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“…We tend to seek out and spend more time with people who share our beliefs and values and therefore social media in general is known to encourage an 'echo chamber' effect, in which increasingly polarised views can develop without the benefit of external challenge (Del Vicario et al 2016). It is important therefore that students are supported to develop safe ways to use social media and appreciate these risks (Henning et al 2017).…”

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Understanding the benefits and risks of nursing students engaging with online social media

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Exploring educational interventions to facilitate health professional students’ professionally safe online presence

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The relationship between Facebook behaviour and e‐professionalism: A questionnaire‐based cross‐sectional study among Greek dental students

The relationship between Facebook behaviour and e‐professionalism: A questionnaire‐based cross‐sectional study among Greek dental students

Preserving Professional Identities, Behaviors, and Values in Digital Professionalism: A Scoping Review

Understanding the benefits and risks of nursing students engaging with online social media

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