How Social Physicians Are? A Generation-split Analysis of the Attitudes Towards the Use of Social Media Among Romanian Physicians

Cordoş, Ariana-Anamaria; Bolboacă, Sorana D.; Drugan, Tudor

doi:10.1109/ehb47216.2019.8969965

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“…Doctors are generally highly reluctant to engage via social media [ 11 , 17 ]. As other research has proven [ 24 , 25 ], Romanian doctors consider social media to help slightly to moderately in accomplishing daily tasks, increasing the quality of the medical services delivered. Previously identified communication barriers like uncertainty concerning when, how and to what extent social media should be used, and the impact upon the followers [ 13 , 18 ] might be the reasons why the Romanian doctors do not contribute to the enrichment of healthcare knowledge of patients or do not discuss with their patients the utilization of social media for health information search.…”

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“…Two research papers interrogating Romanian doctors in 2017 identified Facebook as the most used network. Social media was recognized as providing a support platform through which clinicians have access to information, communication, or support [ 24 , 25 ]. Due to the lack of insight regarding Romanian doctors, our study aimed to evaluate existing generational differences in the professional use of social media among Romanian family physicians and dentists.…”

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Background: Across the globe it has been observed a high reluctance among doctors to engage with social media. The hereby research aims to analyze how physicians circulate medical information using social media. Material and method: The targeted sample population was represented by family physicians and dentists who during 2017 had a contract with the Romanian National Health Insurance House. From the website of the Romanian National Health Insurance House were collected the available e-mail addresses (8,497) and phone numbers (5,422). The call to complete in the research contained a link to the online questionnaire. The request to partake was sent via SMS, WhatsApp and / or e-mail from 24 May to 14 July 2017. For comparison purposes the responders were split in 3 age groups. Millennials were defined as below 38 years old. Generation X represented people between 38 and 51 years old. Baby Boomers were the group aged above 51 years old. Results: The described methodology generated 120 valid questionnaires. The majority of them came from women (61%) living in urban areas (71%) working in private practices using Facebook (85%). Generation X connect more to SM from public places as compared to Baby Boomers (p=0.007). Doctors seek medical information on SM monthly (83%) but rarely give advice through SM to colleagues (28%) or contribute to patients’ medical education (32%). Most physicians interact with their patients through SM (59%), but do not discuss with them about how to search for health information. Conclusion: This research highlighted a low SM usage among Romanian physicians. As anticipated, doctor’s awareness of the SM’s versatile environment was strongly influenced by their age. While doctors acknowledged SM as a resource for medical information they did not engage in cultivating patient’s medical education through these platforms.

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