Older and wiser? Changes in unprofessional content on urologists’ social media after transition from residency to practice

Koo, Kevin; Bowman, Max; Ficko, Zita; Gormley, E. Ann

doi:10.1111/bju.14363

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“…In a related vein, subspecialty training may lead physicians to further develop their professional identity, which may also drive greater social media use. 21 It is possible that emphasizing social media education earlier in medical training, such as during residency, may promote social media use among graduates. It is important to note, however, that most physicians may pursue fellowship for reasons unrelated to social media presence, such as to develop subspecialty knowledge, refine and learn new skills, or enhance future academic prospects.…”

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Fellowship Training Is a Significant Predictor of Sports Medicine Physician Social Media Presence

LaGrant

Navarro

Becker

et al. 2021

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

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Purpose To quantify social media use of professional sports team physicians on popular platforms and analyze differences between users and nonusers. Methods Team physicians for professional sports teams in the National Football League, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, and National Basketball Association were identified and characterized based on training background, practice setting, and geographic location. Rates of social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and ResearchGate were determined. Differences between social media users and nonusers were analyzed. Results In total, 505 professional team physicians were identified across 4 major professional sports; 64.6% of physicians were orthopaedic surgeons. Of 505 physicians, 65.7% had a social media presence. More specifically, 21.8% had a professional Facebook page, 22.6% a professional Twitter page, 52.1% a LinkedIn profile, 21.4% a ResearchGate profile, and 9.1% an Instagram account. Fellowship-trained physicians ( P = .008) had greater odds of having a social media presence. Conclusions Nearly two-thirds of professional team physicians have a social media presence, most commonly LinkedIn. Fellowship training is a significant predictor of sports medicine physician social media presence. Sports league affiliation, training background, practice setting, and geographic location are unrelated to social media presence. Level of Evidence IV, cross-sectional study.

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confidence: 99%

Fellowship Training Is a Significant Predictor of Sports Medicine Physician Social Media Presence

LaGrant

Navarro

Becker

et al. 2021

Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation

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“…Furthermore, Facebook owners can access all data of their clients that they have uploaded for personal or corporate use. Lastly, a past history of posting unprofessional content on Facebook strongly predicts the occurrence of same event in future as well (44). In other words, future professional behavior is predicted by past behaviors.…”

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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

Preprint

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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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“…These behaviours tend to fit into three broad categories: behaviours harmful to others (bullying, intimidation, and discrimination), anti-social behaviours (drugs, alcohol and sexually explicit content), and direct threats to employer and organisational reputation (negative posts about employers, workmates and workplaces, breaching confidentiality etc.) (Koo, Bowman, Ficko, & Gormley, 2018;Kenny & Johnson, 2016;Langenfeld et al, 2014;Barlow et al, 2015).…”

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Australian employer perceptions of unprofessional social media behaviour and its impact on graduate employability

Sutherland

Freberg

Driver

2019

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Social media has become a tool used for the process of employee recruitment in a range of industries. The technology is utilised by job candidates and by employers and job-recruiters to screen and source suitable staff for their organisations. Research has investigated issues relating to ethics, privacy and accuracy regarding employers’ use of social media to screen prospective employees. Yet, limited research has been conducted to investigate employer perceptions of prospective/current employees’ unprofessional social media behavior. Our study involved a survey of 396 Australia employers from a range of industries to explore the influence of job-candidates’ social media presence on employer decision-making and the most unprofessional social media behaviors according to employers. Our investigation found 82% of employers are influenced by a job candidate’s social media presence and using social media to intentionally cause harm to others was perceived by employers as the most unprofessional social media behavior. The findings from this study will assist educators in guiding university students and graduates to meet industry expectations as professionals and provide scholars with new knowledge as to what is deemed to be unacceptable behavior in a professional context at this point in the evolution of social media.

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Older and wiser? Changes in unprofessional content on urologists’ social media after transition from residency to practice

Cited by 25 publications

References 22 publications

Fellowship Training Is a Significant Predictor of Sports Medicine Physician Social Media Presence

Fellowship Training Is a Significant Predictor of Sports Medicine Physician Social Media Presence

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

Australian employer perceptions of unprofessional social media behaviour and its impact on graduate employability

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