Perceptions of Unprofessional Social Media Behavior Among Emergency Medicine Physicians

Soares, William E.; Shenvi, Christina; Waller, Nikki; Johnson, Rebecca; Hodgson, Carol S.

doi:10.4300/jgme-d-16-00203.1

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“…Despite previous studies demonstrating a significant potential for unprofessional SMB, including patient privacy violations, profanity or discriminatory language, and posting sexually explicit material, [19][20][21] review of this chat did not reveal any instances of unprofessional posts by our group members. In addition, although no ''ground rules'' were set at the initiation of the WhatsApp group, we believe that there was a grassroots effort by the participants to create a safe productive online space, emphasizing approaches rooted in feminism, including collaboration, reciprocity, community building, and respect.…”

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The Use of Social Media by Female Physicians in an International Setting: A Mixed Methods Study of a Group WhatsApp Chat

Ibrahim

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Abdel-Razig

2020

Women's Health Reports

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Background: The past decade has witnessed an increase in informal and bottom up driven ''she-for-she'' efforts, often using social media, to promote the advancement of women in medicine. Yet, this area of research is nascent with limited information on the use of social media platforms by female physicians, especially in the international medical arena. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of a social media platform by a diverse group of female physicians in an international setting. Materials and Methods: The study used a mixed methods approach, including quantitative descriptive statistics and qualitative thematic analysis of the content of posts of a women physicians WhatsApp group during a 1-year time period (June 1, 2018-May 31, 2019). Results: The group consisted of 122 members with 4897 posts during the 1-year time period. Nine themes were identified including requests for medical information, logistics, personal recommendations, promotion, celebration, community engagement, education, women's empowerment, and employment inquiries. Engagement was high with 72% of members posting during the last 30 days of analysis and 92% of questions posted receiving a response, often within minutes. There were no instances of unprofessional social media behavior. Conclusions: The social media platform was effective in enabling female physicians to expand networks, exchange ideas, share scientific information, celebrate accomplishments, and provide support to colleagues. Creating a social media forum for women physicians may be an effective tool to foster a network of support and community.

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The Use of Social Media by Female Physicians in an International Setting: A Mixed Methods Study of a Group WhatsApp Chat

Ibrahim

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Abdel-Razig

2020

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“…Furthermore, state medical boards appear to have lower thresholds for investigating unprofessional behaviour related to ‘social identity’ (e.g. derogatory speech, consumption of alcohol) compared to most physicians’ perceived risk . The emergence of social media for both professional communication and personal expression by physicians may provide insight into whether sustained unprofessional behaviour online is a risk factor for longer‐term repercussions on certification and licensing.…”

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

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Most urologists maintained public Facebook accounts after the transition to practice, and about half of these contained unprofessional or potentially objectionable content. Amidst their increasing self-identification as urologists on social media, the majority of practising urologists had posted concerning content, which could have an impact on their professional identities and public perceptions of the specialty.

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“…Neste contexto, publicações realizadas por estudantes e profissionais de saúde, por vezes revelam informações confidenciais com publicações de informações e imagens capazes de identificar pacientes (Barnable, Cunning, Parcon, 2018;Cain, Scott, Akers, 2009;Chretien et al, 2009;Lagu et al, 2008;Marnocha, Marnocha, Pilliow, 2015;Martorell, Nascimento, Garrafa, 2015;Soares et al, 2017).…”

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“…No campo da bioética, a prudência permite chegar a decisões racionais e razoáveis, sendo a capacidade de valorar, antes de atuar, tudo o que está envolvido em determinada situação. É a virtude da boa deliberação (Delgado, Molina, 2009 Como relatado por parte dos entrevistados, há no Facebook consequências sobre o trabalho, considerando que muitos empregadores consideram a análise do perfil nesta mídia social decisivo para a contratação, pois consideram que essas informações podem revelar rapidamente os pontos de vista políticos, sociais e profissionais da pessoa que currículos e entrevistas de seleção não oferecem (Barnable, Cunning, Parcon, 2018;Edge, 2017;Soares et al, 2017).…”

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Facebook: uma rede para a enfermagem

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Background: Facebook is considered to be one of the largest existing online platforms for social networking and is also an important communication tool communication tool. The way that nursing professionals use this tool may have important health and legal implications to themselves and to health institutions Objective: To explore nurses' social representations about the use of Facebook by nursing professionals. Method: A qualitative study was conducted with twelve nurses from São Paulo State using guided questions one-to-one interviews. After the Research Ethics Committee approval, the interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed using the Collective Subject Discourse, following Serge Moscovici's Theory of Social Representations. Findings: Five Central Ideas and their Collective Subject Discourses were identified: "Facebook as a nursing professional communication tool"; "The nursing professionals' immaturity when using Facebook"; "The fragility of the nursing professional's ethics in the use of Facebook"; "Discretion as an important virtue for nurses when using Facebook" and "Facebook as a management tool." Conclusions: Facebook is an important communication tool that contributes to social representations of the nursing profession. Nurses understand the use of Facebook by other nursing professionals as being immature and often unethical, which may compromise patients and professionals' privacy and confidentiality. This might be a reflection of the lack of discussions about the use of social media by health professionals during training and practice and of the fact that Facebook is a relatively new communication channel with not well established and disseminated confidentiality regulations. Nurses recognize the need for improvement of nurses' discretion as ethical virtue when using social media. Participants recommended the implementation of actions based on ethical principles and on the Code of

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Perceptions of Unprofessional Social Media Behavior Among Emergency Medicine Physicians

Abstract: Background Use of social media (SM) by physicians has exposed issues of privacy and professionalism. While guidelines have been created for SM use, details regarding specific SM behaviors that could lead to disciplinary action presently do not exist.

Cited by 12 publications

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The Use of Social Media by Female Physicians in an International Setting: A Mixed Methods Study of a Group WhatsApp Chat

The Use of Social Media by Female Physicians in an International Setting: A Mixed Methods Study of a Group WhatsApp Chat

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

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