Prevalence of Unprofessional Social Media Content Among Young Vascular Surgeons

Hardouin, Scott; Cheng, Thomas W.; Raulli, Stephen J.; Jones, Douglas W.; Siracuse, Jeffrey J.; Kalish, Jeffrey; Mitchell, Erica L.; Farber, Alik

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2019.01.015

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“…A now-retracted study investigating unprofessional SoMe content among vascular surgeons was itself subject to criticism on SoMe for its definition of unprofessional behaviour. 10 Photographs depicting surgeons holding alcohol, wearing inappropriate attire (the example given: bikinis) and posting comments on controversial social topics were labelled as potentially unprofessional. Many healthcare professionals took to SoMe to highlight the subjective nature of the definition and its implicit biases, starting the #MedBikini trend.…”

Section: Criticisms Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Social media: medical education's double-edged sword

D'souza¹,

Shah²,

Oki

et al. 2021

Future Healthcare Journal

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Social media (SoMe) are platforms that enable users to create and share content, or participate in social networking. Medical education is rapidly moving into a post-COVID world, with the use of SoMe becoming ever more prominent. We explore the risks and benefits of using this technology to assist learning and examine these in light of relevant educational theory.Benefits include accessibility to experts, opportunities for mentorship, access to support networks, resource sharing and global participation. Following the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, SoMe has provided the impetus to adapt medical curricula to address health inequities in minority ethnic individuals.Key criticisms focus on superficial learning, psychological safety, correctly identifying level of expertise, professionalism and ownership protections for content creators. Users have limited ways to manage risk.The medical education community must adapt and rapidly critique SoMe innovations so that they can be better developed and learned from, all the while remaining vigilant.

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Section: Criticisms Of Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Social media: medical education's double-edged sword

D'souza¹,

Shah²,

Oki

et al. 2021

Future Healthcare Journal

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“…In the article, "Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons," Hardouin et al 1 classified "comments centered around specific stances on abortion" as "potentially unprofessional" and "socially controversial." The authors failed to cite any formal guidelines or evidence to support this classification.…”

Section: Abortion Is a Medical Topic Appropriate For Professional Dismentioning

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Abortion is a medical topic appropriate for professional discussion

Stowers

Raidoo

2020

Journal of Vascular Surgery

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“…Three screeners, self-identified as men under the age of 40, were to determine whether content found on three major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) was deemed clearly unprofessional or potentially unprofessional on public accounts of vascular surgery trainees and/or recent graduates. 1 Examples of "potentially unprofessional content" cited by the screeners included "provocative Halloween costumes," "provocative posing in bikinis/ swimwear," "surgeons holding alcohol," and "specific stances on abortion and gun control." Despite the authors' recognition of a study limitation being that definitions of clear and potential unprofessional posts may be subjective, the study methodology is ultimately flawed, and as a result, their findings need to be evaluated critically for their misogynistic and misguided undertones perpetuated by the three screeners, all of whom identify as men.…”

Section: The Pursuit Of Unprofessional Social Media Behavior Through mentioning

confidence: 99%