Social media and the medical profession

Mansfield, Sarah; Morrison, Stewart; Stephens, Hugh; Bonning, Michael A; Wang, Shenghui; Withers, Aaron H. J.; Olver, Rob C; Perry, Andrew

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03149.x

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“…Ethical guidance is rules and policies that guide and maintain the professional use of SM by defining what is forbidden and inappropriate [19,20]. Many countries have released policies regarding the professional use of SM, such as the American Medical Association policy [20]; however, similar ethical guidelines for SM usage in Saudi Arabia are absent.…”

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Use of social media in education among medical students in Saudi Arabia

Alsuraihi¹,

Almaqati²,

Abughanim³

et al. 2016

Korean J Med Educ

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PurposeSocial media (SM), a virtual place where people can share, exchange, and communicate their ideas and knowledge, has become the new trend in communication and learning. This study aims to explore Saudi Arabian medical students’ usage of SM and to discover the most common resources used in medical education. Furthermore, it aims to illustrate students’ belief about the influence of SM on their learning.MethodsThis cross-sectional study administered validated questionnaires to medical students from different universities in Saudi Arabia, via emails, Twitter, Facebook, and short message service. A non-probability sampling technique was utilized and a sample size of 381 students was arrived at, using 95% confidence interval and 5% margin of error, since the total number of medical students in Saudi Arabia is approximately 36,000. The total respondents were 657 students from 23 different Saudi Arabian medical schools (females: 60.5%, n=397; males: 39.5%, n=260).ResultsThe questionnaires of 21% of the students (n=139) were excluded from the analysis since they were incomplete. The most common website used by both genders was YouTube (42.3%, n=185); however, males preferred using Twitter and Wikis (p=0.001). With regard to utilizing SM for learning, 95.8% (n=419) of the students believed that it is beneficial. Females stated that SM helps them link basic and clinical science (p=0.003).ConclusionMedical schools need to improve the utilization of SM by their faculty and students by developing activities and encouraging the usage of SM in education.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use of social media in education among medical students in Saudi Arabia

Alsuraihi¹,

Almaqati²,

Abughanim³

et al. 2016

Korean J Med Educ

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“…In their examples, Leadbeater and Miller (2004) point to the importance of new technology to the practices of amateurs. While this has resulted in a developing literature on e-professionalism (Cain and Romanelli, 2009;Greysen et al, 2010;Mansfield et al, 2011), less attention has been given to the sources and uses of information and influence by amateurs. However, Leadbetter and Miller point out how in astronomy, new discoveries are being made based upon the increased availability of low-cost, high-quality telescopes.…”

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Amateurism and professionalism in work and learning

Edwards

2014

Journal of Workplace Learning

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This article explores the concept of amateurism as a form of critique and addition to the concepts of professionalism, professional work and education. While amateurism is usually conceived pejoratively, the notion of doing something ‘for the love of it’, even if one is not formally qualified, opens up the possibilities for conceiving new forms of work, worker and sets of working relationships based upon different conceptions of expertise. Drawing upon historical and contemporary studies of the contribution of amateurism to professional work, and exploring the role of digital technologies in enabling amateurs to contribute to forms of professional practice, the article explores some of the challenges posed for work and learning, and suggests some lines of research to be explored

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“…Once information is online, it is extremely difficult to remove it (if at all) and it can quickly spread beyond one’s control. A moment of rashness could have unintended and irreversible consequences in the future such as suspension from medical school, loss of employment as a physician, and loss of trust in the medical profession [8]. It could concern future or current employment candidacy, or current employment and training conditions.…”

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The Impact of Social Media on Medical Professionalism: A Systematic Qualitative Review of Challenges and Opportunities

Gholami-Kordkheili¹,

Wild²,

Strech³

2013

J Med Internet Res

132

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BackgroundThe rising impact of social media on the private and working lives of health care professionals has made researchers and health care institutions study and rethink the concept and content of medical professionalism in the digital age. In the last decade, several specific policies, original research studies, and comments have been published on the responsible use of social media by health care professionals. However, there is no systematic literature review that analyzes the full spectrum of (1) social media–related challenges imposed on medical professionalism and (2) social media–related opportunities to both undermine and improve medical professionalism.ObjectiveThe aim of this systematic qualitative review is to present this full spectrum of social media–related challenges and opportunities.MethodsWe performed a systematic literature search in PubMed (restricted to English and German literature published between 2002 and 2011) for papers that address social media–related challenges and opportunities for medical professionalism. To operationalize “medical professionalism”, we refer to the 10 commitments presented in the physicians’ charter “Medical professionalism in the new millennium” published by the ABIM Foundation. We applied qualitative text analysis to categorize the spectrum of social media–related challenges and opportunities for medical professionalism.ResultsThe literature review retrieved 108 references, consisting of 46 original research studies and 62 commentaries, editorials, or opinion papers. All references together mentioned a spectrum of 23 broad and 12 further-specified, narrow categories for social media–related opportunities (n=10) and challenges (n=13) for medical professionalism, grouped under the 10 commitments of the physicians’ charter.ConclusionsThe accommodation of the traditional core values of medicine to the characteristics of social media presents opportunities as well as challenges for medical professionalism. As a profession that is entitled to self-regulation, health care professionals should proactively approach these challenges and seize the opportunities. There should be room to foster interprofessional and intergenerational dialogue (and eventually guidelines and policies) on both challenges and opportunities of social media in modern health care. This review builds a unique source of information that can inform further research and policy development in this regard.

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Social media and the medical profession

Cited by 82 publications

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Use of social media in education among medical students in Saudi Arabia

Use of social media in education among medical students in Saudi Arabia

Amateurism and professionalism in work and learning

The Impact of Social Media on Medical Professionalism: A Systematic Qualitative Review of Challenges and Opportunities

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