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Professionalism in Healthcare: Using Social Media

This guide currently addresses professionalism in healthcare and using social media. Various other aspects of professionalism will be added in the coming weeks.

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Review Articles

Hennessy, C. M., Smith, C. F., Greener, S., & Ferns, G. (2019). Social media guidelines: A review for health professionals and faculty members. The Clinical Teacher, 16(5), 442-447. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tct.13033

Hilty, D. M., Uno, J., Chan, S., Torous, J., & Boland, R. J. (2019). Role of technology in faculty development in psychiatry. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 42(3), 493-512. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2019.05.013

Liu, H. Y., Beresin, E. V., & Chisolm, M. S. (2019). Social media skills for professional development in psychiatry and medicine. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 42(3), 483-492. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2019.05.004

Luo, J. (2019). A guide for the 21st century psychiatrist to managing your online reputation, your privacy, and professional use of social media. The Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 42(4), 649-658. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2019.08.011

Markham, M. J., Gentile, D., & Graham, D. L. (2017). Social media for networking, professional development, and patient engagement. American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book. Annual Meeting, 37, 782-787. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.14694/EDBK_180077

O'Connor, S., Zhang, M., Honey, M., Lee, J. J. (2021). Digital professionalism on social media: a narrative review of the medical, nursing, and allied health education literature. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 153, 104514. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2021.104514

Vukušić Rukavina, T., Viskić, J., Machala Poplašen, L., Relić, D., Marelić, M., Jokic, D., & Sedak, K. (2021). Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(11), e25770. https://doi.org/10.2196/25770

Useful Websites

Commentary

American College of Emergency Physicians. Use of social media by emergency physicians. (2019). Annals of Emergency Medicine, 73(3), e37. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed. 2018.11.004

Garg, T. (2022). Time to develop a structured social media curriculum? Academic Radiology29(6), 948. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2019.07.032

McCabe, D. (2019). Self-analysis: How to engage with social media. A fellow's perspective. Journal of Medical Toxicology : Official Journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology, 15(4), 223-225. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13181-019-00722-1

McCarthy, C. P., DeCamp, M., & McEvoy, J. W. (2018). Social media and physician conflict of interest. The American Journal of Medicine, 131(8), 859-860. doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.02. 011