A Checklist for Healthcare Students and Professionals on How to Use Social Media
- VernacularTitle:モラルハザード事例調査に基づく医療系学生と医療人のためのソーシャルメディア利用チェックリストの開発
- Author:
Yoko MOROI
1
;
Gen KOBAYASHI
2
;
Akiko SUGAWARA
1
;
Kazunobu ISHIKAWA
2
Author Information
- Keywords: social media; professionalism; medical students; healthcare professionals; ethics education
- From:Medical Education 2020;51(4):401-404
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
- Abstract: Background: With the expanding use of social media, medical students have been posting an increasing amount of content that against ethics and professionalism. Objective: To develop a checklist for social media use within medical education based on our national survey. Methods: We analyzed and classified unprofessional behaviors that occurred over the past ten years in Japan. Then, we developed an event-based checklist for the use of social media use. Result: The behaviors violating ethics and professionalism were classified into 3 categories. We have developed a social media checklist consisting of 10 items. Discussion: Since social networking services are becoming vital information technology, every medical student or professional may risk unprofessional behaviors when they post or exchange any professional information. We propose appropriate education using an event-based checklist for social media usage.
