Enhancing Professionalism Online (Netiquette) in Medical Schools: A Systematic Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relaxing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions has not seen the return to previous in-person teaching formats. As blended training continues to be used, there is emphasis on the need to better appreciate the expectations, etiquette, and professional code of conduct ("netiquette") surrounding online learning, especially in light of evidence that poor online professionalism compromises learning and clinical practice.

Objectives

This review seeks to map regnant netiquette guidelines in medical schools that will inform and provide preliminary recommendations for a clinically relevant framework.

Design

This study is a systematic scoping review (SSR).

Methods

Krishna's Systematic Evidence-Based Approach (SEBA)'s Constructivist ontological and Relativist ep

SUBMITTER: Ng DKW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11851755 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature