Social Media in Professional Medicine: New Resident Perceptions and Practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For younger generations, unconstrained online social activity is the norm. Little data are available about perceptions among young medical practitioners who enter the professional clinical arena, while the impact of existing social media policy on these perceptions is unclear.

Objective

The objective of this study was to investigate the existing perceptions about social media and professionalism among new physicians entering in professional clinical practice; and to determine the effects of formal social media instruction and policy on young professionals' ability to navigate case-based scenarios about online behavior in the context of professional medicine.

Methods

This was a prospective observational study involving the new resident physicians at a large

SUBMITTER: Lefebvre C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4919547 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature