Erosion of Digital Professionalism During Medical Students' Core Clinical Clerkships.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The increased use of social media, cloud computing, and mobile devices has led to the emergence of guidelines and novel teaching efforts to guide students toward the appropriate use of technology. Despite this, violations of professional conduct are common.

Objective

We sought to explore professional behaviors specific to appropriate use of technology by looking at changes in third-year medical students' attitudes and behaviors at the beginning and conclusion of their clinical clerkships.

Methods

After formal teaching about digital professionalism, we administered a survey to medical students that described 35 technology-related behaviors and queried students about professionalism of the behavior (on a 5-point Likert scale), observation of others engaging i

SUBMITTER: Mostaghimi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5438450 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature