| Author(s) |
Study Focus |
Benefits of Social Media in Medical Education |
Limitations and Risks |
| Peck [26] |
Social media in nursing education |
Teaching tool, student privacy protection, appropriate guidelines for use |
Need for standards of conduct and privacy considerations, potential safety concerns in learning environment |
| Rukavina et al. [27] |
E-professionalism of healthcare professionals |
Professional networking and collaboration, professional education and training, patient education, and health promotion |
Loosening accountability, compromising confidentiality, blurred professional boundaries, depiction of unprofessional behavior, legal issues, and disciplinary consequences |
| Bernhardt et al. [28] |
Professional development and networking |
Immense potential for professional development and networking, advantages outweigh risks |
Potential risks, need for judicious use to maximize benefits |
| Betts et al. [29] |
Use of online professional communities |
Similar usage rates among various healthcare professionals, communication with colleagues about patient care |
Not specified |
| Bryan et al. [30] |
Parental perception of blog posts |
Improved reliability and accuracy with third-person objective voice, sleep-related posts deemed more accurate |
Personal or mixed voice perceived as less reliable, vaccine-related posts perceived as less accurate |
