Ben-Yakov, 201530
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Quantitative
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Cross-sectional
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Single institution in Canada from Nov 2010 through June 2011
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N = 530 emergency physician residents, medical students in the ED rotation, and ED staff physicians
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Social media platform used: Facebook and Google
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Survey to explore attitudes about searching the Web for patient information |
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74% had a Facebook account
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19.2% had a Twitter account
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12.1% used Google to search for patients and 1.9% used Facebook to search for patients Of these individuals only 13% disclosed their action to their patients
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24.5% considered searching for patients on Facebook “very unethical”
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10 |
N/A |
Cook, 201331
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Quantitative
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Cross-sectional
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Members of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors in the United States from May through August 2012
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N = 122 members
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Social media platform used: Multiple social media sites, but predominantly Facebook
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Survey about ethics and professionalism practices |
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92.2% stated that they studied professionalism and ethics through their program’s curriculum
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66.4% provided instruction to trainees about professional behavior on social media
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66.4% where unaware of the AMA policy on “Professionalism in the Use of Social Media”
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8.5 |
N/A |
Ginory, 201232
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Quantitative
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Cross-sectional
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Members of American Psychiatric Association listserv from February through March 2011
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N = 182 psychiatry residents
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Social media platform used: Facebook
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Survey regarding Facebook use |
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18.7% said they looked up patients' profiles
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9.7% reported having received a friend request from a current patient, 0 accepted the request
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The majority said they had no guidance regarding professional use of social media Websites
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N/A |
Jent, 201133
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Quantitative
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Case series
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Single institution in the United States in pediatric department
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N = 29 faculty members (pediatricians, a psychologist, and social workers)
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N = 80 trainees (residents and medical students)
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Social media platform used: Multiple social media sites
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Survey about social media use and thoughts regarding seven fictional social media profiles |
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Greater social media use by trainees than faculty (93.8% vs 72.4%)
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Trainees and faculty alike generally believed that looking at social media about people they know or work with is not an invasion of privacy
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Only trainees (17.5%) reported conducting searches on patients on the Internet and social media sites
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No significant differences existed between faculty members’ and trainees’ responses to the vignettes
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8 |
N/A |
Landman, 201034
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Qualitative
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Cohort study
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Single institution in the United States during November 2009
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N = 88 general surgery residents
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N = 127 general surgery faculty
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Social media platform used: Facebook
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Evaluation of online profiles of general surgery residents and faculty members |
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General surgery residents (64%) and faculty members (22%) had Facebook profiles. Of these, 50% were public. Of those 50%, 31% had work-related postings
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discussed formulation of guidelines at departmental and individual level based on findings
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N/A |
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Langenfeld, 201435
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Qualitative
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Cohort study
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Residents in the Mid-West (United States) through American College Surgeons Website
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N = 319 general surgery residents with Facebook profiles
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Social media platform used: Facebook
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Reviewed Facebook profiles to assess whether they were in alignment with professionalism guidelines |
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73.7% profiles did not contain unprofessional content
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14.1% of profiles contained potentially unprofessional content (alcohol in hand, etc);
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12.2% of profiles contained clearly unprofessional content (HIPAA violation; binge drinking; sexually suggestive material)
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N/A |
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Moubarak, 201136
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Survey about Facebook and its impact on the doctor-patient relationship |
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8.5 |
N/A |
Ponce, 201337
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Qualitative
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Cohort study
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Single institution in the United States during 2010
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N = 153 orthopedic surgery residents
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Social media platform used: Facebook
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Reviewed Facebook profiles and rated them based on professionalism |
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mean professionalism score of 2.82 (3 = no professionalism issues; 2 = questionable content)
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16% of profiles contained unprofessional content
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no significant difference in professionalism scores of those who matched versus those who did not match
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N/A |
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Schulman, 201338
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Quantitative
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Cross-sectional
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Multi-institutional; in the United States, in 2009
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N = 46 medical school application reviewers
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N = 511 residency admission reviewers
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N = 43 reviewers of both medical school and residency applicants
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Social media platform used: Multiple social media sites
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Survey to assess familiarity with, usage of, and attitudes towards social media Websites of admissions offices at U.S. medical schools and residency programs |
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15% of medical schools or residency programs maintain social media profiles
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64% of reviewers searched individual profiles on social media Websites.
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53% of respondents felt that unprofessional information on applicants' social media Websites could compromise their admission
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8 |
N/A |
Thompson, 201139
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Qualitative
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Cross-sectional
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Single institution in the United States, in 2007 and 2009
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N = 372 medical student and resident profiles in 2007
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N = 651 in 2009
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Social media platform used: Facebook
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Reviewed Facebook profiles to assess for possible privacy violations and adherence to professional norms |
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N/A |
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