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Medical professional and usage of social media

Social media connect people by sharing text, photos, audio and videos among themselves. Medical professional and patients also communicate through social media; however, issues of privacy and confidentiality of medical professions in regards to medical and health care decisions contradict with the o...

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Main Authors: Yousuf, R., Bakar, S.M.A., Haque, M., Islam, M.N., Salam, A.
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Published: Ibn Sina Trust 2017
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/18889/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33622
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spelling my.um.eprints.188892018-06-28T05:47:25Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/18889/ Medical professional and usage of social media Yousuf, R. Bakar, S.M.A. Haque, M. Islam, M.N. Salam, A. R Medicine Social media connect people by sharing text, photos, audio and videos among themselves. Medical professional and patients also communicate through social media; however, issues of privacy and confidentiality of medical professions in regards to medical and health care decisions contradict with the openness of the usage of social media. Member of the medical profession can use social media but need to abide by the code of conduct of medical ethics in order to render the best possible services. This paper emphasizes on the needs of inclusion of social media usage in future health care providers’ curriculum by the higher educational institutions in order to aware of the ethical and professional aspect. Ibn Sina Trust 2017 Article PeerReviewed Yousuf, R. and Bakar, S.M.A. and Haque, M. and Islam, M.N. and Salam, A. (2017) Medical professional and usage of social media. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 16 (4). pp. 606-609. ISSN 2223-4721 http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33622 doi:10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33622
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Yousuf, R.
Bakar, S.M.A.
Haque, M.
Islam, M.N.
Salam, A.
Medical professional and usage of social media
description Social media connect people by sharing text, photos, audio and videos among themselves. Medical professional and patients also communicate through social media; however, issues of privacy and confidentiality of medical professions in regards to medical and health care decisions contradict with the openness of the usage of social media. Member of the medical profession can use social media but need to abide by the code of conduct of medical ethics in order to render the best possible services. This paper emphasizes on the needs of inclusion of social media usage in future health care providers’ curriculum by the higher educational institutions in order to aware of the ethical and professional aspect.
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author Yousuf, R.
Bakar, S.M.A.
Haque, M.
Islam, M.N.
Salam, A.
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Bakar, S.M.A.
Haque, M.
Islam, M.N.
Salam, A.
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title Medical professional and usage of social media
title_short Medical professional and usage of social media
title_full Medical professional and usage of social media
title_fullStr Medical professional and usage of social media
title_full_unstemmed Medical professional and usage of social media
title_sort medical professional and usage of social media
publisher Ibn Sina Trust
publishDate 2017
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/18889/
http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33622
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