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'Doctors can't be doctors all of the time': a qualitative study of how general practitioners and medical students negotiate public-professional and private-personal realms using social media.

Megan MarshalVikram NiranjanEimear SpainJoe MacDonaghJane O'DohertyRaymond O'ConnorAndrew O'Regan
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
Guidance is required for students and medical practitioners on how to establish reasonable boundaries between their personal and professional presence on social media and in their private life so that poorly judged use of social media does not negatively affect career prospects and professional efficacy.
Keyphrases
  • social media
  • medical students
  • healthcare
  • health information
  • health insurance
  • primary care
  • mental health
  • emergency department
  • general practice
  • high school
  • current status
  • adverse drug