Medical Professional and Usage of Social Media

Authors

  • Rabeya Yousuf Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia) Medical Centre
  • Sheikh Muhammad Abu Bakar Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
  • Mainul Haque Unit of Pharmacology, National Defense University of Malaysia
  • Md Nurul Islam Faculty of Dentistry, SEGI University
  • Abdus Salam Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33622

Keywords:

social media usage, medical professionals, code of conduct

Abstract

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.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(4) 2017 p.606-609

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Rabeya Yousuf, Department of Pathology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia) Medical Centre



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Published

2017-08-19

How to Cite

Yousuf, R., Bakar, S. M. A., Haque, M., Islam, M. N., & Salam, A. (2017). Medical Professional and Usage of Social Media. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 16(4), 606–609. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33622

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2017)

Section

Brief Communications

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