Social Media in Medical Education: Embracing a New Medium
by ryanmadanickmd on Oct 27, 2011
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This talk was given at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine on October 27, 2011, as part of the UNC Academy of Educators Lecture Series.
This talk was given at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine on October 27, 2011, as part of the UNC Academy of Educators Lecture Series.
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Re: your question...
Your concern is certainly valid; protecting patient privacy is paramount. The framing is very important. Bobby asked a general question about a disease entity (eosinophilic esophagitis), about which we had a discussion. For example, I could send a tweet out to ask Howard Luks to find out if he is seeing any increased incidence of certain types of fractures in such-and-such a disease (or with PPIs, etc). For all intents and purposes, it could be just a general question (for knowledge) or about someone I have specifically in mind. The framing here is just for knowledge.
I didn't ask Bobby publicly about the case or why he asked. Of course, if it started getting specific I would do what Bryan Vartabedian recommends and take it private. If Bobby had said something like 'I just saw a 19 year old that I think has EoE'...that's a different story altogether.
There have been occasions that I've mentioned to friends that they should be careful because their tweets/posts are in the grey zone...no specific patient information, but enough to be concerned (e.g., something like, 'I just delivered my first set of twins!' is non-specific, but I think there is enough to warrant concern).
RDM 7 months ago Reply