The British Medical Association (BMA) released social media guidelines this week entitled Using Social Media: Practical and Ethical Guidance for Doctors and Students.
This guide ‘provides a brief overview of the challenges and potential pitfalls that health professionals may encounter when using social media. It gives practical and ethical guidance on a range of subjects including, protecting patient confidentiality, defamation, the public-private boundary and the potential impact of social media use on medical education and employment’
This follows the release of similar guidelines in the US and Australia.
View the BMA site and download the full social media toolkit