TY - JOUR
T1 - Socially awkward abroad
T2 - A call for social media policies in residencies that offer global health electives
AU - Keating, Elizabeth M.
AU - Lukolyo, Heather
AU - Crouse, Heather L.
AU - Pitt, Michael B.
AU - Clair, Nicole St
AU - Butteris, Sabrina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2018 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Both social media use and the popularity of global health electives (GHEs) have increased in recent years. Social media use during GHE is commonplace and has benefits, yet sharers may not consider the ramifications of these posts, including privacy violations. Social media policies-which have become more common in residency programs-may aid in providing clear expectations to trainees abroad. The authors aimed to determine the prevalence of social media policies among pediatric residency programs that offer GHE. The authors used a cross-sectional survey design in which educators at pediatric residency programs that offer GHE were surveyed using REDCap®. For all quantitative data, proportions of responses were calculated and analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2013®. The authors analyzed qualitative data using a conventional content analysis approach. The survey was sent to 74 educators; 39 (53%) responses were received. Most (62%; n = 24) of the pediatric residency programs that offer GHE reported that their institution had a social media policy. About one-third (34%; n = 13) of respondents stated that their programs had social media guidelines that pertained specifically to GHE and fewer indicated that social media guidelines were included in their programs' GHE predeparture curricula (32%; n = 12). This study found that most of the residency programs surveyed had social media guidelines, but few had guidelines applicable or specific to GHE. Informed by this study and a literature review, the authors propose template language for a social media guideline with considerations for social media use in the context of GHE.
AB - Both social media use and the popularity of global health electives (GHEs) have increased in recent years. Social media use during GHE is commonplace and has benefits, yet sharers may not consider the ramifications of these posts, including privacy violations. Social media policies-which have become more common in residency programs-may aid in providing clear expectations to trainees abroad. The authors aimed to determine the prevalence of social media policies among pediatric residency programs that offer GHE. The authors used a cross-sectional survey design in which educators at pediatric residency programs that offer GHE were surveyed using REDCap®. For all quantitative data, proportions of responses were calculated and analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2013®. The authors analyzed qualitative data using a conventional content analysis approach. The survey was sent to 74 educators; 39 (53%) responses were received. Most (62%; n = 24) of the pediatric residency programs that offer GHE reported that their institution had a social media policy. About one-third (34%; n = 13) of respondents stated that their programs had social media guidelines that pertained specifically to GHE and fewer indicated that social media guidelines were included in their programs' GHE predeparture curricula (32%; n = 12). This study found that most of the residency programs surveyed had social media guidelines, but few had guidelines applicable or specific to GHE. Informed by this study and a literature review, the authors propose template language for a social media guideline with considerations for social media use in the context of GHE.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0501
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0501
M3 - Article
C2 - 30226146
AN - SCOPUS:85056283156
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 99
SP - 1275
EP - 1282
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -