Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
J Surg Educ. 2013 Jul-Aug;70(4):502-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2013.02.005. Epub 2013 Apr 10.
To determine the frequency of social networking, the degree of information publicly disclosed, and whether unprofessional content was identified in applicants from the 2010 Residency Match.
Medical professionalism is an essential competency for physicians to learn, and information found on social networking sites may be hazardous to the doctor-patient relationship and an institution's public perception. No study has analyzed the social network content of applicants applying for residency.
Online review of social networking Facebook profiles of graduating medical students applying for a residency in orthopedic surgery. Evidence of unprofessional content was based upon Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education guidelines. Additional recorded applicant data included as follows: age, United States Medical Licensing Examination part I score, and residency composite score. Relationship between professionalism score and recorded data points was evaluated using an analysis of variance.
Nearly half of all applicants, 46% (200/431), had a Facebook profile. The majority of profiles (85%) did not restrict online access to their profile. Unprofessional content was identified in 16% of resident applicant profiles. Variables associated with lower professionalism scores included unmarried relationship status and lower residency composite scores.
It is critical for healthcare professionals to recognize both the benefits and risks present with electronic communication and to vigorously protect the content of material allowed to be publically accessed through the Internet.
确定社交网络的使用频率、公开信息的程度，以及在 2010 年住院医师匹配中是否发现申请人的不专业内容。
医学专业精神是医生必须学习的一项重要能力，社交网站上的信息可能对医患关系和机构的公众形象造成危害。目前还没有研究分析过申请住院医师的申请人的社交网络内容。
对申请骨科住院医师的医学生进行在线社交网络 Facebook 资料审查。不专业内容的证据基于毕业后医学教育认证委员会的指导方针。记录的申请人数据还包括以下内容：年龄、美国医师执照考试第一部分成绩和住院医师综合成绩。使用方差分析评估专业评分与记录数据点之间的关系。
近一半的申请人（46%，200/431）有 Facebook 个人资料。大多数个人资料（85%）没有限制其个人资料的在线访问。在 16%的住院医师申请人个人资料中发现了不专业的内容。与较低专业评分相关的变量包括未婚关系状况和较低的住院医师综合评分。
医疗保健专业人员必须认识到电子通信既存在好处，也存在风险，并积极保护允许通过互联网公开访问的材料的内容。
