Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Curso de Odontologia, Centro Universitário de Anápolis - UniEVANGÉLICA, Anápolis, Brazil.
Eur J Dent Educ. 2021 Aug;25(3):556-572. doi: 10.1111/eje.12633. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
The benefits of social media for health education and communication have been discussed in the literature. However, the indiscriminate utilisation by dental students and professionals, and the effects on patients' privacy and confidentiality are still little explored.
To investigate the exposure of patients' images in social media by dental students and professionals, as well as to explore how this issue is addressed in dental schools.
A literature review was performed. Search strategies were developed for the following bibliographic databases: PubMed/MEDLINE, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), and Scopus. There were no restrictions about the year of publication.
231 articles were identified through search strategies. After a two-phase process of selection, 7 studies were included. Articles mainly described how social media have been used by healthcare students and professionals and warned that this usage has often been unprofessional, risking patients' privacy and confidentiality. Thus, it is the faculty's role, as a whole, to instruct students about the wise social media usage.
The undue exposure of patients' images by dental students and professionals in social media has often been observed. Educators should include social media awareness discussions on the undergraduate curriculum.
社交媒体在健康教育和交流方面的益处已在文献中讨论过。然而，牙科学生和专业人员不加区分地使用社交媒体，以及这对患者隐私和保密性的影响，仍鲜有探讨。
调查牙科学生和专业人员在社交媒体上暴露患者图像的情况，并探讨牙科学校如何解决这一问题。
进行了文献回顾。为以下书目数据库制定了搜索策略：PubMed/MEDLINE、拉丁美洲和加勒比健康科学（LILACS）、科学电子图书馆在线（SciELO）和 Scopus。出版年份没有限制。
通过搜索策略确定了 231 篇文章。经过两轮筛选过程，纳入了 7 项研究。这些文章主要描述了医疗保健学生和专业人员如何使用社交媒体，并警告说这种使用方式往往不专业，危及患者的隐私和保密性。因此，指导学生明智使用社交媒体是整个教师团队的责任。
牙科学生和专业人员在社交媒体上过度暴露患者图像的情况经常被观察到。教育者应在本科课程中纳入社交媒体意识讨论。
