Institute of Learning Mohammad Bin Rashid, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, Unted Arab Emirates.
College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, Unted Arab Emirates.
Ann Med. 2024 Dec;56(1):2398202. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2024.2398202. Epub 2024 Sep 12.
There has been an alarming surge in the usage of social networking sites (SNSs) by healthcare professionals (HCPs) without adherence to the principles of professionalism. The widespread use of SNSs in medical practices has been coupled with reports of breaches of professional behaviors. Despite the benefits of SNSs, skepticism prevails about a clearly defined role for SNSs within medicine based upon the core principles of professionalism. Thus, there is a need to understand the manifestations of professionalism in the digital context, classically known as e-professionalism. This study systematically examines HCPs' perceptions of e-professionalism to advance a thorough understanding of e-professionalism.
This concept analysis was performed using the principle-based approach of Penrod and Hupcey. In January 2023, we searched the databases of PubMed and ISI Web of Science for English-language articles specific to 'e-professionalism' in the medical field. The final selected research corpus of 63 articles was analyzed in this study.
A comprehensive analysis of the selected articles highlighted that e-professionalism is an epistemologically mature and distinct concept by a standard definition. However, inconsistencies in conceptual meanings were reported due to varied interpretations despite digital literacy. The pragmatic utility showed a lack of sound methodological and philosophical paradigms. Perhaps the rapid technological advancements and manifestations have hampered linguistic maturity. However, logically, e-professionalism is perceived as an extension of conventional professionalism but with a focus on a distinct framework with a set of attributes to be digitally relevant.
This study identifies a scarcity of research about the collective perspective of essential stakeholders, underpinning the need to further explore e-professionalism due to its emerging complex nature within the digital context. There is also a recognition that a framework is essential to guide future HCPs to yield a profound understanding and to provide remediation strategies in the rapidly advancing medical field in digital realm.
医疗保健专业人员（HCP）在使用社交网络（SNS）时，没有遵守专业精神原则，导致其使用量令人震惊地激增。在医疗实践中广泛使用 SNS 的同时，也有报道称违反了专业行为。尽管 SNS 有很多好处，但基于专业精神的核心原则，对于 SNS 在医学中的明确角色，仍然存在怀疑。因此，需要了解数字环境下专业精神的表现形式，通常称为电子专业精神。本研究系统地考察了 HCP 对电子专业精神的看法，以深入了解电子专业精神。
本概念分析采用了 Penrod 和 Hupcey 的基于原则的方法。2023 年 1 月，我们在 PubMed 和 ISI Web of Science 数据库中搜索了特定于医学领域的“电子专业精神”的英文文章。在这项研究中，对最终选择的 63 篇文章进行了分析。
对选定文章的全面分析表明，电子专业精神是一个具有认识论成熟度和独特概念的标准定义。然而，由于数字素养的不同解释，报告了概念含义的不一致。实用主义的实用性表明缺乏健全的方法论和哲学范式。也许是快速的技术进步和表现阻碍了语言的成熟。然而，从逻辑上讲，电子专业精神被视为传统专业精神的延伸，但重点是一个具有一套属性的独特框架，使其与数字相关。
本研究确定了对基本利益相关者集体观点的研究不足，这表明需要进一步探索电子专业精神，因为它在数字环境下具有新兴的复杂性。也认识到框架对于指导未来的 HCP 非常重要，以产生深刻的理解，并在数字领域中快速发展的医学领域提供纠正策略。
