How surgeons should behave on social media

Janet Wc Kung; Stephen J Wigmore

doi:10.1016/j.mpsur.2020.07.014

How surgeons should behave on social media

Surgery (Oxf). 2020 Oct;38(10):623-626. doi: 10.1016/j.mpsur.2020.07.014. Epub 2020 Aug 30.

Authors

Janet Wc Kung^{1

2}, Stephen J Wigmore^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ is a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Specialty Registrar in Surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK. Conflicts of interest: none declared.
² is Clinical Director of the EdinburghTransplant Unit, Professor of Transplantation Surgery and Consultant Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK. Conflicts of interest: none declared.

Abstract

This article documents the rise in popularity of social media use by surgeons for personal and professional use. It considers some of the important issues around privacy, patient confidentiality and professionalism and discusses some of the common pitfalls of using social media as a surgeon.

Keywords: Confidentiality; medical education; professionalism; responsibilities; social media; surgeon; surgery.

Publication types

Review