What's on YOUR Facebook profile? Evaluation of an educational intervention to promote appropriate use of privacy settings by medical students on social networking sites

Medical Education Online

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Walton, Jennifer M ^a   White, Jonathan ^a   Ross, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical education; Professionalism; Social media

Indexed keywords

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STANDARDS;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84947997494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v20.28708     Document Type: Article

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