title: Who's misbehaving? Perceptions of unprofessional social media use by medical students and faculty.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Social media use by physicians offers potential benefits but may also be associated with professionalism problems. The objectives of this study were: 1) to examine and compare characteristics of social media use by medical students and faculty; 2) to explore the scope of self- and peer-posting of unprofessional online content; and 3) to determine what actions were taken when unprofessional content was viewed.
  
  
  METHODS
  An anonymous, web-based survey was sent to medical students and faculty in October, 2013 at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three-quarters of medical students reported using social media "very frequently" (several times a day), whereas less than one-third of faculty did so (p < .001). Medical students reported using privacy settings more often than faculty (96.5 % v. 78.1 %, p < .001). Most medical students (94.2 %) and faculty (94.1 %) reported "never" or "occasionally" monitoring their online presence (p = 0.94). Medical students reported self-posting of profanity, depiction of intoxication, and sexually suggestive material more often than faculty (p < .001). Medical students and faculty both reported peer-posting of unprofessional content significantly more often than self-posting. There was no association between year of medical school and posting of unprofessional content.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Medical students reported spending more time using social media and posting unprofessional content more often than did faculty.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA. elizabeth.kitsis@einstein.yu.edu.|Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA. elizabeth.kitsis@einstein.yu.edu.
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kitsis
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Felise B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Milan
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Hillel W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Family & Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.|Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.affiliation: Family & Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herron
authors.affiliation: Family & Social Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.|Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Mimi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.affiliation: Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Martha S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Grayson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000592:standards; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D061108:Social Media / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult