Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students

Authors

Katherine C. Chretien, George Washington UniversityFollow
S. R. Greysen, Yale University
Jean-Paul Chretien
Terry Kind, George Washington University

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

9-2009

Journal

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volume

Volume 302, Issue 12

Inclusive Pages

1309-1315

Keywords

Internet; Schools, Medical--statistics & numerical data; Students, Medical--statistics & numerical data; Medical Education

Abstract

The experience of US medical schools with online posting of unprofessional content by students, and existing medical school policies to address online posting. The authors found that Many responding schools had incidents of unprofessionalstudent online postings, but they may not have adequate policyin place.

Comments

Comment in:

Medical students and unprofessional online content. [JAMA. 2010]

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APA Citation

Chretien, K.C., Greysen, S.R., Chretien, J.R., Kind, T. (2009). Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students. JAMA, 302(12), 1309-1315.

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