12a) Facebook and Professionalism: A student-led project to raise awareness of the pitfalls of social media.

Sam McCarthy (Lead - Dentistry), Kajaniy Kanna (Dentistry), Ovie Edafe (Medicine), Peter Butler (Medicine), Jessica Taylor (Human Communication Sciences), Kirsty Newson (Human Communication Sciences)

Type:
Presentation
Time:
Second Session (12:20 – 13:20) 
Location:
Inox Conference Suite 3
 


 What is this about?The session will involve presenting work done by the Student Ambassadors for Learning and Teaching (SALTs) from the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health. This year the team are working to raise awareness of the pitfalls of social media and the unexpected problems it can cause professionals and students, particularly in relation to patient contact and your permanent 'digital footprint'. In this presentation we will present our project’s progress towards developing an interactive online resource; containing videos, advice and useful links to clarify and help students maintain a professional persona whilst also benefitting from the many advantages of social media. The presentation will also discuss the effective methods for informing students of the potential risks, and how to give advice on how to walk this blurred line. The project will be prominently display real life examples and explore the challenges of applying the professional body’s codes of practice in a social media context.

What is this about?
The session will involve presenting work done by the Student Ambassadors for Learning and Teaching (SALTs) from the faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health. This year the team are working to raise awareness of the pitfalls of social media and the unexpected problems it can cause professionals and students, particularly in relation to patient contact and your permanent 'digital footprint'. In this presentation we will present our project’s progress towards developing an interactive online resource; containing videos, advice and useful links to clarify and help students maintain a professional persona whilst also benefiting from the many advantages of social media. The presentation will also discuss the effective methods for informing students of the potential risks, and how to give advice on how to walk this blurred line. The project will be prominently display real life examples and explore the challenges of applying the professional body’s codes of practice in a social media context.


How will colleagues benefit?
Colleagues will benefit from seeing potentially transferable ideas on how to raise awareness of an issue that is applicable to a wide range of students, as well as the type of resources students themselves have created for their peers. It will also be particularly beneficial for colleagues in the MDH faculty in terms of 'plugging into' this issue and understanding further how this faculty wide approach is progressing and being implemented.


 

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