helping medical students to develop their digital presence
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7/22/2019 Helping medical students to develop their digital presence.
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Helping Medical Students to Develop TheirDigital Presence
Dr Anne Marie Cunningham, Academic Lead for eLearning, Institute of MedicalEducation, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
OBJECTIVESThe General Medical Council recently introduced new
explanatory guidance on doctors’ use of social mediaalongside the updated edition of core guidance for doctors,
Good medical practice. It is recommended that medical
schools consider helping students to explore their digital
identity. A 2 hour teaching session was developed to be
delivered to all 1st year students in large groups (75) in the
‘welcome week’ of the 1st semester.
PROCESSThe sessions addressed dilemmas in the use of social media for students
concerning privacy and confidentiality. There was an exploration of digital
footprint through ‘live googling’ of staff and students.
Students were also encouraged to explore positive aspects of digital
presence through considering the successful ways that medical students
and doctors have integrated social media into their professional
identities. Finally, time was spent exploring strategies to deal with digital
distraction which students may experience when using mobile platforms
and social media tools. Sessions were interactive through the use of
discussion in small groups and the use of web-based audience response
software. Students were provided with support resources through a
digital curation website.
OUTCOMESThe sessions received very positive feedback from
tudents with regards to the content and the method.
Examples of feedback included
“ The lecturer was very good and
nteractive. Learnt a lot about the
mportance of privacy settings”
“Sometimes the questions were really
testing- I liked the need to discuss
certain situations”
“ I enjoyed the discussions about the
ethics behind things you do on the
internet ” CONCLUSIONS
This session demonstrated that issues of digital presence can be raised
with students in an interactive way in a large group teaching session
through the use of social media tools themselves and audience response
software. There has been interest from other health professional courses
in the university and further afield in developing the session.