10 top tips for using social media effectively for connecting, networking and...
Legal and ethical use of social media
1. How student midwives can use social
media and not get into trouble!
Sarah Stewart
Australian College of Midwives
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2.
The good stuff about
social media
What can go wrong
Tips about
professional use of
social media
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3. The good stuff about social media
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4. Keep up to date
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12. What can go wrong?
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13. Student shares picture of her posing
with a placenta on Facebook
http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/placenta-students-and-
facebook.html
14. Doctor calls delivery suite “birthing
shed” & intensive care “cabbage patch”
http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/what-is-acceptable-language-from-
health.html
15. Paramedic boasts on Facebook that
he groped a patient’s breasts
http://www.paramedics.org.au/media/media-coverage/paramedic-who-boasted-on-facebook-found-guilty-of-
misconduct-daily-mail-uk/
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Radiographer congratulating a woman on Facebook
on their pregnancy having seen it in the woman's
records
Hospital porter adding a patient as a friend on
Facebook after seeing the person's details on hospital
headboard
Hospital employee making comments on Facebook
that brought the hospital into disrepute
Midwife blogs about a client in such a way that the
woman can be identified
American midwife gives inappropriate advice to
pregnant woman in New Zealand
Paramedic slams midwife on Facebook but says it's
his sense of humour
17. Tips about professional use of social
media
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18. Be mindful of
the university's
policies, as well
as professional
and legal codes
and standards
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23. Be mindful about who you add as
friends – do not add women who are
in your care
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24. Do not publish
anything that you
wouldn't want on
the front page of
a newspaper
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25. Be respectful at all times
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26. Do not talk about
clients/women or
colleagues
without their
permission, which
includes photos
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27. Do not give advice to pregnant
women or clients
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28. Be careful about copyright
– do not use materials
whose copyright belong to
others
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29. Remember the 3 golden rules of
online communication
Six degrees of separation – the world
of social media is a small one
Once on the Internet, always on the
Internet
If in doubt......don't do it!
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