Jin Packard
Jin Packard is a medical student.
Social Media in Medicine
Google "anonymity medical blogs" and you will find many takes on this. Some anonymous med-bloggers advocate the value of sharing real-life stories, but to me that comes loaded with layers of conflicts of interests. We all have the right to…
Google “anonymity medical blogs” and you will find many takes on this. Some anonymous med-bloggers advocate the value of sharing real-life stories, but to me that comes loaded with layers of conflicts of interests. We all have the right to be anonymous, but is it always a good idea to do it just because we can?
- Why do you want to be anonymous?
- Who does it protect? And from what?
- Does it promote
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Should medical bloggers be anonymous?
Social Media in Medicine
Recently we saw a flurry of discussions about online physician professionalism, the merits of being anonymous, and teachable moments. As a newbie I'm trying to figure this out. But I need to be more mindful of the filter bubble -…
Recently we saw a flurry of discussions about online physician professionalism, the merits of being anonymous, and teachable moments. As a newbie I’m trying to figure this out. But I need to be more mindful of the filter bubble – a self-imposed bias by preferentially linking to people and things we agree with, thus unwittingly trivializing reasonable alternatives.
I’ve just had 3 “Uh-oh” moments:
- Right after the #hcsm
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