How student midwives can use social media and not get into trouble!

Sarah StewartAustralian College of Midwives

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The good stuff about social media

What can go wrong Tips about

professional use of social media

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The good stuff about social media

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Keep up to date

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Link up with midwifery gurus

Join national and international conversations about midwifery and birth

http://www.facebook.com/CordClamping

See other points of views

http://www.glorialemay.com/blog

Get connected

Develop a professional profile

http://www.linkedin.com

Join campaigns

https://www.youtube.com/user/realbirthstories

Access professional development opportunities

http://internationaldayofthemidwife.wikispaces.com/

What can go wrong?

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Student shares picture of her posing with a placenta on Facebook

http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/placenta-students-and-facebook.html

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

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

Tips about professional use of social media

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Be mindful of the university's policies, as well as professional and legal codes and standards

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Build a professional profile

Be careful about the personal details you make

available online

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Be mindful of your security/privacy settings on your social media accounts

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Make professional connections

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Be mindful about who you add as friends – do not add women who are

in your care

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Do not publish anything that you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper

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Be respectful at all times

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Do not talk about clients/women or colleagues without their permission, which includes photos

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Do not give advice to pregnant women or clients

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Be careful about copyright – do not use materials

whose copyright belong to others

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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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