legal and ethical use of social media
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How student midwives can use social media and not get into trouble!
Sarah StewartAustralian College of Midwives
2013http://www.flickr.com/photos/16043897@N00/2590521839
The good stuff about social media
What can go wrong Tips about
professional use of social media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25159380@N00/3649349353
The good stuff about social media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59217476@N00/7196460482
Keep up to date
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124468717@N01/321745
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?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29142454@N06/5372360881
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/
Image: 'LAS 7934'http://www.flickr.com/photos/26650236@N07/7338411822
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
http://www.flickr.com/photos/80901381@N04/7530054972
Be mindful of the university's policies, as well as professional and legal codes and standards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26650236@N07/3276256523
Build a professional profile
Be careful about the personal details you make
available online
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12836528@N00/3732230674
Be mindful of your security/privacy settings on your social media accounts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53611153@N00/406208791
Make professional connections
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66606673@N00/131186326
Be mindful about who you add as friends – do not add women who are
in your care
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21981149@N04/2932992750
Do not publish anything that you wouldn't want on the front page of a newspaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44073171@N00/27416248
Be respectful at all times
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21415791@N08/5354025703
Do not talk about clients/women or colleagues without their permission, which includes photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48819968@N00/2926137908
Do not give advice to pregnant women or clients
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48819968@N00/2926113800
Be careful about copyright – do not use materials
whose copyright belong to others
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55943778@N00/3640360845
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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