Evolving use of social media among Chinese urologists: Opportunity or challenge?
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BACKGROUND: Social media has revolutionized the way people communicate, and it has been widely incorporated into medical practice. However, limited data are available regarding the use of social media by Chinese urologists in their practice. METHODS: From 2014 to 2016, during the China Urological Association's (CUA) Annual National Minimally Invasive Urology Academic Conference, an anonymous survey on social media usage was distributed to participant urologists. RESULTS: The results of the survey, which was completed by 665 participants, indicate a conspicuous increase in social media use during the last three years. Regression analysis showed that year (2014 compared to 2016 and 2015), institute location (in the eastern region of China) and age (<35 y) were independent predictors of social media use. Rather than for personal use, an increasing number of respondents said they used social media for professional purposes, and for most respondents, social media has had a positive impact on their practice. However, when posting information on social media, few respondents were aware of the issue of protecting patients' privacy. CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrates a dramatic increase in social media use among Chinese urologists, which provides great opportunities for online academic communication and medical education. However, unprofessional use of social media in the medical practice may bring about potential risks and challenges for the further development of social media in medical practice.
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A linear relationship between increasing age and decreasing social media use was found among physicians of the same specialty or other health care professionals.
“A linear relationship between increasing age and decreasing SM use was also found among physicians of the same specialty or other HCPs [85,91,94,95,100,106].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
The Discussion (page not available) reports higher social-media engagement among Chinese urologists under 35 than among older respondents. That supports an age-related difference, but the paper does not establish the claimed linear decline with increasing age or a finding among other health care professionals. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredPositive professional behaviors and attitudes regarding patient education and health promotion were reported.
“Positive professional behaviors and attitudes regarding patient education and health promotion were also reported [34,37,75,97,106].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
The Results (Professional use of social media; page unavailable) report that 65.4% of respondents thought social media improved the efficiency of patient education, supporting the positive-attitudes part of the claim. The paper also reports some patient-facing use, but only about 30% used social media to communicate with patients; it does not report respondents’ behaviors or attitudes specifically regarding health promotion. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredStudies investigated whether participants mixed professional and personal information and activities on social media sites (blended profiles) or adopted a separation strategy (dual citizenship).
“Studies also investigated the purpose of SM use, whether participants mixed professional and personal information and activities on SM sites (blended profiles) or adopted a separation strategy where professional information and activities were clearly separated from personal ones (dual citizenship) [34,39,69,78,79,91,96,97,106].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
The Results section (Fig. 1C; page unavailable in our copy) reports that the survey asked whether respondents used social media professionally, personally, or both. That supports the claim about investigating purpose and mixed use, but the paper does not establish whether respondents kept professional information and activities clearly separate from personal ones—the specific “dual citizenship” strategy. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredLoosening accountability is a danger to e-professionalism from two points of view: eroding public trust by providing poor quality of information on social media and damaging the professional image.
“According to some studies in this review, loosening accountability can be seen as a danger to e-professionalism from two points of view: eroding public trust by providing poor quality of information on SM [39,106,117] and damaging to the professional image [43, 45, 51, 56, 57, 59, 64, 66, 68, 70, 73, 102, 106, 112].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
The Results section (‘Caution advised about unprofessional social media use in the medical practice’; page unavailable) reports that only 6% of respondents checked information for reliability and accuracy before sharing it. The Discussion (page unavailable) calls such social-media use unprofessional, but does not establish that it erodes public trust or damages the professional image. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredLoosening accountability is a danger to e-professionalism from two points of view: eroding public trust by providing poor quality information on social media and damage to professional image.
“According to some studies in this review, loosening accountability can be seen as a danger on e-professionalism from two points of view, eroding public trust by providing poor quality of information on SM [39,106,117] and damage to professional image [43, 45, 51, 56, 57, 59, 64, 66, 68, 70, 73, 102, 106, 112].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
The Results section, “Caution advised about unprofessional social media use” (page unavailable), reports that only 6% of respondents checked information for reliability and accuracy before sharing it. The Discussion calls such practices unprofessional and warns of potential problems, but it does not establish that they erode public trust or damage professional image. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Among Chinese urologists, 52.7% believe social media provides a platform for surgical or medical education.
“similar to findings among Chinese urologist where 52.7% believe that SM provides a platform for surgical or medical education [95,106].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
In Long et al's study, the majority of urologists thought social media had improved efficiency in patient education (65.4%) and patient communication (55.1%).
“In terms of communication with patients, in Long et al’s [106] study, the majority of urologists thought SM had improved efficiency in patient education (65.4%) and patient communication (55.1%).”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
Nearly half of Chinese urologists in Long et al's study had experience posting information or pictures of patients on social media.
“In Long et al’s [106] study among Chinese urologists, nearly half of the respondents had experience posting information or pictures of patients’ SM, but only 5% of them sought their patients’ consent before posting [106].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
Only 5% of those Chinese urologists sought their patients' consent before posting.
“In Long et al’s [106] study among Chinese urologists, nearly half of the respondents had experience posting information or pictures of patients’ SM, but only 5% of them sought their patients’ consent before posting [106].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
Social media have enabled the creation of communities for support.
“Besides providing the opportunity for connecting with others and sharing experiences [38,39,46,53,69,72,78,106-108], SM have enabled the creation of communities for support.”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
A survey among US surgeons indicated 70% of respondents believe social media benefits professional development.
“A survey among US surgeons indicated that 70% of respondents believe SM benefits professional development”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [106]
The Discussion reports that 28% of respondents in a previous survey of American Urological Association members used social media for professional purposes; it does not report what proportion believed it benefited professional development. The Results give reasons for professional use among the paper’s Chinese respondents, but no passage found supports the claimed 70% figure for US surgeons (searched: “70%” and “professional development”). (LLM, conf=0.75)
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- Authors
- Long, X., Qi, L., Ou, Z., Zu, X., Cao, Z., Zeng, X., Li, Y., Chen, M., Wang, Z., & Wang, L.
- Affiliations
- Central South University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Long
- Venue
- PLOS ONE
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2017-07-28
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- e0181895
- ISSN
- 1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5533312
- OpenAlex
- W2740584416
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- PLoS ONE (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- social media use, urologists, Chinese physicians, professional use of social media, patient privacy, medical education, minimally invasive urology, professional conduct of physicians
- MeSH terms
- Urologists, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Asian People, Young Adult, Social Media
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