An Analysis of Pharmacy Students’ Social Networking Service Activities and Perceptions Regarding E-Professionalism under the Newly Implemented 6-year Pharmacy Educational System in South Korea.
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Background: In the transitional period of Korean pharmacy educational system from 4-year to 6-year, it is crucial to provide pharmacy students with a proper training in professionalism in order for them to succeed as future medication experts appropriately prepared for their attitudes and behaviors online as well as off-line.Consequently, it is necessary to comprehend current social networking service (SNS) activities and perceptions of pharmacy students regarding e-professionalism.The aims of this study were to examine the use patterns of SNSs among pharmacy students and assess their perceptions regarding e-professionalism on popular SNSs under the newly implemented 6-year pharmacy educational system in South Korea.Methods: Survey instruments were administered to the first-, second-, and third-year pharmacy students (n=223) of Chosun University in Korea between September and October 2014.Results: Of 210 (94.2%) students who responded to the survey, 72.4% had 2 or 3 SNS profiles.More than 90% of students felt that pharmacy students should be accountable for their unethical or unprofessional behaviors presented on SNSs.Conclusion: Many Korean pharmacy students use SNSs.However, the term "e-professionalism" is relatively new and unfamiliar in Korea.Faculty members and administrators of pharmacy schools in Korea should introduce new issues related with "e-professionalism" to pharmacy students and make them familiar with it before starting to seek pharmacy jobs.
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Studies showed privacy settings deployment from 71% to 97% among health care professionals.
“Studies showed privacy settings deployment from 71% to 97% among HCPs [40,42,65,66,68,96,100,115,117,118].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [68]
Table 2 (DISCUSSION; page not specified) reports that 80.5% of surveyed pharmacy students used privacy settings, a figure within the cited 71%–97% range. This paper studied students, not practicing health care professionals, and does not establish the range’s endpoints. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredNumerous studies document blurred boundaries between patients and health care professionals, and between students and faculty.
“Numerous studies document blurred boundaries between patient and HCPs, and between students and faculty [40, 43, 47, 59, 64, 65, 68, 70, 73, 75, 78, 82, 85, 98, 100, 105, 107, 114, 117].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [68]
The Perceptions section (page unavailable) reports that 55% of surveyed pharmacy students wanted faculty members to use social networks to maintain a close relationship, which is relevant to student–faculty boundaries. The Introduction (page unavailable) discusses patient privacy and unprofessional posts about patients, but the paper does not document blurred patient–health care professional boundaries or establish the broader claim that numerous studies document both kinds of boundary blurring. (LLM, conf=0.78)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredStudents depict potential damage to professional image as a concern about repercussions of their posts on career development or future employment because employers check social media profiles of candidates.
“Potential damage to professional image has been depicted by students as a concern about repercussions of their posts, on career development, or on future employment since employers are checking SM profiles of candidates [43, 45, 51, 56, 57, 59, 66, 68, 70].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [68]
The Perceptions section reports that students thought social-network posts could affect others’ opinions of them and that 12.1% had posted material they did not want future employers to see. The Discussion says employers often use applicants’ profiles, but the paper does not report students identifying career-development repercussions or employer checks as the reason for their concern. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBoundaries are blurred between patients and health care professionals, and between students and faculty.
“Boundaries are blurred between patients and HCPs, and between students and faculty [40, 43, 47, 59, 64, 65, 68, 70, 73, 75, 78, 82, 85, 98, 100, 105, 107, 114, 117].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [68]
The Perceptions section reports that 55% of surveyed pharmacy students wanted faculty to use social networks to maintain a close relationship with them, which supports the student–faculty aspect. The Introduction discusses risks to patients from exposed private information, but it does not say that boundaries between patients and healthcare professionals are blurred. (LLM, conf=0.74)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredStudies found high social media use among students, ranging from 66.9% to 98.7%.
“Studies that assessed SM use among different types of HCPs found high use among students, from 66.9% to 98.7% [40,43,50,51,60,61,64-66,68-70,102]”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [68]
Potential damage to professional image has been depicted by students as concerns about repercussions of their posts on career development or future employment, since employers are checking social media profiles of candidates.
“Potential damage to the professional image has been depicted by students as concerns about repercussions of their posts on career development or future employment, since employers are checking SM profiles of candidates [43, 45, 51, 56, 57, 59, 66, 68, 70].”
From Dangers and Benefits of Social Media on E-Professionalism of Health Care Professionals: Scoping Review (2021) · cites this paper as [68]
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- Authors
- Yang, Y.-M., Jeong, E., Je, N. K., Jee, J.-P., Yoo, J. C., & Choi, E. J.
- Affiliations
- Chosun University (KR)
- Pusan National University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Choi, Eun Joo
- Venue
- Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
- Publisher
- Manuscript Technomedia LLP
- Published
- 2016-01-01
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 63-69
- ISSN
- 0019-5464 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2188370771
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Chosun University (Chosun University, 2015)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Keywords
- social networking services, e-professionalism, pharmacy students, professionalism, social media use patterns, ethical accountability, South Korea
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