Examining Health Care Students’ Attitudes toward E-Professionalism
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Objective. To compare pharmacy, osteopathic medicine, dental medicine, and physician assistant (PA) students' perceptions of e-professionalism. Methods. A 20-item questionnaire was developed and administered to four cohorts of health care professions students early in their first professional year. The questionnaire contained 16 scenarios in which a hypothetical health care student or professional shared information or content electronically and students were asked to indicate how much they agreed that the scenario represented professional behavior. Results. Ninety-four percent of students completed the questionnaire. More female students were in the pharmacy and PA cohorts. There were statistical differences in students' perceptions of e-professionalism in five of 16 scenarios. Specific differences were most often between the osteopathic medicine students and the other cohorts. Conclusions. The health care professions students surveyed had similar perceptions of e-professionalism. Of the four cohorts, osteopathic medicine students appeared less conservative in their approach to e-professionalism than the other cohorts.
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Significant gender differences in social media use were established in several studies.
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The Results report significant differences in e-professionalism responses between health-care student cohorts, not between genders. The Discussion notes that the cohorts differed in their percentages of female students but says the reasons for the response differences are unclear; it does not establish significant gender differences in social media use. (LLM, conf=0.76)
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- Authors
- Gettig, J. P., Noronha, S., Graneto, J., Obucina, L., Christensen, K. J., & Fjortoft, N. F.
- Affiliations
- Midwestern University (US)
- Kansas City University (US)
- ORCID
- Gettig, Jacob P.
- Venue
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-12
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 169
- ISSN
- 0002-9459 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5289725
- OpenAlex
- W2585525848
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 1.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Social Media in Health Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Keywords
- e-professionalism, health professions students, professional conduct, digital communication, pharmacy students, dental students, physician assistant students, professional ethics, gender differences
- MeSH terms
- Professionalism, Adult, Attitude, Attitude of Health Personnel, Education, Dental, Education, Pharmacy, Female, Humans, Male, Osteopathic Medicine, Physician Assistants, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Students, Pharmacy, Professional Role, Young Adult
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