Social media
Social media for doctors: your comments and messages count as your content
Even casual online interactions can carry professional risk, writes Dr Maria Li
Influencers vs evidence: navigating contraceptive advice on TikTok
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for young adults to tell the difference between accurate and misleading reproductive health information on TikTok. This can shape their reproductive beliefs and ultimately, their reproductive choices.
Young Australians need nuanced solutions to social media harms
The relationship between social media and mental health is complicated. Minimising the harms of social media in children and adolescents will require a multifaceted approach.
Social media for doctors: making fun of patients is never OK
When using humour on social media, don’t make patients the punchline, writes Dr Maria Li.
Social media for doctors: your posts should reflect your judgement, not your stream of consciousness
Social media feels personal, but posting without filter can have professional perils, writes Dr Maria Li.
Social media for doctors: popularity is not respect
Social media algorithms reward engagement, but chasing likes can cost doctors dearly, writes Dr Maria Li.
Social media is media: a crucial reminder for doctors
Social media is a public publication platform. Doctors who confuse familiarity with privacy, do so at their peril, writes Dr Maria Li.
How to use social media for health communication with young people
With 82% of young people using social media for health information, it’s increasingly important for health professionals to cut through online misinformation with reliable and appealing social media health communication for young people.
