Table 3 Social networking site use by senior medical students (n = 54), Dunedin, 2016
From: Patient-targeted Googling and social media: a cross-sectional study of senior medical students
n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|
I have a social media page that contains personal information. | 49 (90.7) | |
Google+ | 9 (16.7) | |
6 (11.1) | ||
personal blog | 3 (5.6) | |
none | 3 (5.6) | |
other | 5 (9.3) | |
Frequency of access to personal social networking site pages. | never | 2 (3.7) |
less than once per day | 7 (13.0) | |
more than once per day | 19 (35.2) | |
2-4 times per day | 11 (20.4) | |
more than 5 times per day | 15 (27.8) | |
Awareness of the guidelines set out by the Code of Professional Conduct for Medical Students at the University of Otago which includes the use of social media and the Internet. | 46 (85.2) | |