Documentation:Digital Tattoo Case Studies Project/Pharmacy/Additional Resources
Professional Resources
The following resources highlight policies, procedures, and regulations related digital communication technologies at institutional, provincial, and national levels.
UBC
British Columbia
- College of Pharmacists of British Columbia (Website)
- Code of Ethics - Detailed College of Pharmacists of British Columbia (PDF)
- Framework of Professional Practice (PDF)
- Pharmacy Oath (PDF)
- Health Professions Act (Online report)
Canada
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA Act)
- Social Media Awareness For Regulated Healthcare Professionals (eLearning Module)
- Social media and Canadian Physicians: Issues and Rules of Engagement - Canadian Medical Association (PDF)
International
- HIPAA Social Media Rules (Report)
- Social Media in Healthcare: Privacy and Security Considerations (PDF Guideline by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Security Committee)
Open Access Scholarly Material
The following resources offer peer-reviewed perspectives on digital communication technologies in relation to healthcare professionals.
- An Assessment of Unprofessional Behaviour Among Surgical Residents on Facebook: A Warning of the Dangers of Social Media (Journal Article)
- ASHP Statement on Use of Social Media by Pharmacy Professionals (Journal Article)
- Bringing the Social Media Revolution to Health Care (Book, PDF)
- Contextualizing a Professional Social Network for Health Care: Experiences From an Action Design Research Study (Journal article)
- Crowdsourcing of Medical Data (Journal Article)
- Ethical Issues of Social Media Usage in Healthcare (Journal Article)
- Guidelines for Using Electronic and Social Media: The Regulatory Perspective (Journal Article)
- How Health Care Professionals Use Social Media to Create Virtual Communities: An Integrative Review (Journal Article)
- How Your Colleagues’ Reputation Impact Your Patients’ Odds of Posting Experiences: Evidence from an Online Health Community (Journal Article)
- Personal Digital Branding as a Professional Asset in the Digital Age (Journal Article)
- Pharmacists’ Duty to Warn in the Age of Social Media (Journal Article)
- Social Media and Gossip in the Pharmacy (Journal Article)
- Social Media and Health Care Professionals: Benefits, Risks, and Best Practices (Journal Article)
- Student and Faculty Observations and Perceptions of Professionalism in Online Domain Scenarios (Journal Article)
- The Use of Social Media in Pharmacy Practice and Education (Journal article)
- Virtual colleagues, Virtually Colleagues- Physicians' Use of Twitter: A Population-Based Observational Study (Journal article)
Related Cases, Articles, Blog Posts, and Websites
The following resources highlight instances in which healthcare professionals engaged with online communication technologies.
- Amy Dunbar, OB-GYN, In Hot Water After Posting Comment About Patient On Facebook (News Article)
- Edmonton Pharmacist Fined $15K for Posting Medical Records to Facebook During Spat with Church Group (News Article)
- How Social Media for Healthcare Marketing Engages and Boosts Brand Awareness (News Article)
- Legal Frameworks eHealth - World Health Organization (Report)
- Low Trust in Vaccination 'A Global Crisis (News article)
- Nurse's Firing Over Instagram Photo Spurs Social Media Debate (News article)
- Online Anti-Vax Efforts Prove Daunting Public Health Challenge (News article)
- Ontario (College of Pharmacists) v. Shenouda, 2018 (Ontario College of Pharmacists Discipline Committee Document)
- Patients Want to Interact with Their Pharmacists on Social Media (News article)
- @pharmacymemes (Instagram Account)
- Pharmacy Student's Viral Facebook Post About Supplements Could Save Your Life (News article)
- r/pharmacy/ (Reddit Page)
- r/pharmacymemes/ (Reddit Page)
- r/TalesFromThePharmacy/ (Reddit Page)
- Social media 101 for Pharmacists (Blog Post)
- Social Media Post Prompts Firing (News Article)
- Teatox Party (Investigative article)
- Top 10 Tips for Using Social Media in Professional Practice (Blog post)
- True Privacy Online is Not Viable (News article)
- The Best Way to Fight Misinformation in Health Care (Blog post)
- What To Do When Social Media Goes Bad (Blog post)
Hashtags
According to an online hashtag aggregator, the following are commonly-used hashtags among pharmacists and pharmacy students across various social media platforms.
- #pharmacist
- #pharmacy
- #medical
- #medicine
- #pharmacylife
- #health
- #pharmacystudent
- #drugs
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The resources on this page are intended to supplement the Digital Tattoo Case Studies. To learn more about the Digital Tattoo Project and Curriculum, click here.