E-professionalism among dental students from Malaysia and Finland |
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Author: | Nieminen, Pentti1; Uma, Eswara2; Mani, Shani Ann3; |
Organizations: |
1Medical Informatics and Data Analysis Research Group, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland 2Faculty of Dentistry, Manipal University College Malaysia, Melaka 75150, Malaysia 3Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
4Department of Restorative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
5Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland 6Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, 90014 Oulu, Finland 7Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland 8Helsinki University Hospital, 00014 Helsinki, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 1 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2022052438325 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,
2022
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Publish Date: | 2022-08-11 |
Description: |
AbstractThe increased use of social media in dentistry is associated with both advantages and disadvantages. A new form of professionalism, “e-professionalism,” has emerged. It includes an online persona and online information in any format that displays cues to professional identity, attitudes, and behaviors. The objective was to explore the perceptions of Malaysian and Finnish dental students on e-professionalism. A survey of 613 Malaysian and Finnish students was performed. The main variables assessed were posting of objectionable or inappropriate content among students, attitudes towards unprofessional online content, perceived online presence, contacts with patients and faculty members on social media, and concerns about social media use. The prevalence of posting clearly unprofessional content was not high among dental students. Revealing information of patients was most common content of clear unprofessionalism. Students from Malaysia contacted patients and faculty members more actively in social media than students in Finland (73.6% of students in Malaysia and 11.8% in Finland had invited faculty members to be “friends”). Malaysian students were more concerned and more likely to react to inappropriate content on social media. Attitude of dental students towards social media use in dentistry were very positive in both countries. Students agreed that guiding patients online is a new responsibility for dentists in the digital age (86.4% of students in Malaysia and 73.4% in Finland). The findings indicate the existence of both benefits and dangers of social media on e-professionalism among students. There is a need to include robust digital professionalism awareness training for students. see all
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Series: |
International journal of environmental research and public health |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
ISSN-E: | 1660-4601 |
ISSN-L: | 1661-7827 |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 6 |
Article number: | 3234 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph19063234 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063234 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
313 Dentistry 113 Computer and information sciences |
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Copyright information: |
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