Medscape surveyed nearly 2,800 physicians in the U.S. and the U.K. on how often and where physician bad behavior shows up.
Here’s how physicians answered: “What kinds of bad physician behavior have you seen on social media?”
Inappropriate comments about themselves, friends, politics, etc.:
U.S. physicians: 81 percent
U.K. physicians: 72 percent
Inappropriate pictures of themselves unrelated to patients:
U.S. physicians: 36 percent
U.K. physicians: 27 percent
Inappropriate comments about patients:
U.S. physicians: 31 percent
U.K. physicians: 21 percent
Sexually suggestive material:
U.S. physicians: 16 percent
U.K. physicians: 13 percent
Inappropriate pictures of patients:
U.S. physicians: 15 percent
U.K. physicians: 9 percent
Other:
U.S. physicians: 16 percent
U.K. physicians: 13 percent
None:
U.S. physicians: 4 percent
U.K. physicians: 13 percent
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