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Podcast: Clinician's Roundtable
Episode: Social Media: A Friend or Foe for Healthcare Professionals?
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Host: Hector O. Chapa, MD, FACOG
Guest: Mikaela Rush, MD FACOG
The use of social media has become a way of life around the world. Many use social media tools to stay in touch with friends or share life experiences. Others may use these platforms for more professional reasons, including medical education. But in the digital age where online posts have the potential to spread like wildfire, even some well-intentioned professional posts—like the one Dr. Mikaela Rush, a board-certified ob-gyn physician in Cedar Park, Texas, shared about a contraceptive device—may have some unexpected consequences. Now, Dr...