When physicians are cyberbullied: an interview with ZDoggMD
Pseudoscience hate groups of all kinds are targeting physicians who openly advocate for public health issues. This is a favorite intimidation tactic used by anti-vaccine activists: When pediatrician...
View ArticleHow online physician reviews can be fake news
Many people use reviews to help decide how to choose products and services. However, it is not widely known that an online physician review may not reflect what we think it does. I thought about...
View ArticleSharing mental health issues on social media
Susanna Harris was sitting in her lab class for her graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when she received an email that told her she had failed what she describes as...
View ArticleWhy every physician should be on YouTube
If you talk to anyone you know, it’s very likely they will tell you that they are on some form of social media. Whether this is Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, or YouTube, most people...
View ArticleWhen a colleague asks you for nude photos
Dear colleague, Sorry for my delayed response. I didn’t know if I was going to follow up with you on this issue. When you initially messaged on LinkedIn, on New Year’s Eve, I was holding my daughter....
View ArticleChlorophyll, acne, and TikTok: Should these mix?
Available in 155 countries, found in 75 different languages, and having at least 689 million monthly active users worldwide, the social media platform, TikTok, has taken the online world by force since...
View ArticleHow to balance confidence and humility online
An excerpt from You Are What You Click: How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience. Confidence and humility are strongly related, but one arises when we...
View ArticleThey didn’t teach social media in medical school
Why should doctors become involved in social media? I asked myself this same question a few years ago. My answer was, “I don’t know.” I saw no redeeming reason to get involved with social media as a...
View ArticleOn the internet, you are looking for something to make you angry
Back on the internet, you are looking for something to make you angry. It’s a habit you picked up as a researcher, stuck in your lab until sunset, walking home to those empty walls. It’s one you’ve...
View ArticleWhat I learned after being hacked on social media
“The email on your account was changed. If you didn’t change your email address, you can secure your account here.” I saw this email from Instagram and immediately had a sinking feeling in my stomach....
View Article8 reasons why Instagram is important in medicine
I started sharing my journey through medicine on Instagram about four years ago after I failed the musculoskeletal block during my first year of medical school. I felt alone in my struggles and didn’t...
View ArticleHow social media can help or hurt your health care career
This article is sponsored by Careers by KevinMD.com. We live in a time when social media isn’t just about sharing pictures or ideas with a close circle of friends and family. Between our Facebook...
View ArticleUncovering the hidden struggles of NYC nurses: an insider’s perspective...
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, Molly M. Murray, a physician assistant, shares her personal experiences of working alongside nurses who are overworked...
View ArticleBlogging for beginners: tips for success in any niche
There’s a blog for everyone! Whether you cannot get enough awkward family pictures, epidemiologist input, cat humor, vegetarian cooking recipes, menopause tips, or love to geek out on pie charts –...
View ArticleFrom penicillin to digital health: the impact of social media on medicine
In a growing social media world population, one cannot ignore the technological invasion of the medical world. From the discovery of penicillin to electronic medical records and the digital health...
View ArticleA physician’s addiction to social media
For Apple iPhone users, the release of iOS 12 included a new feature called “Screen Time.” Although a number of productivity apps that offered a similar snapshot of phone usage were available before...
View ArticlePhysician burnout: the impact of social media on mental health and the urgent...
Burnout is an increasingly common phenomenon affecting approximately 63 percent of physicians. The etiology is multifactorial, with excessive workloads leading to sleep deprivation and curtailed...
View ArticleWhy building your social media following is critical to your practice’s success
Scrolling through social media, you might come to believe that it’s only for models, foodies, and cute dogs. While these types of accounts are certainly popular, the truth of the matter is that social...
View ArticleRegulating social media’s effects on mental health
There can be no denying that, since its mass-scale introduction, social media has encompassed more and more of our lives, particularly in the lives of young people. As of 2022, among teens ages 13 to...
View ArticleWhy your doctor has an OnlyFans
I read an article yesterday about a teenager who became suicidal after his classmates learned that his mother had an OnlyFans account. Ironically, I have a 12-year-old son, and I had just created my...
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