Medical students behaving poorly

Several media outlets reported on a report this week from the Journal of the American Medical Association about medical students behaving poorly online. With the increased use of social media web sites, more schools are reporting incidents of poor behavior, including profane language, drunken behaviors, and sexually suggestive material. But few medical schools have policies of professionalism that extend to students' presence online. The report shows that medical schools have much work to do to address emerging technologies and work on ways to teach future doctors how to navigate the online social media world in a professional and appropriate manner.