Ensuring Professionalism & Boundaries in Use of Social Media

In today’s digital world, healthcare professionals face unique challenges in maintaining professionalism and boundaries on social media. This course, “Ensuring Professionalism & Boundaries in Use of Social Media,” is designed for doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, psychologists, counsellors, physiotherapists, optometrists, opticians, social workers, chiropractors, osteopaths, and other healthcare professionals. Whether you are addressing a complaint, inquiry, investigation, or fitness to practice process with a regulatory body, or seeking professional development CPD, this Professionalism and Social Media Course for Healthcare Professionals provides essential guidance on maintaining professional boundaries on social media.

This Social Media Boundaries Training for Doctors and Nurses covers essential social media guidelines for healthcare professionals, with a focus on ethical social media use and social media compliance. It is ideal for those involved in GMC, GDC, NMC, or HCPC fitness to practice processes, as well as professionals regulated by GPhC, Social Work England, SSSC, GOC, GCC, and GOsC. The course addresses social media risks, appropriate use of social media in healthcare, and strategies for maintaining professionalism and boundaries on social platforms.

Our Social Media Professionalism CPD Course for Healthcare UK explores best practices for ensuring ethical social media use and managing social media responsibilities in healthcare settings. This includes social media standards and compliance training, social media conduct guidelines, and methods for maintaining professional boundaries online. This course is designed to strengthen social media ethics in healthcare and support professionals in navigating online platforms responsibly.

Who This Course is For:

• Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, and Midwives, Pharmacists, Social Workers, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Opticians and Optometrists, Psychologists, Counsellors and other Health and Care Professionals facing a complaint, inquiry, investigation or  fitness to practice processes with the GMC, GDC, NMC, GPhC, Social Work England, SSSC, GOsC, GCC, GOC or HCPC.
• Doctors, Dentists, Nurses, and Midwives aiming to uphold social media guidelines in line with GMC, GDC, and NMC standards.
• Pharmacists needing GPhC fitness to practice support with a focus on social media boundaries and ethics.
• Social Workers working with Social Work England or SSSC to ensure social media compliance in their practice.
• Psychologists, Counsellors, Physiotherapists, Optometrists, Opticians, Osteopaths, and Chiropractors interested in social media professionalism aligned with HCPC, GOC, GOsC, and GCC standards.
• Any healthcare professional focusing on ethical social media use for CPD or regulatory compliance in healthcare.

Key Topics Covered in the Course:

• Social Media Professionalism CPD Course for Healthcare UK: Approaches to ensure ethical social media use and compliance.
• Guidelines for Social Media Use in Healthcare Practice: Techniques to promote appropriate use of social media in healthcare.
• Course on Social Media Standards and Compliance in Healthcare: Strategies to meet social media standards while safeguarding professionalism.
• Maintaining Professional Boundaries on Social Media in Healthcare: Tools to uphold social media boundaries with patients and colleagues.
• Training on Professionalism in Social Media for CPD: Practical methods to ensure social media responsibility and ethics in healthcare.

Whether you are building social media professionalism for fitness to practice support with GMC, GDC, NMC, or other regulatory bodies, or seeking CPD to improve social media conduct in healthcare, this course offers the guidance you need to navigate social media responsibly.

Useful Resources:

• GMC Concerns can relate to both clinical competence or conduct in professional or personal domain.
• GMC Investigation Process can be a long and stressful experience.
• Royal College of Nursing (RCN) helps nurses, midwives and nursing associates in education and training.
• NMC Fitness to Practice Library is a good resource for information related to NMC fitness to practice processes.
• GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) sets out detailed standards for pharmacists.
• HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council) regulates a number of health and care professionals.
• Social Work England is the regulatory authority for social workers practicing in England.
• SSSC (Scottish Social Services Council) registers all practicing social workers in Scotland.
• GOC (General Optical Council) sets out guidance and standards for optiocians and optometrists.
• GCC (General Chiropractic Council) takes financial integrity very seriously.
• GOsC (General Osteopathic Council) ensure ethical and professional practice for osteopaths in the UK.
• NHS Services detail what services are available to the public in the UK.
• RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners) supports and helps in the education and training of all General Practitioners.
• Parliamentary and Health service Ombudsman supports the public if they have any concerns.