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In 2007, a resident surgeon snapped a picture of a patient's tattoo -- the words Hot Rod on his penis -- and shared it with colleagues, making international news when the story was leaked to the press. At least the resident didn't post the picture on the Internet.
In the age of Facebook and YouTube, medical students might post content that violates patient privacy.
A new survey suggests that with the rise of blogging and sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, such a thing could happen. In fact, 60 percent of medical schools have had students post inappropriate or unprofessional information on the Web, according to a study in the September 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Most of the time, the information was related to the student's own behavior, including drunken, drug-related, or sexually suggestive images or comments, as well as the use of profanity or discriminatory language.
But six schools, or 13 percent, reported incidents in the past year that involved content that violated patient privacy. For example, some students blogged about their experiences with enough detail to identify patients, and one student posted patient details on Facebook. Most of the time other trainees told the dean about the indiscretions, but in two cases, patients or their families blew the whistle. Health.com: Medical mistakes: More common than you think
"We expected to find incidents of unprofessionalism, but the number was higher than expected," says lead study author Dr. Katherine C. Chretien, of the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center.
Less than half of schools currently have policies in place to police or punish such behavior
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