Social Media: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - <em>The influence on health students' wellbeing and mental health</em> — YRD
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  2. Concurrent Session 18 - Paper Session
  3. Social Media: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - The influence on health students' wellbeing and mental health

Social Media: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - The influence on health students' wellbeing and mental health (46)

Frayne Gomez 1
  1. Deakin Medical School, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

Abstract:

Overview:

Social Media has revolutionised the way our society connects and communicates (1,2). Facebook, Twitter & Google+ have become common words in language and enhances our ability to express and share with people in our network. Social Media is strongly utilised by health professional students as a means to socialise and develop friendships (2,3,4,5). Subsequently this can be both beneficial and detrimental to an individual's wellbeing (5,6,7). The benefits include increasing one's social network, having greater accessibility to others and notifications of relevant social events (1). Detriments include the development of poor relationship skills, social withdrawal, poor public image, disclosure of confidential patient information and poor mental health (2,5,6). Consequently, this can affect health students’ capacity to practise effectively in the future.

Objective: Utilising a comprehensive literature review and personal experiences with social media as a health professional student, I will discuss the impact of social media in health students, how social media effects the well-being in health students and consequences it bears in health students and their future careers health. Furthermore, I will explain what interventions are in place to allow for healthy use of social media and improvements that need to be implemented. 

Methods: Comprehensive Literature Review

Results and Conclusions: To be finalized and fully completed if abstract is accepted

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