In all fields it is difficult for professionals to maintain an appropriate presence on social media. Professional organisations are well aware of this and that is why Guidance is in place. It is vital that all members of any organisation know that they must follow this guidance both in their own behaviour and in the way they share comments made by others. Failing to do so risks erosion of trust in the profession and this would be detrimental to all.
[Please click on each image below to play a short film]
Moral Landscapes [Institutional and personal]:
“We lead with values” [The Royal College of Psychiatrists]:
On Thursday 2nd July 2020, Professor Wendy Burn will give the President’s Valedictory Address and following this Dr Adrian James will give his Inaugural Address.
When Professor Burn was first elected as President of the College in 2017, I wrote to congratulate her and to wish her all the best in her leadership role. I would now like to offer my best wishes to Professor Burn for the next stage in her professional career.
This is a letter I wrote to the CEO of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2018 in support of respectful and constructive dialogue:
It was therefore welcome to read this joint statement published in the Lancet at the end of 2018:
I would like to wish Dr Adrian James all the very best in his tenure as President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. As President, Dr James will, no doubt, do all that he can to encourage all College Members and Fellows to follow ‘Core Values for Psychiatrists’. In all fields it is difficult for professionals to maintain an appropriate presence on social media. Professional organisations are well aware of this and that is why Guidance is in place. It is vital that all members of any organisation know that they must follow this guidance both in their own behaviour and in the way they share comments made by others. Failing to do so risks erosion of trust in the profession and this would be detrimental to all.
As part of their Social Media Policy [2022], the College included a film by their Dean, Dr Kate Lovett, in which she shared “her tips on how to successfully run a Twitter account“.
To play this short version of ‘Kate’s Twitter Tips’ please click here or on the image below:
Footnote:
On my retiral from Medicine I received the following messages from colleagues, patients and carers.