Student experience in the images' dissemination of dental patients

• Autor(a) principal: Martorell, Leandro Brambilla
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Romanowski, Francielle Nunes de Azevedo, Pereira, Geovana Bandeira Pio, Araújo, Isabela Oliveira, Dias, Andréia Diniz, Carvalho, Raquel Baroni de, Costa, Luciane Rezende, Silva, Brunno Santos de Freitas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da ABENO (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revabeno.emnuvens.com.br/revabeno/article/view/1617
• topic: Bioética; Rede social; Confidencialidade; Ética odontológica; Bioethics; Social Networking; Confidentiality; Ethics Dental

The ethical implications of social networks use by health professionals have occupied space on the Bioethics' agenda, when considering the rights of patients and the risk of exposing their image. This study aimed to understand the perception of dentistry students about the exposure of patients image in social networks. This is a cross-sectional, quantitative, observational study, with the application of a questionnaire to students of a Dentistry course. It was used the descriptive statistics for tabulating and analyzing the data. The response rate was 73.5% (n=247), all using social networks, and 33.1% (n=82) reported having already taken a patient photograph at the training clinic. Many students are still unclear about the ethical issues surrounding the dissemination of patient images on social media. The ethical implications of social networks use by health professionals have occupied space on the Bioethics' agenda, when considering the rights of patients and the risk of exposing their image.