Re:I Am Deleting the Blog
by yters on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @08:51AM
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I don't understand how his blog could impact his practice. He doesn't blog about his patients. Unless, of course, his practice is worried about the opinions Scott posts on his blog...
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His post literally includes the line “and angry internet critics have called my job pretending to be upset patients to get me fired.”
You can’t imagine how it would affect his job?
Doctors have weirdly strict rules about what they can or can't say on social media.
In England the regulator is the GMC, and here's their page for doctors use of social media: https://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical-guidance/ethical-guidance-for...
> Anonymity
> If you identify yourself as a doctor in publicly accessible social media, you should also identify yourself by name. Any material written by authors who represent themselves as doctors is likely to be taken on trust and may reasonably be taken to represent the views of the profession more widely.10
But also, a complaint to the regulator is a worrying time for the doctor even if they've done nothing wrong.