SOCIAL NETWORKING

Social media sites, like Facebook, have connected everyone from former flames to current coworkers. But what about your doctors? More and more doctors are signing on to social networking sites.

So where do you draw the line between patient and personal? continue reading
Source: CBS

Taking into consideration the context of the professional relationship, friending your doc doesn’t seem to be either ethical or appropriate. – Here in BC the Practice Code of Conduct is quite specific with regard to the obligations that psychologists are required to observe in accordance with the clients welfare.

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twitter-funParents worried that their college students are spending too much time on Facebook and other social networking sites and not enough time hitting the books can breathe a sigh of relief. New research from the University of New Hampshire finds that students who heavily engage in social networking do just as well academically as students who are less interested in keeping in touch with the medium. [continue reading…]

Is Facebook Making us Sad?

Have you already started untagging photos from the weekend? Facebook and Twitter, by making our lives increasingly public, make avoiding the dangerous drive towards perfectionism difficult—Tal Ben Shahar explains why.
Source: Big Think