Online professionalism through the lens of medical students and residents: A focus group study.

Purpose: Social media influences the practice of healthcare professionals. Existing studies on online professionalism and social media are scarce, and most used survey-based methods. This qualitative study explores online professionalism in healthcare among medical students and residents and maps their perceived educational needs.

[Increasing independence of a resident in training: lessons in disciplinary law].

Objective To explore how the disciplinary board allocates responsibility between the resident in training and the supervisor. Design Case law analysis. Method All published disciplinary judgments containing the term 'resident in training' from January 1, 2010, to April 1, 2020 on www.

Is insufficient introspection a reason to terminate residency training? - Scrutinising introspection among residents who disputed dismissal.

Introduction: Insufficient introspection as part of the 4I's model of medical professionalism (introspection, integrity, interaction, and involvement) is considered an important impediment in trainees. How insufficient introspection relates to decisions to terminate residency training remains unclear. Insights into this subject provide opportunities to improve the training of medical professionals.

[Sexual harassment towards patients by a fellow physician].

Patients can become victims of sexual harassment by their healthcare provider. Sometimes patients disclose this unpleasant experience to a healthcare provider. In those cases it's important to deal with this adequately.

[Cross-border healthcare: EU citizens as patients].

With the free movement of people within the European Union (EU), it occurs that EU citizens need healthcare in and different country, other than their country of origin. Identification of patients is important, and the EU is currently implementing a digital Patient Summary to provide physicians with essential information concerning an European patient. Physicians should be aware that the obligation concerning informed consent carries extra weight for patients with a language barrier.

[A male with perianal skin abnormalities].

A 23-year-old man who has sex with men with perianal pain and blood loss showed erosive perianal plaques. PCR swab of the plaque was positive for Treponema pallidum and herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2. Patient was diagnosed with primary or secondary syphilis with a co-infection of HSV and was successfully treated with benzathine benzylpenicillin.

Moral distress and ethical climate in intensive care medicine during COVID-19: a nationwide study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created ethical challenges for intensive care unit (ICU) professionals, potentially causing moral distress. This study explored the levels and causes of moral distress and the ethical climate in Dutch ICUs during COVID-19.

Methods: An extended version of the Measurement of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP) and Ethical Decision Making Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ) were online distributed among all 84 ICUs.

Perception of social media behaviour among medical students, residents and medical specialists.

Introduction: Behaviour is visible in real-life events, but also on social media. While some national medical organizations have published social media guidelines, the number of studies on professional social media use in medical education is limited. This study aims to explore social media use among medical students, residents and medical specialists.