The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Board of Directors has approved Canada’s first-ever national social media guidelines to help doctors safely, effectively, and responsibly use tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and other forms of social media as they care for patients. The CMA’s document Social media and Canadian physicians – Issues and rules of engagement (http://www.cma.ca/socialmedia) provides practical considerations and outlines the potential benefits and drawbacks of social media for physicians. The document states “The reality is that individual doctors and medical organizations have to consciously decide if, why and how to use the various social media platforms.”
