Medscape's October report "Physicians Behaving Badly: US vs UK" laid out how physicians in the United Kingdom and the U.S. have witnessed their colleagues behave inappropriately online.
Medscape surveyed nearly 2,800 physicians in the U.S. and the U.K. on how often and where physician bad behavior shows up.
Here's how physicians answered: "What kinds of bad physician behavior have you seen on social media?"
Inappropriate comments about themselves, friends, politics, etc.:
U.S. physicians: 81 percent
U.K. physicians: 72 percent
Inappropriate pictures of themselves unrelated to patients:
U.S. physicians: 36 percent
U.K. physicians: 27 percent
Inappropriate comments about patients:
U.S. physicians: 31 percent
U.K. physicians: 21 percent
Sexually suggestive material:
U.S. physicians: 16 percent
U.K. physicians: 13 percent
Inappropriate pictures of patients:
U.S. physicians: 15 percent
U.K. physicians: 9 percent
Other:
U.S. physicians: 16 percent
U.K. physicians: 13 percent
None:
U.S. physicians: 4 percent
U.K. physicians: 13 percent