Digital Footprints: Home

This tutorial will help you explore how our interactions with the online world create digital footprints. It will help you consider how to use these to your advantage and what to think about when using social media. It will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

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Social media has many uses both in a professional and personal context. It is important to consider the impact of the information we share and the ideas that we post can affect us now and in the future. Remember, things are very rarely completely deleted from the internet. However, that does not mean that social media is bad or should be avoided, the Nursing and Midwifery Council offer guidance on how to use social media responsibly to support patients, families, colleagues and the wider community. 

Here is an example of how a social media platform has been used to support women during their pregnancy, the full reference is below.

McCarthy, R., Byrne, G., Brettle, A. J., Choucri, L. P., Ormandy, P.  and Chatwin, J. R. (2020), Midwife-moderated social media groups as a validated information source for women during pregnancy, Midwifery, 88 , p.102710.

This blog post demonstrates how midwives have used social media to share videos to help support their community.

This animated video from the NMC looks at Social Media. It can be accessed on their website, with links to further animated video related to the Code.

NMC [2021] Social media. Caring with Confidence: The Code in Action, NMC [Online]. Available from: https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/code/code-in-action/social-media/ [Accessed 2nd August 2021].