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Jennifer Williams1, Carinda Feild, Kristina James
1University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Seminole, 33772, USA. williams@cop.ufl.edu
Objective:
To examine how students entering a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program used Facebook privacy settings before and after the college's social media policy was presented to them.
Methods:
The Facebook profiles of all entering first-year pharmacy students across 4 campuses of a college of pharmacy were evaluated. Ten dichotomous variables of interest were viewed and recorded for each student's Facebook account at 3 time points: before the start of the semester, after presentation of the college's social media policy, and at the end of the semester. Data on whether a profile could be found and what portions of the profile were viewable also were collected.
Results:
After introduction of the policy, a significant number of students increased their security settings (made information not visible to the public) related to Facebook walls, information pages, and links.
Conclusions:
Making pharmacy students aware of a college's social media policy had a positive impact on their behaviors regarding online security and privacy.
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