HPCSA Guidelines on Social Media

ABOUT

Social media has become an integral part in most of our personal lives. The use of Social Media by the health care professional is a contentious topic on the best of times, especially when we start questioning the ethics around it. In 2019 the HPCSA published guidelines for the use of social media. These guidelines are directed to all HPCSA health care professionals that use social media in their personal and professional capacity. The guideline was developed to help health practitioners understand their obligations when using social media.

In this webinar, we will unpack and discuss these guidelines to assist health care professionals to navigate social media in a responsible manner.

14 June 2023

19:00 - 21:00

R275 pp

Online via MS Teams

Up to 4 Ethical CPDs

(2 for attendance and 2 for an additional MCQ after the event)

This webinar will be presented by Annelie van der Westhuyzen.

She is a Speech Therapist with a Master’s degree in Bioethics and Health Law.

She owns Ethics Simplified, an ethics and health law consultancy company providing guidance to health care professionals across the country. She presents workshops on various aspects of Bioethics and health law. 

She is a part time lecturer and clinical educator in the Speech-, Language- and Hearing Therapy division at Stellenbosch University.

She has also been involved with Little Steps(R), implementing neurodevelopmental supportive care in the public as well as private sector. She currently holds a position a guest lecturer to the North West University in their Neurodevelopmental Supportive Care short course.

Annelie lives in Cape Town with her husband and two boys.