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Session Information
FRM F087
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Managing Your Online Reputation
Subject:
Date:
Sunday, March 03
CME Credits:
2.00
Location:
Room B210/211
Time:
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Director:
Clifford Warren Lober, MD, JD, FAAD
Speakers:
- Jeffrey A. V. Benabio, MD, FAAD
- Brenda Jean Dintiman, MD, FAAD
- Jeanine B. Downie, MD, FAAD - Handout
- Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, FAAD - Handout
- Kevin C. Smith, MD, FAAD
Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:
- Manage his/her online reputation
- Evaluate internet physician rating sites and social media
- Recognize effective means of responding to defamatory comments on the internet
Description:
It is critical that physicians be aware of comments made about them on internet sites since disparaging comments can be posted by disgruntled patients, former employees, etc. Comments may appear on physician rating sites and social media as well as on more generic sites (yellow pages.com, angieslist.com, etc.) and persist for years. Presenters will include a dermatologist who has established and maintains a well-known physician rating site. We will examine the legal elements of libel as well as the defenses raised by persons posting offensive comments. We will then focus on if, when, and how to respond to negative comments.