Rose Marie

Viral videos, the doctors and nurses, made headlines This Week after they were accused of, the unprofessional and the spread of misinformation.

now, TikTok (a Social Media platform deleted popular with teens) video featured a nurse told their followers that the way to avoid Sexually transmitted diseases was the abstaining from sex before marriage.

In another, a wrote a nurse: "Fun Fact - if you give us a stool sample, the LAUGH we all, like your smelly shit, smells like a butt. "

Some of the videos of themselves to other platforms, including Twitter, and received millions of views.

"Some of the nurses are answering so unprofessional, I'm disgusted," a Twitter user, while several paramedics published videos of their colleagues challenging.

"Some physicians and medical trainees have shown activity and/or behavior in Social Media , the negative impact on Public Health and the Public Opinion of the medical profession,".

But TikTok videos can say a "good" way of the provision of health advice and medical information to teenagers and young adults, Dr. Rose -Marie Leslie, a 29-year-old doctor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has a background in Health Education .

she says the vast majority of TikTok videos made by the doctors, are accurate and professional, and that the viral videos of This Week don't represent The Norm .

her videos are inspired by her shifts at The Hospital (she spoke to the BBC hours after delivery of a baby), or give General information on the health trends she sees at work, like a rise in flu cases.

Another doctor, a woman doctor, called mom to doctor Jones, with almost 160,000 followers, to choose posts about topics such as, as a contraceptive, to stay healthy during the use of tampons, and movement during pregnancy.

judging by the millions of views of the doctors and nurses and-videos, the health is a popular topic on TikTok.

"I get hundreds of messages from young people asking for videos on specific topics or questions you are to worried to ask your doctor," Dr. Leslie explains.

According to the publication, for example, in the USA, people say messaged her, the video has inspired you to give up.

Medical misinformation is a problem on all Social Media , she says, and dubious videos like those in This Week " to be answered".

your videos use, evidence-based information, and includes links, so that the viewers can check that The Source of The Information .

A current post debunks the belief that the consumption of cheese and yogurt, causes acne, citing data from The American Academy of Dermatology.

Some online have criticized doctors, the TikTok take-to dance style to the music in your videos, while at the same time a serious message about health.

"The TikTok spirit is Fun - Coming Up with silly, funny dance videos. So I think that doctors try to do this, to hold that while the provision of health information," Dr. Leslie argued.

Responding to the criticism of the doctors This Week , she posted a video asking their followers whether they believe that physicians should be active on Social Media .

"The comments were very positive-people say to me, it is a simple way for you to learn Something New and useful," she said.

Source of news: bbc.com