Doctor’s racist tweets spark debate over pre-training checks
Just 'think before you post', says US surgeon whose poll reveals doctors are split on reviewing residency applicants' social media accounts
A first-year resident in the US was fired last September when it became known that in 2012 she had tweeted she would “purposely give all the yahood [Jews] the wrong meds…”
The website Canary Mission documented numerous other tweets that she posted expressing similar thoughts.
She has apologised but will likely have great difficulty finding another job as a physician.
This incident raises the question should residency program directors investigate prospective trainees’ social media activity before hiring them.
