RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Blurred lines: the General Medical Council guidance on doctors and social media  JF Clinical Medicine JO Clin Med FD Royal College of Physicians SP 219 OP 222 DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.16-3-219 VO 16 IS 3 A1 Nick Cork A1 Paul Grant YR 2016 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/16/3/219.abstract AB Digital technology in the early 21st century has introduced significant changes to everyday life and the ways in which we practise medicine. It is important that the ease and practicality of accessing and disseminating information does not intrude on the high standards expected of doctors, and that the boundaries between professional and public life do not become blurred through the increasing adoption of social media. This said, as with any such profound disruption, the social media age could be responsible for driving a new understanding of what it means to be a medical professional.