We prepared the information below for a recent installation of the UTMB Weekly Relay. We thought it would make sense to share the information again here: 

Social media has benefits and risks, and UTMB has policies and guidelines governing social media use for department/program sites as well as personal pages.  

If you wish to create or already manage a UTMB-affiliated social media presence, UTMB has specific rules and requirements. Please visit our social media toolkit web page to learn more about the rules and requirements.

If you have a personal social media presence, what you post matters, and even on a personal account, can have consequences.

• Always protect patient privacy and the university’s proprietary information.
• Respect laws (incld. copyright) and adhere to a high standard of professionalism; practice good online etiquette.
• Use good judgement and think twice before you post; assume nothing is ever private and everything you post will be discoverable, forever.
• Respect your work commitment; be mindful and save non-work related social media for your personal time.
• Be transparent and honest; you can speak about the university but not on behalf of the university (unless you are among the handful of people with that assigned role).
• Remember that if you associate yourself with UTMB in your profile (and often if you don’t), what you say, show and do reflects on the university.
• If you run across something about UTMB that concerns you or raises questions, let us know.

To view the UTMB social media policy, visit https://utmb.us/3a6.  Contact us for assistance at social@utmb.edu.