What is your opinion on facebook friending former faculty after graduating?

[applicant5000]

What is everyone's take on this? I see this pretty often actually. Does anyone here have former faculty as FB friends?

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[Goro]

What is everyone's take on this? I see this pretty often actually. Does anyone here have former faculty as FB friends?

Let me flip the question around. I, as a Faculty member, have lots of my grads as FB friends.

I have a colleague who has students as FB friends but all of them are in their clinical years. I think that's fine.

 

[deleted888443]

I actually have my current faculty as Facebook friends

 

[samac]

I’m in my last clinical year. I have the faculty that I got along with. I also have a few docs too.

 

[jurassicpark]

are they hot? Then for sure! But I had faculty as friends when I was student, resident and I have students as friends as an attending. As long as there's nothing there you wouldn't want them to see.

 

[OrthoTraumaMD]

I have never had any faculty (or anyone I currently work with) as FB friends. But I have a very strict separation of work life and private life.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

@Mad Jack you're up

 

[Mad Jack]

Fine IMO, but choose carefully. I added two faculty members that I legit could see myself being friends with post graduation

 

[Tenk]

I don’t think I have any non clinical faculty on my Facebook. I have a ton of clinical faculty from med school and residency as friends but that’s what they are: friends! Just add them if you are friends with them. It’s that simple.

 

[CherryRedDracul]

Depends on how close I am with them. I do have a few faculty members from med school as friends on FB.

 

[DO2015CA]

I have a select few from preclinical years. Then I have preceptors I got along with. Never know when you need a connection after residency for a job. It’s networking.