من الظواهر العجيبة التي تستدعي التوقف عندها وتحليل أسبابها هي التشخيص الذاتي والهلع الصحي للمراجعين لدى الخدمات الصحية، بل وتصلّب المراجع ببعض الأحيان بتشخيصه وعدم الاقتناع بغير ذلك، وإذا لم يتوافق رأيه مع ما أقول بالعيادة ربما ذهب باحثاً عن طبيب آخر ليوافقه على تشخيصه الذاتي، مما اضطرني في الآونة الأخيرة لاختبار مهارات الإقناع لدي، وذلك عن طريق سؤالي للمراجع بنهاية الزيارة ما إذا كان قد اقتنع بالتشخيص الجديد (تشخيصي) أم لا، ولا داعي -عزيزي القارئ- أن أشاركك بعدد المرات التي أصبت فيها بخيبة أمل، بغض النظر عن مهاراتي التي لربما أنها متواضعة في الإقناع، إلا أن تلك المسألة تخلق سؤالاً في غاية الأهمية، ما هي العوامل التي ساهمت في الهلع الصحي بالمجتمع، والذي أدى إلى البحث عن المعلومات بمختلف الطرق، وربما عدم تحري مصادرها ودقتها.
أعتقد أن أسباب الهلع كثيرة، إلا أن أهمها يكمن في التالي: 1- الإيحاءات المرضية أو زراعة الوهم: فنلاحظ زيادة نسبة التوعية الغزيرة -ذات الطابع التسويقي- في وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي من قبل المختصين وغير المختصين، بل وربما قيام بعض الحسابات ذات المتابعات العالية بنشر نتائج دراسات -معظمها دراسات غير ناضجة-، ولن أُسهب في هذا الأمر حيث إني سبق أن قمت بكتابة مقال كامل عن تلك المسألة بعنوان (التسوق الطبي وزراعة الوهم)، 2- سهولة الوصول للمعلومة: من خلال محركات البحث أو محركات الذكاء الاصطناعي، التي أظهرت الفارق الكبير في الحصول على الإجابات باختلاف (السائل والسؤال)، فمن أهم أسباب الحصول على إجابات دقيقة وصحيحة هو مَن السائل (متخصص أم لا)، وما هو السؤال الصحيح (دقة صياغة السؤال، التي غالباً يجيدها المتخصص بالمجال).
وللوصول إلى حلول منطقية لا بد من الإجابة على السؤال التالي: ما هي المعادلة التي تزن ما بين ديمقراطية المعلومات وإتاحتها للجميع، وما بين نخبويتها وحكرها على المتخصصين؟
في ما يخص الوصول الى المعلومات من قبل التقنيات، فلا بد من نشر الوعي المجتمعي بضرورة اتباع آراء المتخصصين (ليس فقط في الطب بل في جميع مجريات الحياة) فلا بد من تركيز الجهود في إيجاد الطبيب المناسب وليس في منافسة الأطباء علمياً، أما في جانب زراعة الوهم وغزارة المحتوى الإعلامي الطبي فلا يخفى على الجميع إيجابية التواجد الإعلامي والتسويقي في وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي بصفة عامة، والتي تعطي الممارس الصحي الحق كغيره من أصحاب المهن والتخصصات الأخرى في إظهار مهاراته وإمكانياته العلمية والعملية، بالإضافة إلى المسؤولية المجتمعية من خلال توعية المتلقين، أسوةً بالمتخصصين بالمالية وأسواق المال، أو العقار، أو السفر والسياحة، أو قطاع التغذية والطهي، لكن لا بد من الموازنة بين التفريط والإفراط لتحقيق النتيجة المطلوبة، للوصول الى منطقة وسطى بين (عدم الوعي، وزراعة الوهم) وهي الوعي.
ومن أجل الاستفادة من التجارب السابقة لا بد من النظر الى ما قامت به بعض الدول وكيفية انعكاس ذلك على سلوك المجتمع، فقد قامت بعض الدول كبريطانيا وكندا بوضع تنظيم واضح يحدد أهداف الظهور الإعلامي، بالإضافة إلى تحديد القيم الأساسية ومعاييرها التي ينبغي المحافظة عليها من قبل الشخص، كأخلاقيات المهنة وسرية المعلومات، وتحري الدقة والتخصصية، وإبداء المعلومات العامة دون التعمق لتشتيت المتلقي، الالتزام بالذوق العام في الطرح، الإفصاح عن تعارض المصالح، الحصول على فسح للمحتوى، الامتناع عن تقديم نصائح طبية شخصية، عدم إثارة الهلع ونشر معلومات مضللة لأغراض ترويجية، منع الاستعانة باستشهادات المراجعين... إلخ.
وبالنظر إلى التشريعات الناجحة التي تبنتها المملكة لحوكمة التصريحات الإعلامية في قطاع العقار والأسواق المالية والتسويق التجاري، نجد أننا بحاجة إلى الاستفادة من تلك التجارب، عن طريق توثيق حسابات الممارسين الصحيين التوعوية من خلال منصة تؤهلهم وتخولهم اعتماد المحتوى بطريقة تتواءم مع معايير الظهور المقترحة سلفاً.
وقد تكون إحدى الطرق لتطبيق ذلك من خلال التالي، أولا: الاستفادة من المجهودات العظيمة التي تقوم بها الهيئة العامة لتنظيم الإعلام من تسجيل وترخيص الممارسين للمهنة الإعلامية. ثانياً: إشراك الجهة المتخصصة لوضع الضوابط التخصصية بالمجال الصحي (وزارة الصحة، هيئة الصحة العامة، هيئة الغذاء والدواء، هيئة التخصصات الصحية)، ثالثاً: استحداث منصة توثيق بمجهود مشترك يتم من خلالها توثيق حسابات الإعلاميين من الممارسين الصحيين، رابعاً: استحداث لوائح ومعايير للمشاركة الإعلامية وطريقة لاعتماد المحتوى.
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الطب والإعلام.. وتنظيم المحتوى
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One of the remarkable phenomena that warrants attention and analysis of its causes is self-diagnosis and health panic among patients seeking health services. Patients sometimes become rigid in their self-diagnosis and refuse to accept anything else. If their opinion does not align with what I say in the clinic, they may seek another doctor to agree with their self-diagnosis. This has recently compelled me to test my persuasion skills by asking the patient at the end of the visit whether they were convinced by the new diagnosis (my diagnosis) or not. There is no need, dear reader, for me to share the number of times I have felt disappointed, regardless of my possibly modest persuasion skills. However, this issue raises a very important question: what are the factors that contributed to health panic in society, which led to the search for information in various ways, perhaps without verifying its sources and accuracy.
I believe there are many reasons for this panic, but the most important ones are as follows: 1- Pathological suggestions or the planting of illusions: We notice an increase in the abundant awareness - of a marketing nature - on social media by both specialists and non-specialists. Some accounts with high followings may even publish results of studies - most of which are immature studies. I will not elaborate on this matter as I have previously written a full article on this issue titled (Medical Shopping and the Planting of Illusions). 2- Ease of access to information: through search engines or artificial intelligence engines, which have shown a significant difference in obtaining answers depending on (the asker and the question). One of the most important reasons for obtaining accurate and correct answers is who the asker is (whether specialized or not) and what the correct question is (the accuracy of the question's formulation, which is often mastered by specialists in the field).
To reach logical solutions, it is essential to answer the following question: what is the equation that balances between the democracy of information and its availability to everyone, and its elitism and restriction to specialists?
Regarding access to information through technology, it is necessary to raise community awareness about the importance of following the opinions of specialists (not only in medicine but in all aspects of life). Efforts should focus on finding the right doctor rather than competing scientifically with other doctors. As for the aspect of planting illusions and the abundance of medical media content, it is clear to everyone the positive impact of media and marketing presence on social media in general, which gives health practitioners the right, like others in different professions and specialties, to showcase their scientific and practical skills and capabilities, in addition to the social responsibility of educating recipients, similar to specialists in finance and capital markets, real estate, travel and tourism, or the nutrition and cooking sector. However, there must be a balance between excess and deficiency to achieve the desired result, reaching a middle ground between (lack of awareness and planting illusions), which is awareness.
In order to benefit from previous experiences, it is essential to look at what some countries have done and how it has reflected on community behavior. Some countries, such as the UK and Canada, have established clear regulations that define the goals of media presence, in addition to specifying the core values and standards that individuals should maintain, such as professional ethics and confidentiality of information, ensuring accuracy and specialization, providing general information without delving deep to confuse the recipient, adhering to public taste in presentation, disclosing conflicts of interest, obtaining clearance for content, refraining from giving personal medical advice, avoiding panic and spreading misleading information for promotional purposes, and preventing the use of testimonials from patients... etc.
Looking at the successful regulations adopted by the Kingdom to govern media statements in the real estate, financial markets, and commercial marketing sectors, we find that we need to benefit from those experiences by documenting the awareness accounts of health practitioners through a platform that qualifies and allows them to adopt content in a manner that aligns with the previously proposed appearance standards.
One of the ways to implement this could be as follows: First: benefiting from the great efforts made by the General Authority for Media Regulation in registering and licensing practitioners of the media profession. Second: involving the specialized authority to establish specialized controls in the health field (Ministry of Health, Public Health Authority, Food and Drug Authority, Health Specialties Authority). Third: creating a documentation platform through a joint effort to document the accounts of media professionals from health practitioners. Fourth: establishing regulations and standards for media participation and a method for content approval.
I believe there are many reasons for this panic, but the most important ones are as follows: 1- Pathological suggestions or the planting of illusions: We notice an increase in the abundant awareness - of a marketing nature - on social media by both specialists and non-specialists. Some accounts with high followings may even publish results of studies - most of which are immature studies. I will not elaborate on this matter as I have previously written a full article on this issue titled (Medical Shopping and the Planting of Illusions). 2- Ease of access to information: through search engines or artificial intelligence engines, which have shown a significant difference in obtaining answers depending on (the asker and the question). One of the most important reasons for obtaining accurate and correct answers is who the asker is (whether specialized or not) and what the correct question is (the accuracy of the question's formulation, which is often mastered by specialists in the field).
To reach logical solutions, it is essential to answer the following question: what is the equation that balances between the democracy of information and its availability to everyone, and its elitism and restriction to specialists?
Regarding access to information through technology, it is necessary to raise community awareness about the importance of following the opinions of specialists (not only in medicine but in all aspects of life). Efforts should focus on finding the right doctor rather than competing scientifically with other doctors. As for the aspect of planting illusions and the abundance of medical media content, it is clear to everyone the positive impact of media and marketing presence on social media in general, which gives health practitioners the right, like others in different professions and specialties, to showcase their scientific and practical skills and capabilities, in addition to the social responsibility of educating recipients, similar to specialists in finance and capital markets, real estate, travel and tourism, or the nutrition and cooking sector. However, there must be a balance between excess and deficiency to achieve the desired result, reaching a middle ground between (lack of awareness and planting illusions), which is awareness.
In order to benefit from previous experiences, it is essential to look at what some countries have done and how it has reflected on community behavior. Some countries, such as the UK and Canada, have established clear regulations that define the goals of media presence, in addition to specifying the core values and standards that individuals should maintain, such as professional ethics and confidentiality of information, ensuring accuracy and specialization, providing general information without delving deep to confuse the recipient, adhering to public taste in presentation, disclosing conflicts of interest, obtaining clearance for content, refraining from giving personal medical advice, avoiding panic and spreading misleading information for promotional purposes, and preventing the use of testimonials from patients... etc.
Looking at the successful regulations adopted by the Kingdom to govern media statements in the real estate, financial markets, and commercial marketing sectors, we find that we need to benefit from those experiences by documenting the awareness accounts of health practitioners through a platform that qualifies and allows them to adopt content in a manner that aligns with the previously proposed appearance standards.
One of the ways to implement this could be as follows: First: benefiting from the great efforts made by the General Authority for Media Regulation in registering and licensing practitioners of the media profession. Second: involving the specialized authority to establish specialized controls in the health field (Ministry of Health, Public Health Authority, Food and Drug Authority, Health Specialties Authority). Third: creating a documentation platform through a joint effort to document the accounts of media professionals from health practitioners. Fourth: establishing regulations and standards for media participation and a method for content approval.


