Worrying announcement from GMC

Anonymity

17 If you identify yourself as a doctor in publicly
accessible social media, you should also identify
yourself by name. Any material written by
authors who represent themselves as doctors is
likely to be taken on trust and may reasonably
be taken to represent the views of the profession
more widely.‡

18 You should also be aware that content uploaded
anonymously can, in many cases, be traced back
to its point of origin.§

Seems fair to me



Quite a few TSR users who are medics give what might broadly be termed medical advice in the health forum.

Regarding social media use - directly affects some users of TSR. If you are a practicing doctor, looks like you're going to have to put your name in your signature!

Only if you identify publically as a doctor. Aside from implicitly by posting on this subforum, I (and many other 'not-doctors') don't.

It says "should", not "must". My understanding from reading a lot of chat on Twitter is that so long as you're not breaking any other guidance it doesn't matter. If you were posting anonymously or under a pseudonym and breaking another guideline, for example giving dangerous medical advice, the fact that you did so anonymously would count badly against you in FtP proceedings.