Legal consequences Probity means being honest and trustworthy, and acting with integrity. Good Medical Practice [4] requires doctors to make sure that their behaviour at all times justifies the trust that patients and the public place in the medical profession. Digital footprints are always there (even if just for a minute or an hour somewhere on the Internet).

You may think that by deleting a contentious tweet, blog post or Facebook comment that you have made it disappear and then can safely say that you never actually wrote that at all online. Probity Home Content Glossary Help Back Next