Social media platforms are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in healthcare. The use of social media technologies allow individuals to communicate, collaborate, and share ideas freely. The social media participant has the freedom to paint a picture on a blank canvas for the world to see with few limitations. However, in healthcare, sharing information via social media can present challenges. In order to teach students of the advantages and disadvantages of social media use in healthcare, they must be educated in social media netiquette and digital professionalism prior to graduating the healthcare program. Hence, a social media netiquette and digital professionalism course will be designed to address the gap of learning for medical laboratory science (MLS) students at the University of Kentucky and provide them with the skills and tools needed to navigate the increased use of social media in healthcare (Gandolf, 2015). With the use of scholarly studies based on healthcare student social media surveys, curriculum studies, and examples of HIPAA violations via social media in healthcare, a new course was developed to target students within the MLS program and other healthcare students in the College of Health Sciences. The course will be piloted by the researcher in Spring 2021. The framework of the course is modeled from the existing "MLS 471 Professionalism in MLS" with modifications to include social media netiquette and digital professionalism modules which may be taught consecutively or a la carte. The modules will help pave the way for healthcare students to have a successful professional career. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]