Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 2008-0387 17 0 2024 12 25 1327 1327 EN Mahboobeh Mafinejad Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Health Professions Education Research Center, Education Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Marjan Kouhnavard Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran. Fariba Asghari Professor, Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Pooneh Salari Professor, Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Maliheh Kadivar Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Alireza Parsapoor Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Hessameddin Riahi Assistant Professor of Biomedical Ethics Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Campus of Medical School, Tehran, Iran. Mitra Zolfaghari Associate Professor, Virtual School, Member of Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2023 05 08 2024 12 25 Introduction: Widespread use of smartphones among health care professionals, and increasing audiovisual recording of patients with the aim of clinical and non-clinical purposes has emerged serious ethical, legal and social issues. To address such issues several guidelines have been developed in many countries. However, providing a practical and easily accessible ethical guideline with respect to national values seems necessary. Therefore, we developed an ethical guideline for making and using audiovisual recordings of patients with special attention to Iranian culture, social principles and Islamic commands.  Materials & Methods: This study was conducted at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2017-2019 and the guideline was developed through four phases:  Literature review, focused group discussions, Expert panels, Assessing stakeholders’ views.  Results: The final draft of this guideline consisted of 43 items of "General Regulations" and 25 items of "Specific Regulations". The "General Regulations Section" covered the considerations before, during and after audiovisual recordings of patients. The "Specific Regulations Section" included ethical principles on audiovisual recordings of children and adolescents, cadavers, and patients with impaired decision making capacity as well as the ethical issues on broadcasting the recordings on public media.  Conclusion: Developing an ethical guideline for making and using audiovisual recordings of patients with respect to social, cultural and religious considerations will be helpful to address the emerging ethical, legal and social issues in this regard. https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/view/1327 https://jmehm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmehm/article/download/1327/459