Social media platform | Specialty register | |||||||
SEM (total=115) N (%) | Orthopaedic surgery (total=26) N (%) | GP (total=19) N (%) | Radiology (total=5) N (%) | Rheumatology (total=4) N (%) | A&E (total=3) N (%) | Cardiology (total=2) N (%) | GIM (total=1) N (%) | |
Professional website | 16 (14) | 9 (35) | 0 | 0 | 1 (25) | 0 | 1 (50) | 0 |
Private healthcare provider website | 98 (85) | 23 (88) | 8 (42) | 4 (80) | 4 (100) | 1 (33) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) |
81 (70) | 15 (60) | 10 (53) | 4 (80) | 1 (25) | 2 (67) | 2 (100) | 0 | |
59 (51) | 6 (23) | 3 (16) | 0 (0) | 1 (25) | 2 (67) | 2 (100) | 0 | |
YouTube | 2 (0.02) | 5 (19) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | 0 | 1 (50) | 0 |
A&E, accident and emergency; FSEM, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine; GIM, general internal medicine; GP, General Practice.