Professional Social Media Use Among Orthopedic and Trauma Surgeons in Germany: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire-Based Study

Yasmin Youssef   ^{1 *} ;   Tobias Gehlen   ^{2 *} , Dr med ;   Jörg Ansorg   ³ , Dr med ;   David Alexander Back   ^{2, 4} , Prof Dr Med ;   Julian Scherer   ^{5, 6} , Dr med

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

² Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

³ Akademie Deutscher Orthopäden, Berufsverband für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie e.V., Berlin, Germany

⁴ Dieter Scheffner Center for Medical Education and Educational Research, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

⁵ Department of Traumatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

⁶ Orthopaedic Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

*these authors contributed equally