Course participant
The Fundamentals of Osteoporosis: Enhancing Clinical Experience Course has been developed by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) for a global audience.
The core elements of this course provide a set of standard practices and information to raise the level of awareness and education in the clinical management of patients with osteoporosis. Participants who join the course will receive a comprehensive training which provides valuable new knowledge about osteoporosis diagnosis and management for clinicians and allied health professionals.
Sign up for the course you wish to take and pay the course fee by credit card. The course includes a mandatory examination (included in the course fee).
Upon completion of the course and the exam, participants will receive an Attestation of Achievement as proof of mastery understanding of the content. The Attestation will be a commonly accepted method of assessment. Information about the exam can be found under “Examination”.
13 modules. Intended audience includes those involved in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of osteoporosis and interpretation of DXA scans as clinicians (13 hours of lecture time).
- Overview of Osteoporosis
- Principles of bone densitometry for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with osteoporosis
- Clinical indications for bone densitometry and other imaging technologies
- Laboratory assessments of bone health
- Secondary osteoporosis
- Clinical fracture risk estimation and monitoring
- Non-pharmacological management: nutrition and post fracture care
- Pharmacological management : antiresorptive agents
- Pharmacological management : bone forming agents
- Pharmacological management : long-term and sequential therapies
- Pharmacological management : rare adverse events of antiresorptive treatment
- Clinical cases for discussion part 1
- Clinical cases for discussion part 2
Sign up and pay
Choose the course you want to follow, sign up and pay via Credit Card.
Attend the course
Attend the course and get ready for your exam with the slide deck provided.
Take the exam
Upon completion of the course and the exam, receive an Attestation of Achievement.