Course on "Osteoporosis: Essentials of Densitometry, Diagnosis and Management" - Chennai - 16-17 Nov.

Course on “Osteoporosis: Essentials of Densitometry, Diagnosis and Management” – Chennai – 16-17 Nov.

ISBMR conducted its first international course “Osteoporosis Essentials of Densitometry Diagnosis and Management” at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ethiraj Salai, Chennai on 16-17 November 2013. The course was very well received.

The feedback from participants and some photographs are appended below:-

Participant's Feedback

About the Programme

 

 “Was the programme upto
your expectation”
Yes 100% No 0%
 Quality of
faculty
Excellent 90% Satisfactory 10% Unsatisfactory 0%
 Content of
programme
Too much 13% Satisfactory 87% Unsatisfactory 0%
 Programe
schedule
Too Tough 4% Appropriate 96% Too easy 2%

What Did You enjoy the most

 

Feedback

Total
Respondents
 Knowledge sharing 1
Interactions & Q & A
with the faculty
28
Transparency in talk 1
Energy, Positivity and
clarity of speakers
1
Lectures & Hospitality
Getting clarification
about treatment Dilemmas
1
Clinical Management of Osteoporosis 6
Methodology and reporting of BMD 2
Everything 1
Dr Rajesh Malhotra’s lectures 4

Difficulty In programme / Surprises

 

Responses

No of
Respondents
Want refresher course periodically and
advanced training course after 3 years
5
Use of anabolic drugs
and Calcitonin
1
Copy and print out of material should be
given with lectures so that we can add our notes along
with the same
1
Surprised by details of
Imaging slides. Preferably One day Programme with more
time for interactions
1
Please give some more time for
interactions with less lecture time
4
 Please mail all
material before programme so we can preread and come
1
 More knowledge on renal Osteodystrophy 1
I finetuned some flaws
in OP treatment which I am following
1
On line regular update 1
So much details on DXA
can be avoided
1
Please make it One day programme 1
Demonstration and Vedio may add flavour 1
some topics about geriatric fractures
which might tickle the Ortho fraternity
1
Need advanced course again 1
Difficulty in following lot of statistics 1
Need slides based on Indian Perspective 1

Comments by Participants

 

Name Comments

Dr Vasudev Prabhu

Please give
reference book or material to read before hand
Dr Nagesh H S Very Good Informative course . Please increase time for
interactions
Dr Jayanth Kumar Should involve dr
in research at various centers
Dr Raghunathan Good Update & fine tuning of knowledge and facts
Dr B R J satish
Kumar
At least one
lecture should be on Pharmacology of treatment options and
dosage, what to give, which form , how much, how to
monitor, intervals in nutshell “Take home
prescription
message” , No graphs , P value , pie diagrams etc
It is better if you arrange similar programme at district
levels too
Dr Jambu Very Useful in day
to day Practice
More concentration on every aspect of treatment
Dr Manikandan V Extremely Useful
informative. It made us think Differently
Dr Venkataraman S Excellent detailed Slides
Dr Rajesh Khanna Very good
Initiative to update knowledge
DR Vasu Karalapudi Really added extra knowledge which is helpful in my
practice
Dr Sundarrajan Very useful
programme for general Orthopedic surgeon
Dr Arul Durai Arasu Good, smooth, steady transmission of tough subject
knowledge by experts
Dr H M Prasanna Got Clarity on
WHO classification and DXA scores and how to apply them,
Clear and good information on all drugs of OP
Dr Sayed Ibrahim Excellent programme . Keep It Up
Dr P Ravikumar Excellent
programme to improve the Knowledge
Dr Shishir S M Excellent Content . Not usually part of our Curriculum
hence good to know lot of new things- minute and serious
topic which is very relevant to our practice
Dr Manish
Kulkarni
Nice practically
Useful : Solving some don’t which was useful
Dr Sreekumar Practical application of diagnostics modalities in
everyday practice
Dr Jim Vellara Excellent programme. Will help in updating my knowledge
and provide evidence based approach
Sr Sujay Nathan Excellent topic selection and lectures
Dr R Venugopal Absolutely Improved the outlook of treating Osteoporosis.
Dr Chemmala Saithalikutty Strong and bold step by Abbott in academics. Please keep
it up
Dr Francis Roy Excellent concise course and lot of planning and needed
Topics
Dr M rakesh Better knew Treatment diagnostics and prevention of OP
Dr P S Jayaprasad Excellent programme to upgrade our existing knowledge of OP
Dr Sanjay Tapadia Helped in many ways. Some myths are dispelled . Added
clarity to the subject of OP
Dr Vikrant Vijay Overall content is very good and useful

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