
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 |




