Course on "Osteoporosis: Essentials of Densitometry, Diagnosis and Management" - Mumbai - 23-24 Nov.

The IOF Bone Densitometry Workshops were conducted on Sep 29 and Sep 30 2011. The meeting was held at Taj Coromandel Hotel.The IOF faculty Dr. Heinrich Resch and Dr. Manju Chandran conducted the sessions exceptionally well. The opening remarks were provided by Dr.Usha Sriram, the Organizing Secretary of the ISBMR. Dr. Raman Marwaha President of the ISBMR was also present throughout the workshop.

The complete spectrum of osteoporosis was discussed in detail with special emphasis on bone densitometry. The science, the methodology ,the interpretations and the pitfalls and management were discussed. The registrants for the workshop had orthopedic surgeons, orthopedics post graduates, one radiologist, internists, internal medicine post graduates, rhematologists, endocrinologists and five osteoporosis clinical research coordinators. The IOF workshop concluded with the written test and the questions were discussed by Dr Manju Chandran in detail.

Participant's Feedback

About the Programme

 

 “Was the programme upto
your expectation”
Yes 100% No 0%
 Quality of
faculty
Excellent 86% Satisfactory 14% Unsatisfactory 0%
 Content of
programme
Too much 26% Satisfactory 72% Unsatisfactory 0%
 Programe
schedule
Too Tough 4% Appropriate 96% Too easy 0%

What Did You enjoy the most

 

Feedback

Total
Respondents
 Interaction with Faculty 28
Undestanding of DXA,
Precise use of Bisphophonates and Preventive aspects
 Lucidity & Clarity of the well learned
speakers
5%
Presentation and Q & A
sessions
7%
Orientation of lumbar vertebra during
DXA testing. Comparison of various drugs for
osteoporosis. Zebra lines due to bisphosphonate (zoledronic
therapy). Atypical femoral fractures due to
bisphosphonates
Learning the medicinal
and laboratory aspects of antiosteoporotic treatment

Difficulty In programme / Surprises

 

Responses

No of
Respondents
 It was better than expected
Too much technical
discussion on DXA machine details
4
Faculty was sticking only to evidence.
More guideline advice for practical care where evidence is
lacking and more advice on diet & exercise. Name should be
changed from Osteoporosis essentail to Osteoporosis
evidence.
Attending consultants
really need to learn this subject looking from the point
of questions asked
Too much pharmacology.
 Statistics were just
too much, but from these figures came the surprises which
cleared doubts.
 Misuse of investigations DEXA scan / bone
turnover marker and use of bisphosphonates at very early
age when not indicated in practice
Most of these we have
been following – but by this meeting we will have it
better architectured
Repetitions should be avoided 2

Comments by Participants

 

Name Comments Respondent no

Dr Tushar Mankad

Excellent
faculty. Slides from IOF may be appropriately added based
on feedback
Some basic introduction to calcium Homeostatis need to be
introduced in slide content
Dr Milan Doshi Scientific Basis
of DXA and teatment protocol
Dr Devesh Dholakia Excellent, enjoyed. Osteoporosis is a very dynamic subject
with lot of literature coming out. Will require regular
refresher courses.
Dr Manoj Mishra Very informative
course with active interaction

2

Dr R H Chauhan The topic “Osteoporosis” was well selected, a topic whose
time had long arrived for educating all doctors & the
general population thereafter.
Dr Kakatkar Vijay
R
Make it more
clinically oriented

4

Dr Arvind Bhave Sometimes it was too much basic discussions which may not
be required in clinical practice. All 3 components – Dexa
interpretation, pharmacotherapy & clinical practice were
well coordinated
Dr Bankim N Desai Lesser no. of
modules with more specific and relevant to clinicians
Dr Yashwant Gade Please come with definative guidelines. There is lot of
confusion.

2

Dr Ashok G Shah The whole program
may be made little short as clinical part is of very
important and not technical part
Dr Parimal Tayde Add Hand-on experince on DXA machine
Dr Prabhu Solanki Good but many
questions unanswered & ambigous information
Dr Jawahar K Pahuja Attending doctors must be given all statistics and
theoretical material at the end to learn more with good
concentration

2

Dr Tejas Thakker Good to see
ABBOTT working behind curtain ONLY
Dr Milan Sheth 2nd Call to clear & discuss for indian population
database; many misconcepts have been cleared, came to know
new regimes.
Dr Mangesh Panat Must have similar
program, though a little shorter for doctors of most
specialities in all towns. So much to learn…. So little
time!
Dr Pratibha Pawal Involve more endocrinologists in meetings so that both
orthos and endocrinologists are out together and form
consensus on management.
Dr Bharat R Dave After 2 to 3
years – “Re educate us” so that we remain updated
Dr Dhruvin Patil Give us very valuable feedback about current concepts of
evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis.

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