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
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Feedback |
Total Respondents |
| Interaction with Faculty | 28 |
| Undestanding of DXA, Precise use of Bisphophonates and Preventive aspects |
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| 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 |
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| Learning the medicinal and laboratory aspects of antiosteoporotic treatment |
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Difficulty In programme / Surprises
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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. |
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| Attending consultants really need to learn this subject looking from the point of questions asked |
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| Too much pharmacology. | |
| Statistics were just too much, but from these figures came the surprises which cleared doubts. |
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| Misuse of investigations DEXA scan / bone turnover marker and use of bisphosphonates at very early age when not indicated in practice |
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| Most of these we have been following – but by this meeting we will have it better architectured |
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| Repetitions should be avoided | 2 |
Comments by Participants
| Name | Comments | Respondent no |
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Dr Tushar Mankad |
Excellent faculty. Slides from IOF may be appropriately added based on feedback |
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| Some basic introduction to calcium Homeostatis need to be introduced in slide content |
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| Dr Milan Doshi | Scientific Basis of DXA and teatment protocol |
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| Dr Devesh Dholakia | Excellent, enjoyed. Osteoporosis is a very dynamic subject with lot of literature coming out. Will require regular refresher courses. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Dr Bankim N Desai | Lesser no. of modules with more specific and relevant to clinicians |
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| Dr Yashwant Gade | Please come with definative guidelines. There is lot of confusion. |
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| Dr Ashok G Shah | The whole program may be made little short as clinical part is of very important and not technical part |
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| Dr Parimal Tayde | Add Hand-on experince on DXA machine | |
| Dr Prabhu Solanki | Good but many questions unanswered & ambigous information |
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| Dr Jawahar K Pahuja | Attending doctors must be given all statistics and theoretical material at the end to learn more with good concentration |
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| Dr Tejas Thakker | Good to see ABBOTT working behind curtain ONLY |
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| Dr Milan Sheth | 2nd Call to clear & discuss for indian population database; many misconcepts have been cleared, came to know new regimes. |
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| 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! |
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| Dr Pratibha Pawal | Involve more endocrinologists in meetings so that both orthos and endocrinologists are out together and form consensus on management. |
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| Dr Bharat R Dave | After 2 to 3 years – “Re educate us” so that we remain updated |
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| Dr Dhruvin Patil | Give us very valuable feedback about current concepts of evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis. |
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