Overview

• Background
  • Including causes, prevalence and prognosis
• Assessment
  • The assessment criteria for osteoporosis
• Management
  • How to manage osteoporosis including appropriate referral
• Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course
• Audit suggestions

Goals

During this course you will learn to:

• Identify people at risk of osteoporotic fragility fractures.
• Assess the risk of osteoporotic fragility fracture.
• Minimize the risk of new or recurrent osteoporotic fragility fractures by offering bone-sparing treatment if appropriate.

Audit Suggestions

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