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Pre-Conference Course

Fundamentals of Osteoporosis: Enhancing Clinical Excellence Course

The IOF Fundamentals of Osteoporosis: Enhancing Clinical Excellence Course provides up-to-date knowledge on diagnosing and managing osteoporosis, equipping participants with the theoretical and practical skills to enhance their clinical practice. An Attestation of Achievement will be awarded to all participants who successfully complete the course and the online post-course examination.

The course will be held in Japanese (course slides shown in English).

Venue

University of Tokyo Hongo Section Campus
Experimental Research Building – 13rd Floor – Seminar Room #6

Course Faculty :

  • Hideaki Ishibashi (Ina Clinics)
  • Daisuke Inoue (Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center)
  • Sumito Ogawa (University of Tokyo)
  • Yasuhiro Takeuchi (Toranomon Hospital)
  • Sakae Tanaka (University of Tokyo)
  • Noriko Yoshimura (University of Tokyo)

Course Programme

9:00 - 9:10
Welcome and opening remarks
9:10 - 9:40
1. Overview of Osteoporosis
9:40 -10:10
2. Principles of bone densitometry for the diagnosis and monitoring of patients with osteoporosis
10:10 - 10:40
3. Clinical indications for bone densitometry and other imaging technologies
10:40 - 10:50
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:20
4. Laboratory assessments of bone health
11:20 - 11:50
5. Secondary osteoporosis
11:50 - 12:20
6. Clinical fracture risk estimation and monitoring
12:20 - 13:20
Lunch
13:20 - 13:50
7. Non-pharmacological management : nutrition and post fracture care
13:50 - 14:20
8. Pharmacological management: antiresorptive agents
14:20 - 14:50
9. Pharmacological management: bone forming agents
14:50 - 15:20
10. Pharmacological management: long-term and sequential therapies
15:20 - 15:50
11. Pharmacological management: rare adverse events of antiresorptive treatment
15:50 - 16:00
Closing remarks

Click on the link to download the Course Programme in PDF Course Programme - Fundamentals of Osteoporosis course in Tokyo

Further information:

Pre-Conference Course participants receive a 10% discount on the Scientific Conference as well as a 50% discount on the IOF Advanced Course on Osteoporosis

Pre-Conference Venue

The University of Tokyo, Hongo Section Campus 
Medical Experimental Research Building

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