ISCD Learning
September 2024 - Quality Bone Densitometry: Performance, Interpretation, and Clinical Application for Clinicians
Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 09/21/2024 at 10:00 AM (EDT)
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Register
- Non-Member - $800
- Full Member - $500
- MOC Only - $800
- Community Member - $800
- Professional Member - $800
Course Date
September 21 & 22, 2024.
Course Description
The core elements of this course serve to educate healthcare providers about bone densitometry and osteoporosis and to apply standard practices to assure quality performance and interpretation of bone densitometry studies. The course is offered in two parts. The first day sets the standard to perform Quality DXA interpretation. Day 2 focuses on the clinical assessment, prevention, treatment and management of osteoporosis and the essential role that high-quality DXA plays in treatment initiation decisions and monitoring of osteoporotic patients. Individuals may register for either part of the course separately or as a combined program.
Target Audience
The course is most appropriate for those involved in the performance and interpretation of DXA scans and those managing patients with osteoporosis. It is open to MDs, PhDs, DOs, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants. Technologists may attend if they have previously taken the ISCD/IOF Osteoporosis Essentials for Technologists Course.
Learning Objectives
After attending the course, participants should be better prepared to:
- Describe appropriate clinical evaluation of patients at risk for fragility fracture.
- Summarize the value and importance of quality bone densitometry for the diagnosis of osteoporosis, assessment of fracture risk, and monitoring of BMD.
- Recognize errors in DXA analysis and reporting.
- Explain new and emerging guidelines that provide evidence-based information regarding skeletal health.
- Describe the use of current and new pharmacologic therapies for the management and treatment of osteoporosis, including adverse effects.
Method of Participation
This activity will be offered live streamed via Zoom, allowing the learner to watch and ask questions in a live format on September 21 & 22, 2024. Learners will be asked to complete a post-course survey to indicate what they will change in their practice as a result of this activity.
Rates
Cancellation Policy
Attendee Cancellation Policy All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 30 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.
Course Changes or Cancellations ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates and/or meeting location. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded automatically unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program. Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
ACCME Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and ISCD. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Amedco Joint Accreditation Provider Number: 4008163
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Amedco LLC designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Deadline to Claim Credit
Participants will have 90 days from the activity end date to complete the activity survey and claim continuing education credit.
Schedule - September 21st, 2024 - All times Eastern Standard Time (NYC/USA)
Schedule - September 22nd, 2024 - All times Eastern Standard Time (NYC/USA)
Christopher Shuhart, MD, MHA, CCD
Director of the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center
Swedish Medical Group
Dr. Shuhart is the founder and Director of the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center at Swedish Medical Group in Seattle, Washington. He is Past-President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) from 2019-2020, with multiple years in Executive and Board of Directors roles, and has served on numerous ISCD committees and task forces. He received ISCD's Paul Miller Service Award in 2022.
He is a co-author on the ISCD’s 2016 publication of “Best Practices” in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry, and was the Organizing Chair for the 2019 ISCD Position Development Conference (PDC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as well as lead author of the 2019 PDC Executive Summary. He is the Administrative Chair for the 2023 PDC.
Dr. Shuhart received his medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School in 1987, and his Masters in Health Administration from the University of Washington in 2009. He is board certified in Family Medicine since 1990.
E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, FACP, FACE, CCD
Director
New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Inc.
E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, CCD, FACP, FACE, FASBMR, is Director of New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center and Director of Bone Health TeleECHO at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque, NM. His is a consultant in osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, supervisor and interpreter of bone density studies, and an educator with a special interest in the evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone diseases. He has been principal investigator for many osteoporosis clinical trials and is author of over 300 publications in peer-reviewed medical journals, as well as books, book chapters, and online publications on osteoporosis. Dr. Lewiecki is past-president of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and current president of the Osteoporosis Foundation of New Mexico (OFNM). He is an editor for Osteoporosis International, and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. He has received national and international awards that include the 2021 “Dr. John P. Bilezikian ISCD Global Leadership Award” and the 2021 “Lawrence G. Raisz Memorial Lecture Award” with the Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation. Dr. Lewiecki is the program director of the annual Santa Fe Bone Symposium, the flagship activity of the OFNM.
Dr. Sanford Baim, MD, FACR, CCD
Professor of Medicine, Director of Bone Metabolic Disease, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
RUSH University Medical Center
Dr. Sanford Baim is Professor of Medicine, Director of Bone Metabolic Disease, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at RUSH University Medical Center. He is past president of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, has published numerous articles, participated in the development of an interactive web-based teaching tool for bone densitometry and is presently engaged in osteoporosis clinical outcomes research. Additionally, he has served on the leadership boards of numerous conferences and steering committees tasked with setting official positions on the diagnoses and treatment of metabolic bone diseases, such as osteoporosis. Dr. Baim is currently developing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, integrative strategic plan for the prevention of osteoporosis throughout the Rush University medical system.
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The ISCD maintains a policy on the use of commercial support, which ensures that all educational activities sponsored by the ISCD provide in-depth presentations that are fair, balanced, independent, and scientifically rigorous. ISCD requires faculty, planners, managers, and other individuals and their spouse/life partner who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose any real or apparent conflict of interest they may have as related to the content of this activity. All identified conflicts of interest are thoroughly vetted by ISCD for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies mentioned in the materials or used as the basis for content, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. Individual disclosures are included in the course material. No Commercial Support has been provided for this activity
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Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain a discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. ISCD does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of any organization associated with this activity. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for a discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
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The ISCD will record the learner’s personal information as provided on evaluations to allow for the issuance and tracking of CME/CE certificates. The ISCD may also track aggregate responses to questions in activities and evaluations and use these data to inform the ongoing evaluation and improvement of its educational program. No individual performance data or any other personal information collected for evaluations will be shared with third parties
Attendance Cancellation Policy
All changes in registration must be made in writing to education@iscd.org. Cancellations received 30 days prior to the start of the program are eligible for a full refund minus a $50 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the course will not be refunded.
Course Changes or Cancellations
ISCD reserves the right to cancel the program, change dates, how the course is taught, and/or meeting location. If a program is canceled, all program fees will be refunded unless the registered participant elects to transfer to another program. Participants will be notified of any changes within 21 days of the course start date.
