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Overview
Key facts
Regardless of your health profession you will be able to develop and enhance your practice as part of a multi-professional strategy and to utilise a systematic approach to reporting BMD and VFA results from DXA scans.You will work closely with a service-based mentor to report DXA scans consistently and independently and review the role of vertebral fracture assessment. You will also review both technical aspects of bone densitometry assessment and patient management in relation to national guidance.This course covers central DXA - it does not cover peripheral DXA or quantitative ultrasound (QUS).
University of Derby's DXA Reporting For Clinicians programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Normal and osteoporotic appearances on DXA images, including an understanding of normal variants
- The clinical risk factors that affect BMD
- Artefacts and confounding factors, such as patient positioning
- The radiographic appearance of vertebral fracture on lateral DXA images
- Treatment thresholds for different patient groups
- Treatment protocols
- The significance of changes in DXA results with time and the implications for treatment
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 9 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Credits
40 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Health Sciences View 587 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
You will be an experienced health professional working in an osteoporosis or DXA service that is either currently reporting on DXA scans or are about to commence.
Tuition Fee
Funding
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