Management of Osteoporosis

Hours of learning: 2

Publication date: October 2013

Aim
This course has been written for healthcare professionals who prescribe or dispense medicines for patients with osteoporosis. This publication seeks to provide an overview of osteoporosis, how to carry out risk assessment for people and how best to manage the risk of fragility fracture.

Intended learning outcomes
Having completing this course you should be able to:

• Recognise risk factors for fragility fracture
• Have an understanding of how to use risk assessment tools to assess individual patient risk
• Discuss management options for osteoporosis
• Be aware of the safety issues associated with drugs for osteoporosis and the related contraindications and cautions for use.